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liked it. Reminded me a tiny bit of the stories set in Cambodia by Colin Cotterill, This was an easy read, something to send you off to sleep without nightmares, It's pretty much as the title says bob looking for a missing Mormon who is a young US boy travelling in Thailand and taking off with an underage schoolgirl well you get the drift.
Mystery solved. all is well with the world, on to bob's next adventure, Longterm Bangkok resident and former New Orleans cop Bob Turtledove has the knack of getting people out of difficult situations.


So when a young man from Utah goes missing in Bangkok, his parents are soon knocking on Bobs door asking for help.


But what starts out as a simple missing person case takes a deadly turn as Bangkok Bobs search for the missing Mormon brings him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers, corrupt cops and kickboxing thugs.


And he learns that even in the Land of Smiles, people can have murder on their minds.



Bangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon is about,words, equivalent to aboutpages,

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers and is published in more than twenty languages.
He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue.
He began writing full time in, His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages, He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series, and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were turned into movies.



A fun read that in true Leather fashion has you learning a little more about things, while pouring through the pages.
.OK, so as a former Bangkok P, I. I am a little biased, but the thing I like about Bob/Stehen Leathers books, is that they are pretty much accurate as far as the local people and idiosyncrasies go.
If I have a pet hate about books featuring slueths in Asia, its that often they or their pursuers seem to run amok with guns ! I just wish those authors would try presenting a toy gun themselves in downtown bangkok and see how far they get ! Foreigners would be jumped on by police, army, and half the population if they presented any sort of weapon
Anyway, bob is a good read, all based on what does go on in the kingdom, and I look forward to his next adventure ! A great fun read.
The Audible narration by Jeff Harding was perfect, He nailed the voice of the likeable and irrepressible Bangkok Bob, I read Steve Leathers Private Dancer and thought it a great representation of the pitfalls of the Bangkok night scene.
But Bangkok Bob is much more likeable than the hapless chief character in Private Dancer, Hes winning in Bangkok with a beautiful and talented wife, and he dodges death amicably while solving cases.
The characters in Fatsos Bar, some of whom we saw in Private Dancer, add flavor to the story, especially Big Ron.
A highly recommended read for lovers of Bangkok and Thailand, I would have liked to see more of Bangkok Bob in a series, Another excellent read by author Stephen Leather, a crime story with a difference by being set in Bangkok.
I have long been a fan of this author so I have had this novel on my to read list for quite some while.
The story is perhaps a little slower than the authors usual pace but nevertheless the tension grows throughout.

The story centres around a Mormon boy who has gone missing, New Orleans cop Bob Turtledove is asked by the boys parents to find their son and uncover the mystery to why he disappeared.
What seems to be a fairly straight forward missing person case takes a dangerous turn as Bangkok Bobs investigations put him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers, corrupt cops and kickboxing thugs.

A fairly good quick read that features decent characters and is more lighthearted approach than the usual Stephen Leather novels.
Asian locations seem to be a constant in the Leather books I've read so far, Explorations of the cultures and how stupid farangs get worked over in them are also constant, Though I've never been a denizen of Walking Street here in Angeles City, not evenyears ago before it existed as such, that culture and the foreigners prowling its streets are commonplace.

While this story isn't quite as embedded in Thai culture as the Bangkokseries by Burdick, it's close enough to ring true.
Mormons are consistently funny, and this one holds true to unlikely form, Read a review on sitelink Mose Conway's World of Books A charming little novel that has a mystery but no murder, no horror, lots of suspicion and possible conspiracies and lots of local color.


Bob Turtledove is a former New Orleans cop now married to a beautiful Thai woman and shes much smarter than he and very well connected.
He runs an antique store but over the years he has helped numerous people with their business dealings in Thailand.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare of Salt Lake City want him to find their perfect saving himself for his wife son with whom they have lost contact.
Bob is the antithesis of the macho cop and his investigation reveals much of how business is done in Thailand.
Patience is rewarded a sense of humor, essential,

Stephen Leather must have a lot of knowledge of Thailand he lives there part of the year as the story reeks of authenticity.
One might even say that Bangkok is the major character of the novel, It also reveals some of the cultural conflicts and mistaken seductions of those who visit the country.
I hope Leather brings Bob back in several reincarnations,

Jai yen Cool heart, dont worry, be happy Thoroughly enjoyed reading this easy read whilst on holiday in Bangkok and Koh Samui places mentioned in the novel.
Though not a crime novel fan I am a Stephen Leather fan and I really enjoyed this entertaining run around Bangkok.
I hope there are plenty more Bob Turtledove stories to come, I counted at leasttypos, omissions and grammatical errors, Other than that, this is a fun and easy read, Perfect if youve traveled to Thailand, read “Private Dancer”, and were left wanting more! A fun, entertaining, and easy read.
This book deservedup until the end where you realise nothing actually happens, It does however give an impression of the seediness of Thailand,./This story of a former New Orleans cop moonlighting in Bangkok as a private investigator for friends and acquaintances, has some enjoyable intrigue as well as genuinely funny moments.
The dialogue is sharp, although repetitive at times, Where the book really falls short of the mark, however, are its lack of plot complexity, minimal suspense and notquite believable characters.
The character of Bangkok Bob, for example, would have been better served if he was single, not married, thus introducing some muchneeded sexual tension, and his ability to "speak perfect Thai" ie, without even an accent is simply not believable.
I enjoyed the book anyway because I've spent time in Thailand, and can vividly picture the scenes.


Incidentally, Stephen Leather's earlier book on Bangkok bargirls and the foolish western foreigners who fall in love with them titled "Private Dancer" is a mustread for anyone venturing into that world! On the back of that book, I was hoping this one would be better than it was.
As first the cover sucks as second, . . somehow just few pages I read and what I found out was, . . I was the connection Of the whole story

What does cold hearth and the other gang members or whatever group is there with the woman in the Mercedes!.
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Okay great beginning but as deep we go as more empty and details start to miss, . . that's how I saw the story, A romping great read through the murky streets and mysteries of Thailandwit, intrigue, wry insight, and human frailtyit is all here.
Plot, read it for yourself! OK Thriller I was more interested into missing mormon but the bangkok bob parts were the unnecessarily thick fillers.
The mystery was below par, I also wonder the cognitive and intellectual abilities that Bob had as an ex police officer, Such a shame!.Stephen Leather was a journalist for than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
His bestsellers have been translated into than ten languages, He has also written for television shows such as Londons Burning, The Knock and the BBCs Murder in Mind series.
For much ofhis self published eBooks including The Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamers Cat dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and

sold than half a million copies.
The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US, and in total he has sold than two million eBooks.
His bestselling book The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan Stephen Leather was a journalist for than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
His bestsellers have been translated into than ten languages, He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series.
For much ofhis self published eBooks including The Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamer's Cat dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold than half a million copies.
The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US, and in total he has sold than two million eBooks.
His bestselling book The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan and grossing thanmillion.
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