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MWSA Review
Bangkok Gamble is Tom Crowley's new thriller that takes us through the back streets of Bangkok, the back country of Thailand, and the opulence of Macau in this intricately woven tale. Heroes Matt Chance, John Scales, and Jade Lee, all US ex-military, track a gang of sex traffickers in their attempt to rescue young Thai sex slaves and bring the evil monk who leads the organization to justice. Written with detailed description of the various settings that only the author's many years in Southeast Asia could have provided, Bangkok Gamble is a fun, suspenseful story.
Review by Gary DeRigne (March 2021)
MWSA's evaluation of this book found a number of technical problems–including some combination of misspellings, grammar, punctuation, or capitalization errors.
Author's Synopsis
Kidnapping, international trafficking on the dark web, bitcoin blackmail by gangster police states, loan sharks, and a monk obsessed with profit and power are all in the mix.
When Matt Chance is asked by a Bangkok gambling kingpin to investigate the kidnapping of his daughter he’s not interested. That is until he learns that his mentor, former Special Forces soldier John Scales, already on the case, has disappeared. On the trail, Matt confronts Jade Lee, an ex-US Army chopper pilot who joins the chase.
Their attempt to rescue the girl and capture the monk in charge of the criminal cult appears to be a failure until the CIA joins the picture in the form of Matt’s older brother Rick. Offered the chance to take part in a covert operation in Macau, where the monk has fled, Matt and Jade agree to go. The risk is great, the territory unknown, but it seems the only way to rescue the girls and get the mad monk.
ISBN/ASIN: ISBN: 1-64396-153-5 , ISBN-13: 978-1-64396-153-8
Book Format(s): Soft cover, Kindle
Review Genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller
Number of Pages: 228