Aside from a nice style which was displayed far better in this author's "A Personal History of Thirst", there is nothing redeeming here. The characters are not convincing in the slightest and really quite tiresome. Just when I think the rare chance that the FBI agent and the Thai cop will work together and sex will not come up, since there's no reason it should, the masculine cliche arises again. Yes, just like when I've worked with the FBI. The grisly ending is fine, it's just that the rest is so very unrealistic, and worse, dull.