Jolene Kim
As a nurse ethicist, Ladarat Patalung works to save the lives of her patients, and to make sure the ones she can't save have at least the dignity of a "good death."
But when wealthy foreign travelers start to go missing all across Thailand, Detective Wiriya Mookjai fears that a killer is at large, and turns to Ladarat for help.
The travelers...
WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL.
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