Burmese Jade a mystery

A French photojournalist lands a coveted assignment that leads her from Paris to the jungles of Malaysia through the neon-lit streets of Bangkok's red light district and onto the temple-strewn plains of Burma (Myanmar). In pursuit of a link between her grandfather's disappearance and that of the famous American silk baron Jim Thompson who vanished a quarter of a century before she joins a tour group that includes a jewel thief a smuggler a Buddhist monk an American family on holiday a former OSS agent and a meddlesome couple from Texas armed with a video camera who unwittingly film a murder.