The Half-childThe Half child by Angela Savage introduces Jayne Keeney, a feisty thirty something Aussie who has been living in Bangkok for many years. She is hired to investigate the alleged suicide of a young Australian woman in a seedy Thai coastal town. Maryanne Delbeck was happy and harmless, her father refuses to believe she took her own life. Jayne immerses herself in the case, navigating the backstreet world of Thai ladyboys, monks, strippers, expats and