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Best-selling author of books about Thailand and Asia Peter Jaggs takes time out from his more usual light-hearted travelogues to bring his readers a haunting tale of violence, greed and retribution in the Thai underworld. First told to him as a true story in a bar in Pattaya by an ancient mamasan,...

With his eyes still closed he waited while she considered whether to serve him or throw him out.  She approached him, and by the slowness of her approach he knew she had not made up her mind.  He opened his eyes just as she arrived opposite him; she kept the bar between them.  He saw from her clothes...

You put all your trust into a so-called friend but the lies they tell can lead to a bitter end. What is bigger in you, your ego or your mind when your heart is broken by every love you find? We all have a dream, but can your dream become real or will the reality of your dream turn into a nightmare....

Just as Danny O’Brien starts to settle down to peace and quiet and a happy married life in Isaan in the north east of Thailand a serial killer starts terrorizing the beautiful tropical holiday island of Phuket, targeting the sex workers around the bar scene. When ex Detective Sergeant Danny O’Brien...

This is the story of a poor girl from Isaan, a love story complicated by cultural confusion, mistrust, corruption -- and even treason. Our girl takes on the world with unlimited ambition and naivety born of her simple roots. It is a rare insider account of Thailand's bar scene, written with understanding...

When a Very Important Person is kidnapped in Southeast Asia it threatens to impact on current world affairs and change the very course of history. The British government call upon New Scotland Yard’s ex Detective Sgt Danny O’Brien to help find the captor. Danny is a recovering alcoholic and just...

Teachers College didn’t prepare him for this! Stung by a scorpion, coerced into singing an 80’s Karaoke love duet with his tearful boss - twice, performing military drills under the guise of teacher development and living in a desolate, eerie house surrounded by swamp and jungle are a sample of...

The story continues where it left off with the main character’s visit to the hospital. In this book the reader becomes the Judge and Jury over Pete and Mollies affairs. Jealousy remains a serious problem throughout and the Step-Son lands himself in deep water with the police yet again. More funny...

The Ups and Downs part three continues on from where the story finished up, with the main character pondering over his future. How can anyone feel secure about living in a foreign country when visas have to be renewed on a yearly basis? Also he is drawn towards a return to England where he can earn...

Sex, Lies & Alibis Tippawan is suspicious when her ex-fiancé starts being nice. She’s about to find out why. Joe Copeland races to save his son from drugs, and discovers more than he ever wanted to know. Young Troy learns an painful truth about his father after his mother dies. Kamra’s life...

Steven West is not one of life’s beautiful people. He works in an uninspiring factory and goes home each day smelling of toxic glue. He is a simple man with simple needs and with little education or ambition. Like all of us he seeks happiness, maybe even love. A holiday in the beautiful tropical...

Thai Shorts, a wonderful collection of short stories set in Thailand, by best selling author, Guy Lilburne. A fantastic collection of new characters will make you laugh and cry in stories of Love and Hate, Murder, Life and Death. Stories that will take you all over Thailand and cover many aspects...

A collection of seventy-seven (one for each province) Buddhist stories, quotes, meditations, contemplations and reflections on living in Thailand. This joy of a read unravels the mysteries behind Buddhist mindfulness in a easy straight forward, yet poetic fashion. An essential introduction to Thai Buddhism, Dharma, and the wonderful truth behind the dazzling Thai smiles.

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