Originally from the UK, Gerald migrated to Australia in 1974. Since then he has travelled the world working in hotels and restaurants, gold mines, cruise ships, Antarctic supply ships, custom patrol vessels, rig tenders, and oil tankers. In the capacity of his work as a chef, he has also lived in Jamaica, Bermuda, Singapore, the Falkland Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the USA. He has now retired to Thailand where he lives on the island of Koh Samui and travels extensively throughout South-East Asia. To keep active and to pursue his love of travel Gerald has also written five travel books in his Retirees Travel Guide Series. Gerald has also written a novel The Deptford Mask Murders and his first book in the Thai Died series of books, Murder in Paradise.
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On Thailand's tropical island of Koh Samui during the Covid-19 endemic, a bargirl is reported missing by her mamasan when she does not turn up for work for her usual shift. Police Lieutenant Chai Son Sinuan of the Royal Thailand Police, a spiritual Theravada Buddhist and an incorruptible policeman in a police force that is deep-rooted in corruption is assigned the case. As Son starts his investigation the girl's mutilated body is found and then two more bar girls go missing.
To add to his problems the brother of a high-ranking politician in the German Bundestag and a member of the Christian Democratic Union has also gone missing while he was out on his usual afternoon bike ride in Lipa Noi and both the Thai and the German governments are putting pressure on Son to find him.
Colonel Saetang then assigns the corrupt, narcissistic Sub Lieutenant Shinawatra who has family connections reaching back to an ex-Thai prime minister to assist Son in the case and the two police officers clash from the second that they meet. The clock is ticking in a race against time to find the two bar girls before they also end up dead. Son then finds a link to the first Bar-Girl that was murdered and the missing German.
The story takes the reader to the hard-core red-light districts of Koh Samui, where girls from poor villages in rural areas of Thailand come to work in the
Título : Bar Girl
EAN : 9798215466919
Editorial : Gerald Hogg
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