FIRST IN THE JOE DYLAN CRIME NOIR SERIES
BANGKOK EXPRESS.......A PULP NOIR THRILLER
"Indie pulp writer James A. Newman gives us a guided tour into the criminal underground of Bangkok, Thailand in Bangkok Express. It's a tropical pulp fiction with an international cast of characters caught in a spider web of corruption, with coldblooded murder for cash at the center. Newman's depiction of Bangkok makes the city come alive in all its beautiful savagery. It is strange place that is both burning with poverty and drowning with dirty money." - Ish Galvan
"Bangkok Express is an action-packed journey through the ins and outs of international insurance and the tropical scammers gaming the system from the islands of Thailand. It's a richly layered story with a treasure trove of observational detail which will delight seasoned veterans of Thai culture and new visitors alike. This is the definitive work for the character of Joe Dylan. This is Joe Dylan Begins..... Seemingly tempted at every turn, we share in his strength as he battles addiction with all the tools in the kit. Circumstances conspire and bring Joe Dylan to a point where the only way he can survive is by passing through the needle's eye of his own darkness." - Alasdair McLeod
Fraud expert JOE DYLAN is investigating the death of two backpackers on the tropical island that has been dubbed by expats and locals DEATH ISLAND. Burnt out expat JAMES HALE can't play poker for love nor money. He needs to escape the city before the mob catch up with him and collect what's owed. They accept cash or body parts. GANTIRA makes a mean puffer-fish salad while her husband SHOGUN and his brother RANG are both intent on squeezing as much cash out of the island as possible.
"James Newman's Bangkok Express is a wild and uneven ride through Thailand's seedy underbelly - Mr. Newman abuses eternal truths, clichés and painful realities in equal measure and serves up a good beach read. He joins more established writers such as Christopher G. Moore and John Burdett in an exploration of Thailand's garish netherworld of private eyes, prostitutes, pimps, gangsters, cops and dirty tricks." - Tom Vater - Chiang Mai City News.
BANGKOK EXPRESS.......A PULP NOIR THRILLER
"Indie pulp writer James A. Newman gives us a guided tour into the criminal underground of Bangkok, Thailand in Bangkok Express. It's a tropical pulp fiction with an international cast of characters caught in a spider web of corruption, with coldblooded murder for cash at the center. Newman's depiction of Bangkok makes the city come alive in all its beautiful savagery. It is strange place that is both burning with poverty and drowning with dirty money." - Ish Galvan
"Bangkok Express is an action-packed journey through the ins and outs of international insurance and the tropical scammers gaming the system from the islands of Thailand. It's a richly layered story with a treasure trove of observational detail which will delight seasoned veterans of Thai culture and new visitors alike. This is the definitive work for the character of Joe Dylan. This is Joe Dylan Begins..... Seemingly tempted at every turn, we share in his strength as he battles addiction with all the tools in the kit. Circumstances conspire and bring Joe Dylan to a point where the only way he can survive is by passing through the needle's eye of his own darkness." - Alasdair McLeod
Fraud expert JOE DYLAN is investigating the death of two backpackers on the tropical island that has been dubbed by expats and locals DEATH ISLAND. Burnt out expat JAMES HALE can't play poker for love nor money. He needs to escape the city before the mob catch up with him and collect what's owed. They accept cash or body parts. GANTIRA makes a mean puffer-fish salad while her husband SHOGUN and his brother RANG are both intent on squeezing as much cash out of the island as possible.
"James Newman's Bangkok Express is a wild and uneven ride through Thailand's seedy underbelly - Mr. Newman abuses eternal truths, clichés and painful realities in equal measure and serves up a good beach read. He joins more established writers such as Christopher G. Moore and John Burdett in an exploration of Thailand's garish netherworld of private eyes, prostitutes, pimps, gangsters, cops and dirty tricks." - Tom Vater - Chiang Mai City News.
