Cockroaches

When Norway's ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case.
Once he arrives Harry discovers hat this case is about much more than a random murder. Something else, something more pervasive, is scrabbling around behind the scenes: for every cockroach you see, there are hundreds behind the walls. Assaulted round-the-clock by traffic noise, Harry wanders the streets of Bangkok—lined with go-go bars, temples, tourist traps, and opium dens—trying to piece together the truth behind the ambassador's death even though no one asked him to, and no one wants him to—not even Harry himself.