THE
VINCIENT CALVINO PRIVATE-EYE SERIES
Winner of 2004 German Critics Award
for International Crime Fiction
(Deutsche Krimi Preis)
Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director’s Award Semana
Negra (Spain)
for Stunde Null in Phnom Penh (Zero Hour in
Phnom Penh)
Moore’s
Vincent Calvino is listed among “100 Eyes of Mystery Scene
Era” published in the 100th issue of Mystery Scene Magazine
“I
have come late to Christopher Moore's PI novels featuring
Vincent Calvino. And that's been my loss.... Calvino is
the hard-boiled successor of Philip Marlowe, a damaged,
beaten-down but never beaten protagonist who doesn't know
when to quit. The Bangkok he inhabits is full of life, corruption
and broken dreams. Moore drags you in to experience all
of it.... His writing recalls the gritty noir of Chandler
and the intrigue of Le Carre with a dry humour thrown in.”
—Chris Bilkey, Crime Buzz
“Moore's
Vincent Calvino novels ... are crisp, atmospheric
entertainments set in a noirish Bangkok.”
—Guardian
“Vincent
Calvino is one of the most notable detectives of
modern crime literature.”
—Harmut Wilmes, Klnische Rundschau
“The
Vincent Calvino series belongs on every Asian crime list.”
—Booklist
“A
vivid sense of place ... the city of Bangkok, with its chaos
and mystery, is almost another character. Recommened.”
—Library Journal
“A
worthy example of a serial character, Vincent Calvino is
human and convincing.”
—Thriller Magazine (Italy)
“Calvino
is a wonderful private detective figure! Consistent action,
masterful language ... and Anglo-Saxon humor at its best.”
—Deutschland Radio
“[Paying
Back Jack] might be Moore's finest novel yet. A gripping
tale of human trafficking, mercenaries, missing interrogation
videos, international conspiracies, and revenge, all set
against the lovely and sordid backstreets of Bangkok that
Moore knows better than anyone.”
—Barry Eisler, author of Fault Line
“Moore
is a stylist much like the writers of the early to mid-20th
century who kick-started the P.I. genre in America. He writes
with the angry and sad voice of Ross Macdonald and the flow
of and beauty of Raymond Chandler. Penning his books in
the third-person, he uses allegory and symbolism to great
effect. The Calvino series is distinctive and wonderful,
not to be missed, and I’m pleased to see that it is finally
becoming better known in the States.”
—Cameron Hughes, The Rap Sheet
“Vincent
Calvino is a terrific character who could only have been
drafted into action by a terrific writer.”
—T. Jefferson Parker, author of L.A. Outlaws.
“Think
Dashiell Hammett in Bangkok.”
—The San Francisco Chronicle
“Moore’s
work recalls the international ‘entertainments’ of Graham
Greene or John le Carr?, but the hard-bitten worldview and
the cynical, bruised idealism of his battered hero is right
out of Chandler. Intelligent and articulate, Moore offers
a rich, passionate and original take on the private eye
game, fans of the genre should definitely investigate, and
fans of foreign intrigue will definitely appreciate.”
—Kevin Burton Smith, January Magazine
“It’s
easy to see why Moore’s books are popular: While seasoned
with a spicy mixture of humor and realism, they stand out
as model studies in East-West encounters, as satisfying
for their cultural insights as they are for their hardboiled
action.”
—Mark Schreiber, The Japan Times
“Chris
Moore’s series of private-eye tales set in the full mysterious
splendor of bubbling Bangkok, Thailand, remind us anew of
how much meaning we miss out on when we don’t worship true
artists. Underneath Bangkok society is a deeply encrusted
demiworld of hope, despair, corruption and courage that
Moore … paints with maestrolike Dickensian strokes.”
—Thomas Plate, The Seattle Times
“Vincent
Calvino is at once in the finest tradition of the lone private
detective and a complete original.”
—Matt Beynon Rees, author of The Samaritan’s Secret
“Moore
is a genuine novelist who just happens to employ the conventions
of the thriller genre, that his real interests are believable
human behaviour and way cultures cross-pollinate and sometimes
clash. This is real prose, not Raymond Chandler stuff, and
his motives are as close to art as they are to entertainment.
Read him.”
—Douglas Fetherling, Ottawa Citizen
“For those who like their mysteries dark and steamy, Christopher
G. Moore’s Vincent Calvino suspense series is a must read.
Told from the point of view of an expat New Yorker turned
Bangkok private eye, Moore’s novels take you into the bowels
of Southeast Asia, where life is cheap, greed is the norm,
sex underpins even the most casual relationships, and nothing—nothing—is
ever what it appears to be at first glance.”
