The Language Lesson

If Australian Rick Hannaford hadn't arrived in Bangkok a day early to arrange his accommodation he'd be in class right now doing language lessons. It was a brutal bloody murder of his friend Pascale's, girl. Wrongly accused and being pursued by the police, Hannaford is also being hunted down by the Thai underworld for a case of drug money in his possession, given to him for safe keeping by the murdered girl just hours before she died. Corrupt police, dirtied by drug money, further implicate Rick in order to confuse a trail that would inevitably lead back to them. Avoiding both parties, while attempting to save the life of his kidnapped friend Pascale, becomes too much for Rick to handle alone. He enlists the help of a beautiful Thai girl and her family. Together they hatch a plan to get their mutual friend back alive.

In Lex Strempel's five decades on this planet he has had a variety of careers and jobs. As at the year 2009 they number close to forty. They include Cleaner, Helicopter Pilot, Carpenter, Insurance Salesman, Sign Writer, International Airline Pilot, Maintenance Man, Jockey and Crocodile Skin Trader. The jobs above have not been listed in any given order. With this publication he is pleased to have added novelist to the above list. An Australian by birth he now lives and works in the Far East.