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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    A Personal History of Thirst (February 1996)
  • Last Book:
    Death Effect (April 2017)
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Full Series List in Order

Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep (Genre: Police Procedural)

1 - Bangkok 8 (Jun-2003)
2 - Bangkok Tattoo (May-2005)
3 - Bangkok Haunts (Jun-2007)
4 - The Godfather of Kathmandu (Jan-2010)
5 - Vulture Peak (Jan-2012)
6 - The Bangkok Asset (Aug-2015)

Books in Order: 11 titles

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  • Doing very bad things for very good reasons…A comic noir short story from John Burdett, international best-selling author of The Bangkok Asset, the most recent novel in the critically-acclaimed Bangkok mystery series.Sheriff Jack Gatt is the least ...



  • Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is called to investigate a crime scene in Bangkok -- which quickly reveals itself to be anything but typical. For one thing, the victim has been beheaded in a bizarre manner, and for another, a message...



  • Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact -- more or less -- despite the fact that his job shoves him face-to-face with s...




  • John Burdett's famed Royal Thai detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is put to the test both as a Buddhist and as a cop as he confronts the most shocking crime of his career. A rich American film director has been murdered. It is an intriguing case, and s...



  • Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective who led us through the bestsellers Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo, returns in this blistering novel. Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok's District 8, but...



  • Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Royal Thai Police returns in his riveting and smokily atmospheric new thriller. A farang -- a foreigner -- has been murdered, his body horribly mutilated, at the Bangkok brothel co-owned by Sonchai's mother an...



  • 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 onlookers, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok br...







  • It is April 1997, and all of Hong Kong is counting down to July 1, when Britain will hand over rule of the country to China. Public anxiety about the transfer of power is running high, but “Charlie” Chan Siu-kai’s biggest concern is a gruesome ...



  • From former British barrister John Burdett comes a psychosexual novel in the tradition of Damage and Presumed Innocent. At the heart of A Personal History of Thirst is an ill-fated love triangle where all hunger for something and are willing to risk ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Burdett has published 11 books.

John Burdett does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death Effect, was published in April 2017.

The first book by John Burdett, A Personal History of Thirst, was published in February 1996.

Yes. John Burdett has 1 series.