Five
foreigners have died in Bangkok. Were they drug overdose victims
or victims of a serial killer? Calvino believes the evidence points
to a serial killer who stalks tourists in Bangkok. The Thai police,
including Colonel Pratt, don’t buy his theory.
Calvino
teams up with an LAPD officer on a bodyguard assignment. Hidden
forces pull them through swank shopping malls, rundown hotels,
Klong Toey slum, and bars in the redlight district as they try
to keep their man and themselves alive. As Calvino learns more
about the bodies being shipped back to America, the secret of
the serial killer is revealed.
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Praise
“The
story is plausible and riveting to the end.”
—The Japan Times
“Tight,
intricate plotting, wickedly astute . . . Cold Hit will have you
variously gasping, chuckling, nodding, tut-tutting, oh-yesing,
and grinding your teeth throughout its 330 pages.”
—Guide of Bangkok
“The
plot is equally tricky, brilliantly devised, and clear. One
of the best crime fiction in the first half of the year.”
—Ultimo Biedlefeld
“[Cold
Hit] is no standard thriller, but a suspense literature full of
original metaphors.”
—Saarbrücker Zeitung
“City
jungle, sex, drugs, power, but also good-hearted people: a complete
crime.”
—Zwanzig Minuten Zürich
“A
colourful piece, rich in action, of detective literature.”
—Title Magazin.de
“Calvino
is a wonderful private detective figure! Consistent action, masterful
language . . .and Anglo-Saxon humour at its best.”
—Lutz Bunk, DeutschlandRadio, Berlin
“Moore
depicts the city from below. He shows its dirt, its inner conflicts,
its cruelty, its devotion. Hard, cruel, comical and good. ”
—Readme.de
“What
is outstanding in the works of Christopher G. Moore is his in
depth comprehension of what psychiatrist Carl Jung labeled the
collective unconscious, as it applies to Thai motivation, thinking
and action. Moore understands the Thais better than many understand
themselves.”
—Bangkok Post
“Cold
Hit definitely is one of those books you will not want to put
down.”
—Pattaya Mail
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