Rune Sarasin is about to learn just how quickly the life of a jewel thief can spiral out of control.…
Seven days are all it takes for Rune Sarasin’s life to completely derail. It starts with a routine heist: lifting a pouch of rubies from the Bangkok hotel room of wealthy smuggler Charles Lemaire. Rune nearly gets caught when Lemaire’s goons give chase, but she manages to escape with her boyfriend Kit. Then Kit delivers some terrifying news: his teenage sister Madee has gone missing. They track her cell phone to the dangerous Khlong Toei slum, but the trail ends there. The night gets even worse when Rune realizes she lost the pouch of gems somewhere in the slum while searching for Madee.
Charles Lemaire is the wrong man to mess with. He is a perfectionist when it comes to both his attire and his crimes, and he isn���t afraid to kill to get what he wants. When he catches up to Rune and Kit, he gives Rune an ultimatum: return his rubies or she will never see her boyfriend again. Now Rune must race against time to either recover the lost gems or find something even more valuable with which to ransom Kit back from Lemaire. But she also still needs to find out what happened to Madee. As Rune investigates deeper into the shadows of the Khlong Toei slum, she uncovers a web of crime with consequences far more insidious than just one missing girl and a handful of stolen rubies.
Hurtling from the back alleys of Bangkok to the glamorous auction houses of New York City, Mailan Doquang’s heart-pounding debut will leave readers questioning just how far they would go for the ones they love.
Genre: Mystery
Seven days are all it takes for Rune Sarasin’s life to completely derail. It starts with a routine heist: lifting a pouch of rubies from the Bangkok hotel room of wealthy smuggler Charles Lemaire. Rune nearly gets caught when Lemaire’s goons give chase, but she manages to escape with her boyfriend Kit. Then Kit delivers some terrifying news: his teenage sister Madee has gone missing. They track her cell phone to the dangerous Khlong Toei slum, but the trail ends there. The night gets even worse when Rune realizes she lost the pouch of gems somewhere in the slum while searching for Madee.
Charles Lemaire is the wrong man to mess with. He is a perfectionist when it comes to both his attire and his crimes, and he isn���t afraid to kill to get what he wants. When he catches up to Rune and Kit, he gives Rune an ultimatum: return his rubies or she will never see her boyfriend again. Now Rune must race against time to either recover the lost gems or find something even more valuable with which to ransom Kit back from Lemaire. But she also still needs to find out what happened to Madee. As Rune investigates deeper into the shadows of the Khlong Toei slum, she uncovers a web of crime with consequences far more insidious than just one missing girl and a handful of stolen rubies.
Hurtling from the back alleys of Bangkok to the glamorous auction houses of New York City, Mailan Doquang’s heart-pounding debut will leave readers questioning just how far they would go for the ones they love.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Jewel thief turned reluctant investigator Rune Sarasin makes a winning protagonist in this captivating, page-turning debut. Mailan Doquang is a writer to watch." - Alafair Burke
"Mailan Doquang's propulsive debut novel, starts off with a bang and the suspense never lets up." - Joanna Margaret
"Blood Rubies is a young woman's incredibly fast and frantic struggle to use her special skills-the good ones and the bad ones-in a global race to save the people she loves. Highly recommended." - Thomas Perry
"Smart, edgy, and rocket-paced, BLOOD RUBIES is a thrill ride, packed with international intrigue, lushly drawn settings, and thrilling action. You'll be breathless as whip-smart jewel thief Rune Sarasin steals a pouch of rubies, races her motorbike through the streets of Bangkok, then jets off to the glamorous auction houses of New York City to save the people she loves. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Don't miss this fresh and exciting debut from newcomer Mailan Doquang-she's a writer to watch." - Lisa Unger
"Mailan Doquang's propulsive debut novel, starts off with a bang and the suspense never lets up." - Joanna Margaret
"Blood Rubies is a young woman's incredibly fast and frantic struggle to use her special skills-the good ones and the bad ones-in a global race to save the people she loves. Highly recommended." - Thomas Perry
"Smart, edgy, and rocket-paced, BLOOD RUBIES is a thrill ride, packed with international intrigue, lushly drawn settings, and thrilling action. You'll be breathless as whip-smart jewel thief Rune Sarasin steals a pouch of rubies, races her motorbike through the streets of Bangkok, then jets off to the glamorous auction houses of New York City to save the people she loves. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Don't miss this fresh and exciting debut from newcomer Mailan Doquang-she's a writer to watch." - Lisa Unger
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