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

Does any of these covers help?

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

Bangkok Eight

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

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........

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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