Time for a Spy Thriller: Monsoon Ghost Image by Tom Vater.

I am going from cozy whodunit to dark and macabre. I am going from witty mystery to nightmare-inducing mayhem. German born Tom Vater recently released the third book in his Detective Maier Mystery Series.
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When award-winning German conflict photographer Martin Ritter disappears in a boating accident in Thailand, the nation mourns the loss of a cultural icon. But a few weeks later, Detective Maier’s agency in Hamburg gets a call from Ritter’s wife. Her husband has been seen alive on the streets of Bangkok. Maier decides to travel to Thailand to find Ritter. But all he finds is trouble and a photograph. 

As soon as Maier puts his hands on the Monsoon Ghost Image, the detective turns from hunter to hunted – the CIA, international business interests, a doctor with a penchant for mutilation and a woman who calls herself the Wicked Witch of the East all want to get their fingers on Martin Ritter’s most important piece of work – visual proof of a post 9/11 CIA rendition and the torture of a suspected Muslim terrorist on Thai soil. From the concrete canyons of the Thai capital to the savage jungles and hedonist party islands of southern Thailand, Maier and his sidekick Mikhail race against formidable foes to discover some of our darkest truths and to save their lives into the bargain.

Sounds like a wild ride. Are you game?
Here is the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2CEK4hm
For the first two books in the series and gritty crime fiction, check out Crime Wave Press:
http://www.crimewavepress.com/