After spending so much time on Anna Karenina I needed something light and fun. This is the third book in the Jimm Juree mystery series that takes place in southern Thailand. These books are full of quirky characters humorous situations. Jimm is a free-lance journalist who lives with her unusual family at the run down resort her mother runs. Jimm is given an assignment by the local newspaper to interview the wealthy, successful mystery author, Conrad Coralbank. Coralbank takes a "personal" interest in Jimm and they begin a relationship. In the mean time the nurse at the local health clinic enlists Jimm's help in finding the missing clinic doctor. The doctor has been missing since attending a medical conference sponsored by a supposedly upstanding corporation. Injected into the story are blogs by a mysterious "CC" detailing axe murder & dismemberment. Anonymous threats arrive at the resort targeted at Jimm. Jimm believes Coralbank's housekeeper is the one making threats but Coralbank has an extensive weapons collection and the initials fit. Jimm begins investigating with the help of her sister Sissi, a former transsexual beauty queen and expert hacker, her bodybuilder brother, Arnie, and her retired policeman grandfather. In an exciting ending Jimm comes face to face with the killer and her rescue seems unlikely. There is lots of humor in these novels. In this one each chapter is titled with poorly translated "English" signs aimed at tourists (“Please Leave Your Values at the Front Desk”).
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