The Crocodile's Tail

American private detective, Wilson Smith, is unhappy with the lack of customers for his bar girl fidelity business in Patong Town on Thailand's Phuket Island. Wilson's estranged daughter, Alison, a Los Angeles-based celebrity bodyguard contacts him with an offer to collaborate on investigating the death of U.S. TV star, Jeremy Sloan in Phuket. Sloan has been murdered by Tiger Swan gang assassin and escort service worker, Ling Ling Chen. Wilson is thrilled to re-establish contact with his daughter, but isn't keen on taking on the Tiger Swan gang. Wilson and Alison attend a muay thai kickboxing contest where Wilson bets successfully on a fight fixed by Tiger Swan operatives. He is kidnapped and left to die in a jungle clearing once used to train baby elephants using torture. Alison asks for help from Wilson's Thai partner, Punya, who is addicted to the mind-altering drug, krathom. With assistance from Wilson's dog, Jeff, Punya and Alison rescue Wilson. While pursuing Ling Ling Chen Alison uncovers the illegal importation of elephant tusks and rhino horn from East Africa by the Tiger Swan gang. Alison and Ling Ling engage in a climactic mixed martial arts fight. The Crocodile's Tail tells the story not only of the Smith's battle with a notorious international criminal conspiracy, it describes how Wilson and Alison come together again as father and daughter after a lengthy separation. The Crocodile's Tail, the second book in the Wilson Smith Thriller series, is a sequel to Red Star Over Pattaya.