Cambodian book of the dead
By: Tom Vater
Series: Detective Maier Series -- v. 1; Detective Maier Series
Publisher: Exhibit A; Distributed in the U.S. by Random House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nottingham, UK; Long Island City, NY; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781909223202; 9781909223189; 9781909223196
Subjects: Fiction; Missing persons; Private investigators; General; FICTION
Description: Cool crime in a hot climate Private eye and former war reporter, Maier is sent to Cambodia to track down the missing heir to a Hamburg coffee empire. His search leads him into the darkest corners of the country's history, through the Killing Fields of the communist revolution, to the White Spider, a Nazi war criminal who reigns over an ancient Khmer temple deep in the jungle. But the terrifying tale of mass murder that Maier uncovers is far from over. And soon Maier realises that, if he is to prevent more innocent lives from being destroyed, he will have to writ.
Notes: "A Detective Maier mystery"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: The Cambodian Book of the Dead; Dedication; Epigraph; In the Shadow of Enlightenment; Part 1; title: The Golden Peacock; The Widow; Maier; The Pearl of Asia; Into the Heart of Darkness; Christmas Baubles; Self-Defence; On The Beach; Kaley; Dog Lover; The Reef Pirates; Blue, Red and Dead; One Hot, One Cold; The Casino; Mother Russia; Mosquito; Rain; Enlightenment; Dawn; Down Below; L'amour; L'ile Des Ambassadeurs; Part 2; title: The White Spider; Thirit's Wisdom; Shadow Play; Big Sister; The Needle; Homecoming; Bilge Water and Mekong Whiskey; Battambang; Freezer; Rolf; Cambodia Daily; Kampot.; title: The Last Filling StationHell is Easy; The Twentieth Century; The Biographer; The Hangman's Boudoir; All's Fair in Love and War; Death in the Tea Plantation; The Roof of the World; Faites Vos Jeux; Endgame; The City of Angels; Her Eyes Said Goodbye; A Mirror for the Blind; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Imprint.