The mordantly funny, propulsive, fiendishly entertaining new novel featuring Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep--who has already led us through the author's four previous wildly praised Bangkok novels.

Sonchai is back. And this time he's been put in charge of the highest profile criminal case in Thailand: ending trafficking in human organs. He sets in motion a massive sting operation, traveling to Phuket, Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, and Monte Carlo, drawing in a host of unwitting players, including an aging rock star wearing out his second liver and Chinese twins known as the Vultures--mysterious, diabolical, albeit gorgeous co-queenpins of the international body-parts trade. But closer to home, things are getting really dicey for Sonchai: there are rumors that his ex-prostitute wife is having an affair, and Sonchai will soon discover whether he's enlightened enough--forget Buddhism, think jealousy--to cope with his own compromised and compromising world.