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[Costas2008]

Many years ago I read a book, that I really liked, and I would like to read it again.

It was about Thailand.

The main character's name was Somchai, a policeman.

His mother owned a bar with girls (first time I heard the term, mamasan)

He was in love with one of the girls.

A very nice description of the conflict between police and the army.

Sorry can't remember much more, but I enjoyed reading it.

Does anybody know the name of this book or the author?

Many Thanks

Costas

[bartender100]

Does any of these covers help?

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16283.Books_Set_in_Thailand#10121431

[mrtoad]

Bangkok Eight

[Upnotover]

Author = John Burdett. I read them all, enjoyed them, bought them mostly at Suvarnabhumi on travels.

[Costas2008]

Does any of these covers help?

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16283.Books_Set_in_Thailand#10121431

Thank you, but I don't remember the cover.......so many years ago........

[tifino]

gee, any search always comes up with political connections, being the searched character's name as it is'n'all

only novel not going down that avenue, but combines Somchai, Police and bargirls that I find at short glance is:

http://ardenbnb.ca/6m/GGC/PrivateDancer-StephenLeather.pdf

[Costas2008]

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Bangkok Eight

Author = John Burdett. I read them all, enjoyed them, bought them mostly at Suvarnabhumi on travels.

Thank you MrToad and Mr Upnotover.

Doesn't ring a bell, but I will look for it.

How many in the series Mr Upnotover?

Seems I have a lot of reading to do.

[Costas2008]

Author = John Burdett. I read them all, enjoyed them, bought them mostly at Suvarnabhumi on travels.

Ah, just found it......John Patrick Burdett (born 24 July 1951) is a British crime novelist. He is the bestselling author of Bangkok 8 and its sequels, Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts,The Godfather of Kathmandu. His most recent novel in this series, Vulture Peak, was released on 10 January 2012.

Many Thanks again.

[mrtoad]

There's five so far in the series, it's not actually Somchai, but Sonchai. They are a good read IMO

[tifino]

yep!! amending sonchai, into the same [somchai-novel-police-mamasan] search zeroed straight into it...

[Costas2008]

gee, any search always comes up with political connections, being the searched character's name as it is'n'all

only novel not going down that avenue, but combines Somchai, Police and bargirls that I find at short glance is:

http://ardenbnb.ca/6m/GGC/PrivateDancer-StephenLeather.pdf

The link doesn't work, but thank you for your effort to help me.

Now, I know it's Bangkok 8