Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep Has Seen Just About Everything On His Beat In Bangkok''s Crime-riddled District 8. But The Terrifying Snuff Movie He''s Been Sent Anonymously Is Something Else: The Person Who Dies Is Damrong, The Beautiful Woman He Once Loved And Whom He Still Dreams About.and There''s More: Slayings Turn The Ensuing Investigation Into A Murder Inquiry, And Sonchai Into An Obsessed And Haunted Man.sonchai''s Inquiries Follow A Dizzying Route From His Own Apartment, Where He Sleeps Next To His Pregnant Wife While His Fantasies Deliver Him Up To Damrong; To The Backstreets Of Phnom Penh, Where Street Gangs Are Only The Most Visible Threats; To The Gilded Rooms Of The Most Exclusive Men''s Club In Bangkok, Whose Members Will Do Anything To Explore Their Darkest Fantasies.