Full name: A Nail Through the Heart: A Novel of Bangkok

Author: Timothy Hallinan Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller Culture: Asia Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780061255809 9780061257223 0061255807 0061257222

Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out. Poke agrees to take in Superman, Miaow's troubled and terrifying friend from the gutter. Then he agrees to help locate a distraught Aussie woman's missing uncle and accepts a generous payment to find a blackmailing thief. No longer gliding carelessly across the surface of a culture he doesn't really understand, suddenly Poke is plodding through dark and unfamiliar terrain - and everything and everyone he loves is in terrible danger. This book is part of the "Poke Rafferty Mystery" series. Here are some other books from this series: "For the Dead" First published in 2014 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Fear Artist" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Breathing Water" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Fourth Watcher" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Hot Countries" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Fools' River" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Queen of Patpong" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett Vulture Peak by John Burdett Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett The Godfather of Kathmandu by John Burdett Bangkok 8 by John Burdett The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill The Bangkok Asset by John Burdett The Fear Artist by Timothy Hallinan Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan The Axe Factor by Colin Cotterill For the Dead by Timothy Hallinan Fools' River by Timothy Hallinan The Fourth Watcher by Timothy Hallinan You Be the Jury by Marvin Miller Crashed by Timothy Hallinan The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe Flower Net by Lisa See