Monday's bomb blast in Bangkok surprised everyone, even a Bangkok crime writer

The World | Aug 18, 2015
John Burdett has made a living as a crime writer in Bangkok. His stories detail drug use and sex trafficking, and crooked cops. But he's never thought about terrorism as a plot because it was too far-fetched.

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