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Vulture Peak (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, Bk 5)
Vulture Peak - Sonchai Jitpleecheep, Bk 5 Author:John Burdett When Police Colonel Vikorn puts Sonchai in charge of the highest profile criminal case in Thailand -- ending trafficking in human organs -- Sonchai suspects his boss of ulterior motives. And, of course, he’s right: Vikorn is running for governor of Bangkok, and his American handlers insist that he needs a dramatic crime-fighting success ri... more »ght now. But just as Vikorn predicts, Sonchai’s “goody-two-shoes Buddhist conscience” takes over. The sting operation begins.
Sonchai travels to Phuket, Hong Kong, Dubai, Monte Carlo, and Shanghai, drawing in a host of players, including an aging rock star wearing out his second liver, and a pair of Chinese twins known as the Vultures -- mysterious, diabolical, albeit gorgeous co-queenpins of the international body-parts trade. But closer to home, things are getting dicey for Sonchai: his ex-prostitute wife, Chanya, is craving a dose of “the street.” Is Sonchai enlightened enough -- forget Buddhism, think jealousy -- to let her into his own compromised and compromising world?« less