The Floating Market Fatality

di Deep88 (Autore)

Deep88, 2026

Beneath the glowing lanterns of Amphawa, a silent poison strikes. When street cook Chaiyan "Chai" Sirisuk and his sharp-tongued grandmother, Yai Nok, travel down to the enchanted tidal canals of Samut Songkhram for the annual King Rama II Memorial Regatta, they anticipate a joyful weekend celebrating authentic Siamese boat noodle traditions. But before the first ceremonial race is completed, tragedy strikes the floating market. Mae Mali, the beloved eighty-year-old "Queen of Amphawa" whose legendary five-spice boat noodle broth has sustained the canal community for sixty years, collapses face-first into her boiling copper cauldron during the regatta's opening ceremony. When Chai leaps aboard her wooden skiff, he discovers the horrifying truth: an almost invisible projectile carved from a stingray spine and coated with concentrated beaked sea snake venom was discharged into her neck through a hollow bamboo blowpipe. While provincial authorities attempt to dismiss the assassination as an accidental drowning or a petty vendor dispute, Chai, Yai Nok, mechanical prodigy Som, and CID Lieutenant Krit uncover a multi-million-baht criminal conspiracy. A ruthless corporate leisure tycoon, Boonchu, and his ex-military enforcer have been systematically terrorizing the floating vendors, using the traditional spice trade as a front for transnational chemical smuggling and toxic adulteration. Joined by O-Liang, Talat Phlu's fearless black Thai ridgeback hound whose keen nose cuts through sea fog and deception, the Night Market Sleuths must navigate treacherous mangrove labyrinths, midnight tidal currents, and the dangerous mechanical gauntlet of Lock Gate Four before the assassin's poison claims another victim. Includes authentic historical insights into Thai boat noodle culture and traditional Mae Klong canal heritage!

• Autore: Deep88
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Deep88
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235873049