John Burdett

John Burdett

BooksThailand.com teamed up with John Burdett the bestselling author of Bangkok 8 and its sequels, Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts and The Godfather of Kathmandu.  John is a British born crime novelist who for many years worked in Hong Kong as a lawyer, but decided to leave the law career and focus on a career in detective novelist.

'The Godfather of Kathmandu'

John's latest book 'The Godfather of Kathmandu' is on sale now.  It is the latest in the 'Sonchai Jitpleecheep' series, about a Thai Buddhist detective who has spent most of his childhood in USA and Europe and has moved back to Thailand with his mother and now bides his time solving crimes mainly relating to Thailand's sex industry and underworld culture.  

About 'The Godfather of Kathmandu'

Sonchai Jitpleecheep—John Burdett’s inimitable Royal Thai Police detective with the hard-bitten demeanor and the Buddhist soul—is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Solving the murder could mean a promotion, but Sonchai, reeling from a personal tragedy, is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama based in Kathmandu who has become his guru.....To read more please follow this link.