—Shamus and Arthur Ellis Nominee Joseph Louis, author of
Madelaine and other mysteries
“Every
big city has its fictional detective; and Bangkok’s is
Vincent Calvino.”
—Bangkok 101
“Moore
is an old hand at teasing out strange, marginal characters,
and bringing them to life with his consummate, compulsive
story-telling.”
—Project Eyeball (Singapore)
“Fans
of fast-paced detective fiction can enjoy a familiar Asian
backdrop to murder, skullduggery, and espionage.
Like the too-human detectives of popular fiction, Vincent
Calvino is a likeable mercenary, a New York lawyer who’s
given up practice to turn P.I. in the labyrinth of South-East
Asian politics, double-dealing and fleeting relationships.
Expect to be entertained as well as gain
an insight into an expat perception of life.”
—NTUC Lifestyle (Singapore)
“Christopher
G. Moore is among the most important authors who bring foreign
crime fiction into Germany. [His detective stories] are
brilliant.”
—Krimitipps
“Relishing
another Christopher Moore novel is like receiving essential
nutrients for a healthier, safe life in Thailand.
Insights into the human condition of expat existence, which
underpin his thriller plots, can though, be painful to swallow.
They reveal us to ourselves painfully clearly but as balanced
as a sweet and sour Thai dish.”
—Richard Ravensdale, Pattaya People
SPIRIT
HOUSE
Grove Press, trade paperback (2008) 304 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 291 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 268 pp.
White Lotus (1992) 332 pp.
“Well-written,
tough and bloody. ”
—Bernard Knight, Tangled Web (UK)
“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
ASIA
HAND
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 271 pp.
White Lotus (1993) 325 pp.
“Navigating
Bangkok’s dark sidestreets and myriad underground cultures
requires keen insight as well as the courage to look at
corruption but see the hope that lies beneath. Vincent Calvino,
a disbarred American lawyer turned PI, has been doing that
for years as Christopher G. Moore shows in his award-winning
series.”
—Mystery Scene Magazine, Oline H. Cogdill
“Asia
Hand is the kind of novel that grabs you and never
lets go.”
—The Times of Inda
“Asia
Hand is a skillfully crafted, addictive ride through
one of the planet's most raw and vivid cities. Moore and
Calvino define the dark pungent cocktail that is Asian noir.”
—Eliot Pattison, author of the “Inspector
Shan” series
“In
[Asia Hand], crime writer Christopher G. Moore
does what he does best: kill someone and let the brash,
unsuave, unpretentious Calvino unearth the dirty details.
What follows is a journey into the big, bad, dark world
of Bangkok politics and double-dealings. The stakes are
high when luck forsakes the duo.”
—Hindustan Times
“Moore's
stylish second Bangkok thriller… explores the dark side
of both Bangkok and the human heart. Felicitous prose speeds
the action along….”
—Publishers Weekly
“[Asia
Hand] highly recommended to readers of hard-boiled
detective fiction, as well as the classic American tough-guy
authors (Raymond Chandler or, more recently, Robert B. Parker).”
—Booklist
“A
well-crafted piece of modern noir fiction … well plotted,
intricate and intelligent … What makes [Asia Hand]
work is Moore’s insights into the interactions between ex-pats/foreigners
(farangs) in Thailand and the Thai people… [Moore’s
Vincent Calvino] series is great and beats the pants off
of most crime fiction sitting on the shelves of my local
bookstore.”
—NancyO, www.2010theyearinbooks.com
“Moore’s
Vinny Calvino is a worthy successor to Raymond Chandler’s
Philip Marlowe and Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer.”
—The Nation
“The
top foreign author focussing on the Land of Smiles, Canadian
Christopher G. Moore clearly has a first-hand understanding
of the expat milieu. . . . Moore is perspicacious.”
—Bangkok Post
ZERO
HOUR IN PHNOM PENH
Heaven
Lake Press (2005) 287 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 268 pp.
White Lotus (1994) 314 pp. (under title: CUT OUT)
Winner
of 2004 German Critics Award for International Crime Fiction
(Deutsche Krimi Preis)
Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director’s Award Semana
Negra (Spain)
for Stunde Null in Phnom Penh (Zero Hour in
Phnom Penh)
“The
story is fast-paced and entertaining. Even outside of his
Bangkok comfort zone, Moore shows he is one of the best
chroniclers of the expat diaspora.”
—The Daily Yomiuri
“Zero
Hour in Phnom Penh is political, courageous and perhaps
[Moore’s] most important work. Moore is a brilliant
storyteller and a masterful character inventor.”
—CrimiCouch.de
“Zero
Hour in Phnom Penh is a brilliant detective story that portrays—with
no illusion—Cambodia’s adventurous transition
from genocide and civil war to a free-market economy and
democratic normality. Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is a rare
stroke of luck and a work of art, from which one can always
draw more stories and levels of meaning. . . . an all too
human, timeless, historical and philosophical novel.”
