[jdarnold]

A Nail Through the Heart -- the first in the three book series -- introduces Poke Rafferty, an American travel writer who’s decamped to Thailand. Falling in love with an ex-prostitute and looking to adopt a young runaway are, strangely enough, the safest things in Poke’s life. He quickly gets caught up in the dubious case of a missing Australian and gets enlisted to help the powerful and lethal Madame Wing.

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