Panic in Patpong

Panic in Patpong

Programmer Cody Hudson works for an information technology business called Track IT. The company’s employees are in Bangkok to celebrate the sale of a custom software package to one of Bangkok’s most prestigious gem and jewelry stores, KC Gems. Cody and his two coworkers, Charlie and Evan, are directly responsible for developing the advanced point-of-sale software. Cody is hesitant about going to Thailand. Perhaps it is because he is still a young, shy, and quiet man, naïve about the world, and totally devoted to his wife Kelsie at home. But Charlie and Evan take it upon themselves to widen his horizons by introducing him to Bangkok’s entertainments.

Before departing Thailand, the three men go shopping at KC Gems with their awarded discount. While there, the computer system freezes. Cody is there to fix it, but worries about what caused it. Was the problem caused by Track ITs new software? Could the strange code he finds mean some kind of industrial sabotage, or is something else at play? Before he knows it, Cody is fleeing in panic through Patpong, Bangkok’s famous red-light district. He finds himself kidnapped, accused of blackmail and theft, and thrown into the dark underworld of the blood gem business. Along the way, help comes from a young boy named Chati, a bargirl named Frangi, a kathoey named Cherry Ju-Bilee, and a man who is not who he claims to be.

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Published 2025 by Templar Media | 270 pages | ISBN-13: 979-8986984865