{"product_id":"a-good-death-9781250012319","title":"A Good Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher R. Cox\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Private Investigators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A first rate mystery, beautifully crafted, fast-paced, and populated with the most vivid (and at times seamy) characters... A bravura debut!\" --Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling co-author of the Pendergast series of novels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA nail-biting debut mystery that plunges readers into the seamy side streets of late-90s Bangkok and across the untamed mountains of the Lao-Vietnam border, hot on the heels of an alluring woman who's officially dead - unless she's masterminded a half-million-dollar life-insurance scam \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn expertly crafted debut, A GOOD DEATH introduces Sebastian Damon, a sharp-witted though struggling Boston PI who catches an intriguing case. Linda Watts is a beautiful, talented Southeast Asian refugee with a promising career in finance--or she was, until she turned up dead, the victim of a heroin OD, in a cheap Bangkok guest house. Her death seemed straightforward to the Thai authorities, but her insurance company isn't buying it. They send Sebastian halfway around the world to investigate--where he finds himself confounded and completely out of place chasing faint leads through the broken, bewildering streets of Thailand's teeming capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn award-winning journalist with decades of experience traveling in and reporting on Southeast Asia, Christopher R. Cox takes readers on a vibrant journey through a corrupt police bureaucracy, a network of steamy Bangkok nightclubs and grimy hostels to a place where you can you feel the humid air and smell the stir-fried street food. Along the way, Sebastian finds romance as he falls for a captivatingly mysterious woman and camaraderie with his father's wise-cracking old Special Forces wingman -- an expat who can navigate Bangkok's chaotic underbelly and the wild mountains of Laos with equal aplomb. For Sebastian, it's the assignment of a lifetime, a chase that will lead him to a long-buried truth at the heart of all the dark lies, a quest that will change him forever in this richly imagined, compelling debut perfect for fans of John Burdett.","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45118640521367,"sku":"9781250012319","price":2640.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781250012319.webp?v=1767274599","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-good-death-9781250012319","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}