Bangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon
By Stephen Leather
- Release Date: 2011-01-01
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
Long-term Bangkok resident and former New Orleans cop Bob Turtledove has the knack of getting people out of difficult situations.
So when a young man from Utah goes missing in Bangkok, his parents are soon knocking on Bob’s door asking for help.
But what starts out as a simple missing person case takes a deadly turn as Bangkok Bob’s search for the missing Mormon brings him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers, corrupt cops and kickboxing thugs.
And he learns that even in the Land of Smiles, people can have murder on their minds.
Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers and is published in more than twenty languages. He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series, and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were turned into movies.
Reviews
Bangkok Bob and the Missing Morman
5By AprilJeankAnyone who has lived in the Far East will enjoy this story of an ex pat American living in Thailand with his Thai wife--antique dealer on weekdays, detective the rest of the time. An engaging picture of Bangkok and various sides Thai life today.Case of the missing Mormon
3By StarvnThe story plot itself was good, but while reading this I got the distinct impression that it was written in a hurry and probably for a market such as this. First, the defects: This would have definitely benefitted from an editor going over it. Lots of glaring errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization and such. As such, many too numerous to enumerate, but easy to find on almost each page, sometimes to the point of distracting from the story itself. In reading the whole story, the feeling crept in that the goal was to get 250 pages out, and craftsmanship was not a particular concern. The author's relationship to the facts about Mormonism were pretty sketchy, and could have benefitted from some more research. As an example, Mormonism is not Christianity, and bears as much resemblance to same as a bird to a goat. Both religions, and that's about where it stops. Second, what strengths the story had were based more on that it was an entertaining read, although without much mystery, the twists and turns were more narrative than thought provoking. Several characters were developed to the point we enjoyed them, namely the detective policeman poker player friend and the wife herself. The story has a lot of potential but as previously stated could strongly benefit from a re-write, questionable as to whether it was worth $4.95.....
