The Ramakien Mystery

When Jim Henderson travels to the remote regions of Northern Thailand and moves among the opium growing tribal villages he unexpectedly spots a large, leather bound book. It is only years later that it becomes apparent that it was probably a very old and actually very valuable illuminated manuscript which had been stolen. He sets out with his family to track it down and this journey leads them from Thailand to Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, India and then back to England. As a direct result of his enquiries, his two sons are attacked and his daughter is abducted and held as a hostage. A private detective is employed and the police, Interpol and others are all involved in the endeavour to break an international ring of art thieves whose masters are located in New York and Tokyo.