An enchanting new standalone novel from CWA Dagger winner Colin
Cotterill, set in Bangkok: a mystery without a crime, where the line
between fact and fiction blurs, and nothing is as simple as it appears
Thailand, 1996: Supot, a postman with the Royal Thai Mail service, hates
his job. The only bright spot in his life is watching classic movies
with his best friend, Ali, the owner of a video store. These cinephiles
adore the charisma of the old Western stars, particularly the actresses,
and bemoan the state of modern Thai cinema--until a mysterious cassette,
entitled Bangkok 2010, arrives at Ali's store.
Bangkok 2010 is a dystopian film set in a near-future Thailand--and
Supot and Ali, immediately obsessed, agree it's the most brilliant Thai
movie they've ever seen. But nobody else has ever heard of the movie,
the director, the actors, or any of the crew. Who would make a movie
like this and not release it, and why?
Feeling a powerful calling to solve the mystery of Bangkok 2010, Supot
journeys deep into the Thai countryside and discovers that powerful
people are dead set on keeping the film buried.
