Poke Rafferty Books in Order

Settling into family life in Bangkok, travel writer Poke Rafferty takes in a troubled street child and accepts two investigative jobs. A missing uncle and a blackmailing thief draw him toward interconnected dangers threatening his loved ones.

Just as Poke Rafferty prepares to marry Rose, encounters with mysterious strangers disrupt their Bangkok life. A death and mounting threats pull him into a web of ex-spies, criminals, and corrupt police, endangering his family.

A poker game gives Poke Rafferty permission to write the biography of billionaire Pan, whose rise conceals an underworld past. In Bangkok, powerful opponents threaten Rafferty and his family to prevent his investigation from proceeding.

A man Rose believed dead returns to Bangkok, threatening her marriage to Poke Rafferty and their family. Confronting his predatory interest forces Rose to revisit her journey from rural childhood to life as a dancer.

A stranger dies in Poke Rafferty's arms on a Bangkok sidewalk, leaving cryptic final words. Interrogation, a ransacked home, and surveillance turn Rafferty into a fugitive confronting dangers connected to the war on terror.

When Miaow helps her boyfriend buy a stolen phone, photographs of two murdered police officers place Poke Rafferty's family in danger. Investigating the deaths exposes a conspiracy reaching high into Bangkok's law-enforcement hierarchy.

Stranger Arthur Varney uses Bangkok's Expat Bar regulars to get close to Poke Rafferty, demanding money and someone Poke refuses to surrender. As threats intensify, the aging expatriates discover they may still be able to help.

When his daughter's friend reports his father missing, Poke Rafferty discovers killers draining the man's accounts before disposing of their victims. With the money running out, Rafferty races through Bangkok to find him alive.

The arrival of a baby unsettles Poke Rafferty's Bangkok household as his adopted daughter questions her place in the family. Searching for a missing expatriate brings another upheaval when someone from his past unexpectedly returns.