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No-one in Bangkok suspects the sauve, 36-year old ex-pat Michael Davies to be the mastermind behind one of the most ruthless rackets of modern times. Handsome and loaded with money, the smooth-talking Brit has the usually unflappable young Thai beauty, Kantana Kamonrat's head in a whirl. That is until a mutual acquaintance reveals some disturbing news about the self-assured, international art dealer.
Kantana (Kat) hires Wongsala Suriya from the Extra Best Private Investigation Bureau to conduct a thorough enquiry into Davies' life but in a curious twist of fate, this backfires on her and suddenly Kat's life is in danger. Davies' clandestine operations take readers on a fast-moving adventure from the sois and cyber cafes of steamy Bangkok to the bustling seaside resort of Pattaya and the sun-drenched shores of Australia's picturesque Gold Coast where a young Aussie cop aims to cut his teeth on one of the country's biggest crime busts of the decade.
Precious Cargo quantity
Allen, Neville Categories: Fiction, PRINTED Books Tags: Aussie, backfires, cafes, cop, cyber, money, news Product ID: 1922
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