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"Vincent Calvino is one of the most notable detectives of modern crime literature."
--Hartmut Wilmes, Kolnishe Rundschau

"Intelligent and articulate, Moore offers a rich, passionate and original take on the private eye game fans of the genre should definitely investigate, and that fans of foreign intrigue will definitely appreciate.".
--Kevin Burton Smith, January Magazine


   
The Vincent Calvino
P.I. Series


Spirit House

 

Spirit House

Asia Hand

 

Asia Hand

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh

 

Zero Hour in Phnom Penh

Comfort Zone

 

Comfort Zone

The Big Weird

 

The Big Weird

Cold Hit

 

Cold Hit

Minor Wife

 

Minor Wife

Pattaya 24/7

 

Pattaya 24/7

The Risk of Infidelity Index

 

The Risk of Infidelity Index

Paying Back Jack

 

Paying Back Jack

The Corruptionist

 

The Corruptionist

 

The Big Weird

The Big Weird
ISBN 974-87171-3-5
Trade paperback 5" - 7 3/4"
2000, 272 pages

Fifh in the series

Calvino has been hired by a dying Hollywood screenwriter, Quentin Stuart. His assignment is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of Samantha McNeal, the daughter of the screenwriter’s ex-agent. Sam died from a single bullet wound in the head.

While carrying out the assignment, Calvino enters the inner circle of expats seeking the Hollywood dream in Bangkok. It is in this world of writers, producers and wannabes, that Calvino seeks the truth of Sam’s death.


“The Big Weird is an excellent read, charming, amusing, insightful, complex, localised yet startlingly universal in its themes.”
—Guide of Bangkok

“A good read, fast-paced and laced with so many of the locales so familiar to the expat denizens of Bangkok.”
—Art of Living (Thailand)

“Like a noisy, late-night Thai restaurant, Moore serves up tongue-burming spices that swallow up the literature of Generation X and Cyberpsace as if they were merely sticky rice.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Whether you are a local, resident or a tourist, there are golden nuggets to be found in The Big Weird.”
—Bangkok Post Sunday Magazine

“Highly entertaining.”
—Bangkok Post

“The Big Weird exemplifies a writer who is in control of his material. [It]demonstrates that at last we have an author who understands the abyss between the dreams and aspirations of westerners hoping for a new life in an Asian land and the often-harsh reality that they find.”
—Professor Paul Wilson, Criminologist and Dean, Humanities and Social Science, Bond University

 

 
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