Mike Villiers was a ten-year-old boy when his father, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Villiers died with eleven others on a flight from Bangkok that crashed and burned near Saigon in November 1970. A tragic accident they said. Thirty years on Mike comes to believe that it was murder. And he’s looking to find the killers.Thirty years is a long time they tell him. It’s a cold case. The perpetrators will … The perpetrators will be dead. They tell him to forget about it. And most people would.
But Mike’s not a bit like that.
He going to Bangkok, the City of Angels and place of his birth with retribution in mind and vengeance in his heart and, other than his life, nothing to lose.
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‘A Bangkok Interlude’ is the second of Tony McManus’ thrillers I’ve read recently and like the previous one, ‘The Sum of Things’, this is a fast-paced rollercoaster of a ride that will keep you turning pages late into the night. The story is split into two parts, the first of which is set in Bangkok in 1970 and, whilst intriguing and entertaining in its own right, sets up the second half of the tale splendidly. In the first, we initially follow the events that effect two ex-soldiers who were involved in a theft while serving in Vietnam. It is in the follow up to these occurrences that we readers are introduced to the first of author McManus’ two protagonists, Michael Villiers, who, through a fortuitous turn of events, is investigating the case. In the second half of this adrenaline-filled tale, we jump forward to 2001 as Villiers son, an ex-FBI agent, is privy to some information that takes him on the Bangkok Interlude of the title as he returns to Thailand to delve into the thirty-year old case and sets him on a bloody trail of personal vengeance.
Author McManus lends his personal knowledge to the settings of the novels and thus creates a solid backdrop for his many characters, each carefully constructed to be realistically flawed and thus highly believable.
Like author McManus’ ‘The Sum of Things’, the pace is intense throughout the novel and fans of Chris Ryan, Andy McNab etc. will not be disappointed. Another solid action thriller from this author, and possibly the start of a new series.
Thrilling mystery.
The story starts with two different timelines weaved together.
First, the story tells of a plane crash. Second is in the present when the events of the past slowly come unfurling.
The description of the place and the way the characters were etched almost made me forget that the book was fiction because it seemed like it was real.
The action scenes, the mystery were all woven together beautifully in the story. Loved it.
A Bangkok Interlude’ is the second of Tony McManus’ thrillers I’ve read recently and like the previous one, ‘The Sum of Things’, this is a fast-paced rollercoaster of a ride that will keep you turning pages late into the night. The story is split into two parts, the first of which is set in Bangkok in 1970 and, whilst intriguing and entertaining in its own right, sets up the second half of the tale splendidly. In the first, we initially follow the events that effect two ex-soldiers who were involved in a theft while serving in Vietnam. It is in the follow up to these occurrences that we readers are introduced to the first of author McManus’ two protagonists, Michael Villiers, who, through a fortuitous turn of events, is investigating the case. In the second half of this adrenaline-filled tale, we jump forward to 2001 as Villiers son, an ex-FBI agent, is privy to some information that takes him on the Bangkok Interlude of the title as he returns to Thailand to delve into the thirty-year old case and sets him on a bloody trail of personal vengeance.
Author McManus lends his personal knowledge to the settings of the novels and thus creates a solid backdrop for his many characters, each carefully constructed to be realistically flawed and thus highly believable.
Like author McManus’ ‘The Sum of Things’, the pace is intense throughout the novel and fans of Chris Ryan, Andy McNab etc. will not be disappointed. Another solid action thriller from this author, and possibly the start of a new series.
Enrico Grafitti, Amazon reviewer.