content: After thoroughly enjoying Bangkok 8 I was excited to ready Bangkok Tattoo. I found Tattoo to be a boring read, not in the "action" so much as in it's lack of depth or new creativity by the author. I felt that the author wrote this book because he did so darn well on the first one and wanted to cash in on his previous success (I can't blame him for that). Hence, the book lacked originality and I felt that Mr Burdett, like a chef simply repeating a dish over and over again, was dishing up the same gangster, foreign spies, prostitute, drug recipe in bangkok simply as a recipe, not as a new and creative masterwork. I would have liked to have seen a more inspired and creative storyline instead of another familiar romp in seedy bangkok again by the detective who has a great personality.