The Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels Series by Jake Needham

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  • Laundry Man (The Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels #4)
    #4

    Laundry Man (The Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels #4)

    Jake Needham

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2002

    "Mr. Needham seems to know rather more about these things than one ought." -- The Wall Street Journal AsiaOnce a high-flying international lawyer, a member of the innermost circles of government power, Jack Shepherd has abandoned the savage politics of Washington for the lethargic backwater of Bangkok, where he is now just an unremarkable professor at an unimportant university in an insignificant city.Or is he?A secretive Asian bank collapses under dubious circumstances... more

  • A World of Trouble (The Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels #7)
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    A World of Trouble (The Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels #7)

    Jake Needham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2012

    Jack Shepherd was sick of Washington politics, sick of corporate law, and even a little sick of himself. So he hit the road looking for a new start, made a couple of wrong turns, and somehow wound up in Hong Kong. Now he needs a job, and being General Chalerm Kitnarock's lawyer is a job, so he takes it.Shepherd could certainly have done a lot worse for himself. Charlie Kitnarok is the world's ninety-eighth richest man... more

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