Cambodia Noir, Nick Seeley
Cambodia Noir, Nick Seeley
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Cambodia Noir

Author: Nick Seeley

Narrator: Nick Seeley, Kate Rudd

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2016


Synopsis

A high-octane thriller with a heart-stopping conclusion about a mysterious American woman who disappears into the Cambodian underworld, and the photojournalist who tracks her through the clues left in her diary.Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The end of the line. Lawless, drug-soaked, forgotten—it’s where bad journalists go to die. For once-great war photographer Will Keller, that’s kind of a mission statement: he spends his days floating from one score to the next, taking any job that pays; his nights are a haze of sex, drugs, booze, and brawling. But Will’s spiral toward oblivion is interrupted by Kara Saito, a beautiful young woman who shows up and begs Will to help find her sister, June, who disappeared during a stint as an intern at the local paper.There’s a world of bad things June could have gotten mixed up in. The Phnom Penh underworld is in an uproar after a huge drug bust; a local reporter has been murdered in a political hit; and the government and opposition are locked in a standoff that could throw the country into chaos at any moment. Will’s best clue is June’s diary: an unsettling collection of experiences, memories, and dreams, reflecting a young woman at once repelled and fascinated by the chaos of Cambodia. As Will digs deeper into June’s past, he uncovers one disturbing fact after another about the missing girl and her bloody family history. In the end, the most dangerous thing in Cambodia may be June herself.Propulsive, electric, and filled with unforgettable characters, Cambodia Noir marks the arrival of a fresh new talent. Nick Seeley is an ambitious, wildly imaginative author and his enthralling debut explores what happens when we venture into dark places…when we get in over our heads…and when we get lost.

About Nick Seeley

Nick Seeley is an international journalist who got his start in Phnom Penh. Since then, he has spent more than a decade reporting from the Middle East. His work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy magazine, Middle East Report, and Travelers’ Tales, among other publications. He is also the author of the nonfiction Kindle Single A Syrian Wedding, about life in a refugee camp in Jordan. Cambodia Noir is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Delee on January 31, 2016

Well done Nick Seeley. Well done! Nick knows his S!@T.....Ohhhhh....may I call you Nick???? There is nothing I like better than to dive into a book of an author that knows what he is doing. I felt safe there...I felt comfortable knowing that he knew much more than I did- and that he could guide me th......more

Goodreads review by Jülie ☼♄  on April 01, 2016

Incredibly good! What a brilliant read this was! I have recently returned from a trip to Cambodia and found this story all the more compelling for that as I could easily identify with the descriptions of the people, the streets, and the places along the river.. the pulse of the place which never seems......more

Goodreads review by Ioana on March 27, 2016

"She didn't care about the money... She didn't care about the story. Or me, or Sam, or even drugs. She didn't have reasons. She just wanted to see what was in the dark..." Cambodia Noir reads like a drug-induced frenzy, like falling into an abyss of human depravity, senselessness, unmoored emptiness......more

Goodreads review by The Shayne-Train on March 17, 2016

This book is amazing. A first-person present-tense feverdream, equal parts Raymond Chandler and Bret Easton Ellis. Drugs and crime, political coups and sex workers, and blood, and blood, and blood. Visit a locale you may not have literarily been to before. The humidity and corruption of the place actu......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 14, 2016

I know this book will be beloved by many. I know I may get trolled for disliking it. But honestly, it just annoyed me, from start to finish. There were so many things that, taken separately, I could've overlooked; taken altogether, I just couldn't wait for this book to be over. The first and biggest......more