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The Calculator and Other Stories
These are four short stories about Vijay, a perennially broke translator in Bangkok who occasionally resorts to private detective work to help pay the bills. They were first published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine between 2005 and 2011.
In “On Soi Arab” a member of the US embassy in Bangkok tells Vijay about Ning, a Thai co-worker he likes, who has started behaving strangely. And has come into money. Surely she’s not stealing embassy secrets? In “Under Sapparn Phut,” Oot buys a valuable Buddha amulet for a low price in a night market. But since then, he tells Vijay, someone has been following him. In “The Farm in Ratchburi” a businessman called Nop wants to know why his company is failing. He doesn’t have money to pay Vijay, but brings along a 10,000 baht fighting cock as deposit. Nop’s life will turn out to be far more complicated than Vijay imagined. In “The Calculator” a human calculator from England goes missing in Bangkok, having drawn the attention of some powerful people.
In “On Soi Arab” a member of the US embassy in Bangkok tells Vijay about Ning, a Thai co-worker he likes, who has started behaving strangely. And has come into money. Surely she’s not stealing embassy secrets? In “Under Sapparn Phut,” Oot buys a valuable Buddha amulet for a low price in a night market. But since then, he tells Vijay, someone has been following him. In “The Farm in Ratchburi” a businessman called Nop wants to know why his company is failing. He doesn’t have money to pay Vijay, but brings along a 10,000 baht fighting cock as deposit. Nop’s life will turn out to be far more complicated than Vijay imagined. In “The Calculator” a human calculator from England goes missing in Bangkok, having drawn the attention of some powerful people.
- GenresMystery
88 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 23, 2023
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About the author
Mithran Somasundrum
6 books2 followersMithran Somasundrum was born in Colombo, grew up in London and currently lives in Bangkok, where he works in an electrochemistry lab.
His short stories have been published in The Sun, Inkwell, Natural Bridge, The Minnesota Review, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and The Best Asian Short Stories 2017, among others. One of his stories was shortlisted for the Bridport 2021 Short Story Prize. His next novel, "Bangkok Phantoms" is forthcoming from Joffe Books.
His short stories have been published in The Sun, Inkwell, Natural Bridge, The Minnesota Review, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and The Best Asian Short Stories 2017, among others. One of his stories was shortlisted for the Bridport 2021 Short Story Prize. His next novel, "Bangkok Phantoms" is forthcoming from Joffe Books.
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June 13, 2023
Four shorts
There are four short stories previously published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. They are detective mysteries that take place in Bangkok, Thailand.
None of the mysteries is complicated. Each is solved in a few pages. They are well written and make for easy reading.
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There are four short stories previously published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. They are detective mysteries that take place in Bangkok, Thailand.
None of the mysteries is complicated. Each is solved in a few pages. They are well written and make for easy reading.
28
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