Blue Blood, by Edward Conlon (Riverhead, $27,
www.amazon.com.
Bangkok 8, By John Burdett (Vintage, $13,
www.amazon.com.
One is a nonfiction account of a cop-turned-detective in the New
York City Police Department. The other is a best-selling murder
mystery that takes place in Thailand. Two continents, two
crime-stoppers, two page-turners.