Vulture Peak

John Burdett was sitting there uncomfortably. He'd been in these meetings before. He tries his best smile despite his contempt. "I told you, I'm done with the Sonchai Jitpleecheep character. That's it. I've stretched it far enough." "They really want you to write another one, John. It's a popular s......more

Annnnd here's where the series disappointed me :( It was if the author had lost the love of the character and the philosophies behind the series, and tried to do different things that kind of fought with the core of what he'd built? I dunno, it just felt like a whole different writer wrote this one.......more

I love these Thailand (mostly Bangkok) books by Burdett. Sure, I know he's a farang (he's taught readers we foreigners are called farangs by the Thai), but shows an appreciation of Thai culture that borders on obsession. This is his fifth Bangkok novel, after all. In his novels, Burdett makes fun of......more

Sonchai's crooked boss Colonel Vikorn is running for mayor of Bangkok and decides to make a campaign issue out of stopping organ harvesting on the heels of a triple murder in a posh home in Vulture Peak. Sonchai is places in charge of the investigation that takes him to Dubai, Phuket and China as he......more

John Burdett kind of exploded onto the thriller scene a few years back with his Bangkok 8, and he’s kept the adventures of conscience-ridden detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep flowing ever since. Vulture Peak is the latest installment. Jitleecheep is a fascinating character. He’s half white--G.I. fath......more