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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Breathing water Breathing water Timothy Hallinan Behind every great fortune is a great crime . . .For American ex-pat writer Poke Rafferty, a late-night poker game delivers an unexpected prize: an "opportunity" to write the biography of Khun Pan, a… OL13815384W
Nighttown Nighttown Timothy Hallinan "Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender has a rule about never taking a job that pays too well--in the criminal underworld, if someone is offering you more money than a job is worth, someone is going to e… OL19763744W
Little Elvises Little Elvises Timothy Hallinan LA burglar Junior Bender has developed a reputation as a competent private investigator for crooks. The unfortunate part about this is that regardless of whether he solves the crime or not, someone d… OL19962340W
For the dead For the dead Timothy Hallinan "Poke Rafferty is happier than he's ever been. He's financially solvent, his family is about to grow larger, and his adopted Thai daughter, Miaow, seems to have settled in at junior high school. All … OL19990188W
King maybe King maybe Timothy Hallinan "Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is in the middle of burgling a house and has just gotten his hands on one of the world's rarest stamps when the job goes terrifically wrong. After barely escaping, … OL20024840W
Fields where they lay Fields where they lay Timothy Hallinan "It's the week before Christmas in Tinsel Town, and the Edgerton Mall isn't exactly full of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores a… OL20038390W
The hot countries The hot countries Timothy Hallinan A man named Arthur Varney shows up in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road, unquestioningly accepted into its group of aging gents. But he's using them to find Poke Rafferty; Varney wants money Poke doesn't… OL20039357W
The Fourth Watcher The Fourth Watcher Timothy Hallinan Travel writer Poke Rafferty is ready to let go of his Looking for Trouble series of travel books and the dangerous lifestyle that goes with it, and settle down in Bangkok with his fiancee, Rose, and … OL7007865W
Incinerator Incinerator Timothy Hallinan The Crisper is a criminal who douses homeless men with gasoline as they sleep on the streets and then sets them on fire. Simeon Grist becomes the Crisper's reluctant Father Confessor. OL7007866W