Timothy Hallinan returns us to the Bangkok of The Queen of Patpong and further lays bare the seediest industry in Thailand.The two most difficult days in Bangkok writer Poke Rafferty’s life begi
It’s three days until Christmas and Junior Bender, Hollywood’s fasttalking fixer for the felonious, is up to his ears in shopping mall Santas, Russian mobsters, desperate holiday shoppers,
After seven years in Bangkok, American travel writer Poke Rafferty finally feels settled: his family is about to grow larger, and his adopted Thai daughter, Miaow, seems to have found her place at jun
Junior Bender, the clown prince of crime fiction, returns in his most hardboiled adventure yet—a tale that will take Junior Bender deep into a murderous conspiracy in present day Los Angeles and uncov
Junior Bender, thief and private eye, is forced to go to the rescue of an old record producer, a guy who, in the sixties, grabbed handsome boys off Philadelphia stoops and turned them into little Elvi
Junior Bender, thief and private eye, is forced to go to the rescue of an old record producer, a guy who, in the sixties, grabbed handsome boys off Philadelphia stoops and turned them into little Elvi
American travel writer Poke Rafferty has seen?and survived?some of the worst Bangkok has to offer. But now, finally married to his longtime love, Rose, and raising the young daughter, Miaow, they adop
For American travel writer Poke Rafferty, life finally seems to hold some semblance of stability. He and his longtime love, Rose, have gone through with their much-deferred marriage ceremony, their ad
The author of the Looking for Trouble travel book series, Poke Rafferty is ready to settle down in Bangkok with his fiancÉe, Rose, and his newly adopted daughter, Miaow. But trouble isn't ready
Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he
It’s the week before Christmas in Tinsel Town, and the Edgerton Mall isn’t exactly full of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores are
Poke Rafferty is happier than he's ever been. He's financially solvent, his family is about to grow larger, and his adopted Thai daughter, Miaow, seems to have settled in at junior high school. All th
"It's everyday business when Wattles, the San Fernando Valley's top "executive crook," sets up a hit. He establishes a chain of criminals to pass along the instructions and the money, thereby ensuring
