It was an unlikely encounter between the British Ambassador's dog and the Gurkhas' cat that led to the discovery of the body in the embassy lake. Everybody believed that the body of a young Thai female had been intended to be discovered at the Embassy Fair. Nobody discounted the impact such a discovery would have had. But whose body was it? Miow, the young and beautiful undercover agent working at the embassy, was missing and nobody seemed to know where she was. A jealous wife of an embassy official thought that she might even have killed Miow in a jealous drunken moment! Working back from the discovery, the police discover that a meeting had taken place between Mark Stone, the famous British yachtsman and an unknown man. At the British Council stall a book had changed hands and later Stone met with this unknown man at the Khaosarn Road. The international sailing fraternity was gathering at Phuket and Marcus Stone was tipped to win the big race; but the embassy had information that Stone was going to be involved in a massive smuggling operation masterminded by the villainous and mysterious Khun Pho who for reasons of his own hates the British. Convinced that drugs are involved, Jerry Barton undertakes to determine the identity of the corpse which is sent away for post mortem examination. Barton, whose fiancee at Oxford died from a drug overdose, has dedicated his life to the eradication of the drug trade. Norma Moss was born in India and educated at Delhi and Oxford. She has worked in advertising, with UNICEF and NGOs around the world as a Development Communications consultant. She began writing at the age of six, a chronicle titled Mrs. Pig's Washing Day; the manuscript has not survived. Her published work (as Manorama Mathai) includes Lilies That Fester, Sara (In Anthologies), More Short Stories of Bangkok & Beyond, Mulligatawny Soup, Whispering Generations, Love and Dr.Aiyar and numerous articles and features.