The Samui Conspiracy (Conspiracy Series Book 2) by Michael Peart

The Samui Conspiracy by Michael Peart is the entertaining sequel to the breezy legal thriller, The Fanling Conspiracy, and the last installment in the series.

Solicitor Ben McCann moved to Koh Samui, a tropical island off the coast of Thailand, five years ago and has just merged his modest firm with a large Bangkok law firm. Ben is summarily told that their newest client, BAS Petroleum, intends to start drilling for oil in nearby Koh Tao and he’s tasked with persuading Alex Wattana, the President of the Thailand Oil Commission, to grant BAS the licence to drill. Ben immediately hits it off with the beautiful Alex but before she can announce her decision, Alex is found dead with Ben’s associate, Paul, charged with her murder…

Peart’s thriller is laced with his own unique brand of humor, which makes this series on the lighter edge of legal thrillers, but always entertaining. His fifty-two-year-old protagonist, Ben, lives an unapologetically jaded lifestyle yet has an air of vulnerability about him that’s endearing. Despite a few grammatical and punctuation issues, the novel matches its predecessor with a well-constructed plot and frequent twists, while bar girls with loose morals and a colorful cast of characters add spice to an already exotic setting.

Thanks to liberal doses of humor and solid writing, The Samui Conspiracy is a consistently entertaining thriller that will appeal to a wide audience.

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