Tim in Thailand

Bangkok 8 by John Burdett

this book was good again...

I gave this book 4 out of 5 and read this in December 2022.

A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in one of the world’s most exotic cities.

Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.—is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchai’s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever imagined.

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Layout (App) - Ramkhamhaeng 76 - Post 230

A walk in the Soi

in April 2025...

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Ramkhamhaeng 76 - Walk 656 (1/2)

I wonder why this bicycle is like this?

The Spirit House at the front of the village...

Broken vase?

Why is the truck missing some letters?

This walk was in October 2022.

Nid Coffee Shop (Ramkhamhaeng 76) - monk - Visit 405

Every time I am welcomed and share their nibbles...

(the monk is getting an iced tea).

Nid is always busy...

and so is the Soi.

The men are always busy and happy.

Nid Coffee shop is the place to go...

This visit was in February 2024...

Other Visits

Phone Number: I should ask next time

Facebook: she does not want to do this...

Approximate Price: $$$$$ - 45 Baht for an iced coffee

Address: Ramkhamhaeng 76 Alley, Hua Mak, Bang Kapi District, Bangkok 10240

Hours: 7:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m

1) Tanyapat & Anyawee

2) Nid Coffee (Ramkhamhaeng 76)

3) Cafe Amazon @ PTT Service Station (gone)

4) Starbucks (Tops Market / Bangkok)

5) Baannok Cafe

6) Brook Boulangerie

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Fruit - more mango

Fruit (mango) keeps the doctor away.

Café Amazon (nr. GOWholesale) - First - Visit 55 (2/2)

My friends

arrived for their breakfast

and coffee.

Working?

More friends arrived

and I got a lift home.

Thank you.

This visit was was made in

December 2025 ...

1) Tanyapat & Anyawee

2) Nid Coffee (Ramkhamhaeng 76)

~~3) Cafe Amazon @ PTT Service Station~~

4) Starbucks (Tops Market / Bangkok)

5) Brook Boulangerie

Other mentions

Don't Close Your Eyes (Stephanie Chalice Mystery #1) by Lawrence Kelter

this was very similar to a story that I had read previously...

I gave this book 3 out of 5 and read this in November 2022.

"Don't Close Your Eyes" begins with a whimper and a bang--two seemingly unrelated deaths. The first is a teenage girl whose asthma suffocates her while sleeping. The second is a man shot on the tram that connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. Lying next to the man is the real puzzle: a woman who might appear to have died of natural causes if not for the handwritten note stuffed in her mouth that simply reads "Look back."

Murder mystery thrillers are often driven by tough, fast-talking, streetwise detectives with a sad story about their past and a penchant for nabbing perps. The cop on the case in "Don't Close Your Eyes" is all these things and more. Meet Stephanie Chalice. She's a smart, beautiful, 28-year-old NYPD homicide detective whose acerbic repartee is like an arsenal of nuclear missiles--it convinces her male colleagues that she means business.

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