Harlan Wolff

Carl Engel, a private investigator who has mastered the workings of the underbelly of Bangkok, is approached by an American and asked to take on the case of locating his brother, one suspected of being a serial killer back in the US more than 20 years ago. He suspects his brother might be behind the terrifying murders that have recently taken place in Bangkok, even though there are no clues left behind on the mutilated corpses.

Carl's investigations lead him to uncover a dangerous man who will not hesitate to kill anyone he considers a mere nuisance to his lucrative operations. When Carl finds himself now the hunted and not the hunter, it takes every trick he's learned through the years and some good friends to keep him alive long enough for him to stage a most thrilling expose.

The seediness of Bangkok is brought under the full glare of stage lights in this novel, the corruption that everyone considers the norm for oiling the cogs of getting anything done in this city, and the world that expats have carved for themselves.… (mere)