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The
Vincent Calvino
P.I. Series
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The
Risk of Infidelity Index
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Spirit
House
ISBN
974-92389-3-1
Trade paperback 6" - 9 1/4"
2004, 306 pages
First
in the series
The Bangkok police already have a confession by a nineteen-year-old
drug addict who has admitted to the murder of a British
computer wizard, Ben Hoadly. From the bruises on his face
shown at the press conference, it is clear that the young
suspect had some help from the police in the making of
his confession. The case is wrapped up. Only there are
some loose ends that the police and just about everyone
else is happy to over look.
The
search for the killer of Ben Hoadley plunges Calvino into
the dark side of Bangkok, where professional hit men have
orders to stop him. From the world of thinner addicts,
dope dealers, fortunetellers, and high-class call girls,
Calvino peels away the mystery surrounding the death of
the English ex-public schoolboy who had a lot of dubious
friends.
“A
thinking man’s Philip Marlowe, Calvino is a cynic
on the surface but a romantic at heart. Calvino . . .
found himself in Bangkok—the end of the world for
a whole host of bizarre foreigners unwilling, unable,
or uninterested in going home.”
—The Daily Yomiuri
“A
worthy example of a serial character, Vinee Calvino is
human and convincing. [He] is an incarnate of the composite
of the many expatriate characters who have burned the
bridge to their pasts.”
—Thriller Magazine (Italy)
“For
those who love Asia, they will devour Moore’s novels.
He opens [Bangkok] in her darkest, most amusing facets.
He reveals the inhabitants’ mindsets, their secrets
and their temptations. Bangkok is his central figure.”
—Stadtmagazin Krefeld
“A
complex and suggestive plot set in the underworld of Bangkok,
full of foreign inhabitants. With all her contradictions,
the city is more than a backdrop. She is alive.”
—Entwicklungspolitik
“Best
in this Spring. Unionverslag brings the best selling author
Christopher G. Moore to Germany. Hopefully more [of his
novels] will follow. ”
—Ultimo
“Good,
that there are still real crime writers. Christopher G.
Moore’s [Spirit House] is colourful and crafty.”
—Johannes Kaiser, Hessischer Rundfunk
“Moore
writes brilliantly and thrillingly. ”
—Schweizer Familie
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