Private Dancer - by Stephen Leather (Paperback)

About the Book

Pete wanders into a Bangkok bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is young, stunningly pretty, and one of Zombie Bar's top-earning pole dancers. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of sex, drugs, lies and deception, as Pete discovers that his very own private dancer is not all that she claims to be. And that far from being the girl of his dreams, Joy is his own personal nightmare.

Book Synopsis

Pete, a young travel writer, wanders into a Bangkok bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is the girl of his dreams: young, stunningly pretty, and one of Zombie Bar's top-earning pole dancers. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of sex, drugs, lies and deception, as Pete discovers that his very own private dancer is not all that she claims to be. And that far from being the girl of his dreams, Joy is his own personal nightmare.

Review Quotes

A gripping thriller that cleverly intertwines the stories of the main two protagonists: bargirl Joy and her British customer Pete.-- "The Asian Review of Books"

Private Dancer ought to be made available to every tourist at port of entry.-- "The Bangkok Post"

The best book regarding relationships with bargirls that you can ever read. This should be compulsory reading for all first-timers to Thailand.-- "Pattaya Mail (Thailand)"

With its conversational, almost confessional style of writing, this novel will have you rushing through it to reach the climactic ending.-- "The Straits Times (Singapore)"

About the Author

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, author of the Sunday Times bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series, and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective books. His ebooks have topped the Amazon charts in the UK and the US and Amazon has named him as one of the Top 10 self-publishers of all time. Bookseller magazine has named him as one of the Top 100 most influential people in UK publishing.