"This somewhat unusual mystery is fast paced with short chapters and a compressed timeline. Michaels fear and confusion are passed on to the reader and help ratchet up the tension as theclimax draws near. Recommend this one both for the quirky yet strong relationship between Michael and Tuki and for the well-realized setting."
—Booklist

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Bangkok Dragons, Cape Cod Tears summary

“Lone Ranger gone ride again.”

When Michael Decastro gets an email from Tuki — his long-gone client, the lady of ten thousand mysteries — he doesn’t hesistate a moment. He heads to Bangkok to find … what? He doesn’t know. To face what dangers? He hasn’t imagined. All he knows is that she’s beckoned, and he can’t resist her call.

And now, face-to-face with Tuki and a ruby so beautiful it has its own name, Michael must make a choice: move forward, protect Tuki, get to the bottom of her entanglement with the nak lin and see that she’s safe, or run back to his father’s fishing boat, hiding from the ills of the world beneath a watchcap and a raincoat.

Foolhardy, compassionate Michael hardly has to think …

Praise for Bangkok Dragons, Cape Cod Tears

"In this frenetic follow-up to Peffer’s Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues (2006), New Bedford, Mass., lawyer Michael Decastro travels to Bangkok at the request of his exotic hermaphrodite friend, Tuki Aparecio. Tuki, who’s under suspicion for the murder of a wealthy Thai man and the theft of an $11 million ruby from a Buddhist temple, is on the run not only from the police but also from nak-lin—gangsters or mafia. Determined to return the ruby to the temple to remove the bad karma from the stolen gem, Tuki enlists Decastro’s help and that of Marcus Aparecio, her African-American father. Against a backdrop of sexually confused tension, Decastro and Tuki try to sort out their feelings for one another. Covering a lot of territory, literally and figuratively, from the Vietnam War to Thailand’s notorious Bangkwang prison and many gender-bending clubs around the world, Peffer offers an unusual and intriguing version of star-crossed lovers beset by evil enemies."
—Publishers Weekly

"In this frenetic follow-up to Peffer’s Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues (2006), New Bedford, Mass., lawyer Michael Decastro travels to Bangkok at the request of his exotic hermaphrodite friend, Tuki Aparecio. Tuki, who’s under suspicion for the murder of a wealthy Thai man and the theft of an $11 million ruby from a Buddhist temple, is on the run not only from the police but also from nak-lin—gangsters or mafia. Determined to return the ruby to the temple to remove the bad karma from the stolen gem, Tuki enlists Decastro’s help and that of Marcus Aparecio, her African-American father. Against a backdrop of sexually confused tension, Decastro and Tuki try to sort out their feelings for one another. Covering a lot of territory, literally and figuratively, from the Vietnam War to Thailand’s notorious Bangkwang prison and many gender-bending clubs around the world, Peffer offers an unusual and intriguing version of star-crossed lovers beset by evil enemies."
—Booklist

Randall Peffer is an instructor at Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He is the author of the Cape Islands Mystery Series, including Killling Neptune's Daughter, Provincetown Follies/Bangkok Blues, Old School Bones, and Bangkok Dragons/Cape Cod Tears. He is also the author of Southern Seahawk. His nonfiction books include Logs of the Dead Pirate Society and Watermen. For more information, visit his website here.