Cockroaches by Jo NesbøMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
In which Harry Hole goes to Thailand to investigate the death of a (most unqualified) ambassador, and realizes just how much that guy got into some creepy corruption in his host country. As with its predecessor, it feels very ahead of its time, striving to present a non-stereotypical view of the country which Harry is visiting. It’s a little less successful in that regard than the first book, but only because the storyline relies on investigating certain vices for which Thailand is already notorious in real life (and I’m not quite sure how accurate they are, especially when katoey prostitutes enter the fray, but I’ve never been to Thailand so I can’t fully understand it.)
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