Many popular shamanistic superstitions that have carried over into Buddhism in Thailand are explored. Juxtaposed is the investigative nonchalance and Buddhist acceptance of an " arhat" detective who can meditate even in a Bangkok traffic-jam. The crimes include execution by the release of a container full of cobra snakes into a car where the driver is forcibly prevented from escaping ( Bangkok 8), the theft of valuable tattoos (and their associated human skin) off the backs' of murder victims ( Bangkok Tattoo), and homicide related to the production of a snuff video ( Bangkok Haunts).
The novels contain larger-than-life characters intertwined with a wry sense of humour and bizarre crimes. Apart from the Anglo-Saxon cultural traditions with which he was brought up, Burdett has shown considerable familiarity with Confucian, Buddhist, Latin and North African societies, due to his extensive travels. They have been widely praised for the breadth and depth of understanding of a number of different cultures. Sexual matters are part of the narrative, including the juxtaposition of often conflicting Thai and Western norms and mores. The novels involve Thailand's sex industry and the red-light districts of Bangkok. A born "outsider", he is also seemingly unbribeable, which increases his alienation from his colleagues. Sonchai has spent much of his childhood in Europe and the U.S. He is the son of a former " rented-wife" (a type of prostitute) and a " farang." His father was a U.S. Sonchai is a " leuk krung" or half-caste. They centre on the philosophical Thai Buddhist detective, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and his meditative internal dialogues. The Sonchai Jitpleecheep series of crime novels is mainly set in Bangkok and consists of six books: Bangkok 8, Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts, The Godfather of Kathmandu, Vulture Peak, and The Bangkok Asset. The detective, a half-Chinese half-Irish HK resident, finds himself threatened by both sides-all the more so when a WMD smuggling plot that threatens to force outright war between Britain and China is uncovered. Political implications of the crime may complicate the turnover, and political pressure is brought both to halt the investigation and to hurry it. Fortunately, they match the three DNA profiles found in a vat of minced human meat that had been abandoned in a warehouse. Three severed heads are found in a floating garbage bag on the maritime border between Hong Kong territory and China. Set in Hong Kong in April and May 1997, just before the British turnover of the territory to mainland China, this novel deals with a horrific murder investigation. JSTOR ( March 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources.
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