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Amanda curls around the comm, surrounded by pillows in sareks bed, and here, in the bright light of morning what is she expecting. But for one woman, the city of light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. While red shirt protesters battle thai troops on the streets of downtown bangkok and the city literally burns, the farang scion of a thai crime family tries to unravel a dizzying web of plots and counterplots. The big mango, the ambassador s wife, laundry man and a world of trouble all by jake needham as far as we know, jake has only written two books we have not yet read the umbrella man and killing plato and they are very much on our to do list. Asian fiction set in singapore, thailand by jake needham.
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Books by jake needham author of the ambassadors wife. Jake needham has 15 books on goodreads with 15049 ratings. She married oliver miles in 1968, and accompanied him on diplomatic postings to cyprus, saudi arabia, athens and libya, where he was ambassador during the diplomatic crisis following the murder in london of wpc yvonne. Diplomat magazine met with the wives and husband of 11 ambassadors in the hague to find out more. The ambassador s wife, jake needham, 2010, 494 pages. The story was inspired by the author s personal experiences as the wife of the british ambassador to yemen.
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