Death at the British Embassy

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.