Jake Needham

The author knows the areas of the world which he writes about and the people living and working there. He nails Americans attitudes and beliefs. The detective in Singapore who is the main character is not the most likable person, but he is methodical in his solving of the crime. As far as figuring out who the killer is you will probably figure it out, In the first 50 pages. I liked the story so I did not care that the mystery was solved for me long before the end of the book. This is the first book in the series, and I plan to read the rest of them. They are now all available on kindle, which is good as it can be difficult to find the print versions of any of this authors books, in the USA.… (meer)

Anther fantastic Jake Needham book. This one takes place in Phuket and Bangkok. If you like government conspiracies and are open to books that take place somewhere other than America, Jake Needham's books are fantastic. These books are hard to find in paperback here in the USA, I bought 4 of them when I was in Hong Kong, but they are all now available on Kindle.
The general story concerns the sale of Iraqi oil during the embargo and where the oil was going and what the money was used for. Lots of well thought out twists and counter twists and the story, unlike many in this genre, is quite believable. Like a Tom Clancy book you wonder how much of this really did take place, probably a lot more than we wish.
This is the second book in the Jack Shepard series, the first was Laundry Man, and while I recommend all of his books you don't need to read them in order, if you don't want to.… (meer)