Since Jimm Juree moved, under duress, with her family to a
rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she misses
the bright lights of Chiang Mai. Most of all, she’s missed
her career as a journalist, which was just getting started.
In Chiang Mai, she was covering substantial stories and
major crimes. But here in Maprao, Jimm has to scrape
assignments from the local online journal, the Chumphon
Gazette—and be happy about it when she gets one. This time
they are sending her out to interview a local farang
(European) writer, a man in his late fifties, originally
from England, who writes award-winning crime novels, one
Conrad Coralbank.
At the same time, several local women have left town without
a word to anyone, leaving their possessions behind. These
include the local doctor, Dr. Sumlak, who never returned
from a conference, and the Thai wife of that farang writer,
the aforementioned Conrad Coralbank. All of which looks a
little suspicious, especially to Jimm’s grandfather, an
ex-cop, who notices Coralbank’s interest in Jimm with a very
jaundiced eye. With a major storm headed their way and a
potential serial killer on the loose, it looks like Jimm
Juree, her eccentric family, and the whole town of Maprao is
in for some major changes.
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