Open Bangkok Tattoo and you will read on and on, with wide-eyed fascination, some horror or disgust, and considerable delight.

Impeccably researched … sometimes poetic, often exotic, and totally hardcore.

Like no other novel that’s come my way lately. Ironic, sexy and trailing an odour that reminds me of a Bangkok street after hours … Expect to be enlightened.

A stunning thriller! Bangkok 8 is suspense at its best: a masterfully written tale set in a world that’s perfectly evoked and populated with compelling, flesh-and-blood characters.

A cracking East meets West thriller introducing a half-Thai, half-American cop whose Buddhist beliefs are as important as his forensic skills. Terrific.