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Title details for A Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan - Available

A Nail Through the Heart

A Novel of Bangkok

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by Timothy Hallinan
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An expat detective in Bangkok discovers the dark truths beneath the surface of his chosen home in this "fast, bold, and beautifully written" thriller (T. Jefferson Parker).
Travel writer Poke Rafferty was good at looking for trouble—so good that he made a little money writing a few offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored. But that was before Bangkok stole his heart. Now the expat American is happily playing family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and with Miaow, the wary street child he wants to adopt. But settling down won't be as easy as it seems . . .
First, Poke takes in Miaow's friend, a troubled and terrifying street urchin named Superman. Then he agrees to help an Aussie woman find her missing uncle—and accepts an old woman's generous payment to find a blackmailing thief. Soon, these three seemingly disparate events begin to overlap, pulling Poke into dark, unfamiliar terrain.
Poke soon comes to realize that he's been gliding across the surface of a culture he really doesn't understand—and that what he doesn't know is about to hurt him and everyone he loves.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Poke Rafferty Thrillers

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 18, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780061844676

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780061844676
      • File size: 1032 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 28, 2007
      Brutal torture and equally brutal empathy define this excellent, if sometimes familiar, thriller from Hallinan (The Bone Polisher
      ). Poke Rafferty, a travel writer turned detective, intends to settle down in Bangkok with his ex-prostitute girlfriend, Rose, and a young urchin, Miaow, when Miaow brings her troubled friend Superman into the household. While dealing with this intrusion, Rafferty takes on dual sleuthing assignments to help pay for adopting Miaow. The first case involves finding Australian Claus Ulrich, a hardcore bondage aficionado. When Rafferty meets the powerful and rich Madame Wing while investigating Ulrich’s disappearance, she offers him $30,000 to find an envelope and the Cambodian man who took it. The only catch? If Rafferty opens the envelope, he’ll learn information about Madame Wing that will force her to kill him. Rafferty stumbles through the clues like the foreigner he is, always on the outside looking in. Despite an overly leisurely ending, the rich depictions of Bangkok’s seedy side recall John Burdett’s visceral mysteries.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

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