Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Royal Thai Police investigates the brutal murder of a CIA agent. The investigation becomes complicated when he learns that the suspect is Chanya a tough, sweet working girl who is employed at the gentleman's club owned by Sonchai's mother and his boss, Police Colonel Vikorn.

When Police Colonel Vikorn puts Sonchai in charge of the highest profile criminal case in Thailand -- ending trafficking in human organs -- Sonchai suspects his boss of ulterior motives. And, of course, he's right: Vikorn is running for governor of Bangkok, and his American handlers insist that he needs a dramatic crime-fighting success right now. But just as Vikorn predicts, Sonchai's 'goody-two-shoes Buddhist conscience' takes over. The sting operation...

Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkokś District 8, but nothing like the video heś just been sent anonymously: "Few crimes make us fear for the evolution of our species. I am watching one right now." Heś watching a snuff film. And the person dying before his disbelieving eyes is Damrong--a woman he once loved obsessively and, now it becomes clear, endlessly. And there is something more: something at the end of the film that...