—Deutsche Well Buchtipp, Bonn
“A
thriller in which the importance of the single crime shrinks
visibly at the sight of mass murder and grand corruption.”
—Thomas Klingenmaier, Stuttgarter Zeitung
“It
was ten years ago in Cambodia, but this great novel sits
well after Kandahar, Luanda, Kabul, Baghdad and other places
where the brutality of war destroys the souls of humanity.”
—KulturNews, Hamburg
“[In
Zero Hour in Phnom Penh] one experiences an impressive novel
and discovers lives in a country—keyword ‘Pol
Pot—that has a long history of genocide behind it.
A novel of sad intelligence and intelligent sadness”
—Thomas Widmer, Facts Zürich
“Moore
is an accurate storyteller and a sensitive observer. He
bares the colonial attitude of the foreigners and soberly
describes the survival strategies of the young women—imparting
a great amount of information and a valuable insight.”
—Marianne de Mestral, P.S. Magazin, Zürich
“The
novel is more than a crime fiction. It is a believable attempt
to describe a society at the crossroad. Moore’s portrayal
of the omnipresent prostitution in Cambodia goes under the
skin. Nothing is glossed over.”
—Christian Ruf, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
“Zero
Hour in Phnom Penh is a bursting, high adventure . . . extremely
gripping . . . a morality portrait with no illusion.”
—Ulrich Noller, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
“A
well written, exciting, but not simplistic thriller. The
description of Cambodia at the end of the Pol Pot terror
regime (approximately 1993) is convincing. High tension
amidst violent backdrop. Recommended. ”
—Ute Ulrike Fauth, EKZ Buchbesprechungen Reutlingen
“Moore’s
crime fiction is a multi-layered and disillusioning picture
of the Cambodian society and the UNTAC soldiers: the reality
behind the headlines.”
—Inge Wünnenberg, General-Anzeiger, Bonn
“Like
other Calvino novels, Zero Hour in Phnom Penh captures the
tropical sultriness that often sucks away the breaths of
West Germans in Southeast Asia. Heat, noise and stench almost
emanate from the book.. Moore heats up the climate even
further with his portrayals of raw power, cheap sex, wretchedness
from drugs and human contempt. It can be stomach-turning
for the delicate of the hearts.”
—Sönke Boldt, Badische Neueste Nachrichten
Karlsruhe
“Moore
writes to entertain, and that he does.”
—Bangkok Post
COMFORT
ZONE
White Lotus (1995) 315 pp.
Heaven Lake Press ed. (2001) 277 pp.
“Moore
hits home with more of everything in Comfort Zone. There
is a balanced mix of story-line, narrative, wisdom, knowledge
as well as love, sex, and murder.”
—Thailand Times
“In
a murder mystery with a plot that is better executed than
any Central Intelligence Agency black bag operation, the
Bangkok expatriate crowd have moved to boomtown Saigon.
Like a Japanese gardener who captures the land and the sky
and recreates it in the backyard, Moore’s genius is
in portraying the Southeast Asian heartscape behind the
tourist industry hotel gloss.”
—The Daily Yomiuri
“Comfort
Zone is a good read—an up-to-date 90s feel.”
—Accent Thai
“In
Comfort Zone, our Bangkok-based P.I. is hired to go to Vietnam
to find the killer of a young American lawyer. He digs,
discovering layers of intrigue. He’s stalked by hired
killers and falls in love with a Hanoi girl. Can he trust
her? The reader is hooked.”
—NTUC Lifestyle (Singapore)
THE
BIG WEIRD
Heaven Lake Press, mass paperback (2008) 345 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 277 pp.
bookSiam (1996) 320 pp.
“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
COLD
HIT
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 342 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 330 pp.
“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
MINOR
WIFE
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 272 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2002) 295 pp.
“What
distinguishes Christopher G. Moore from other foreign authors
setting their stories in the Land of Smiles is how much
more he understands its mystique, the psyche of its populace
and the futility of its round residents trying to fit into
its square holes.”
—Bangkok Post
“Moore
pursues in even greater detail in Minor Wife the changing
social roles of Thai women (changing, but not always quickly
or for the better) and their relations among themselves
and across class lines and other barriers.”
—Vancouver Sun
“Moore’s
attention to detail and 3-D characterization make Minor
Wife
much more than just another crime novel.”
—Farang Magazine (Thailand)
“The
thriller moves in those convoluted circles within which
Thai life and society takes place. Moore’s knowledge
of these gives insights into many aspects of the cultural
mores. Many of these are unknown to the expat population,
most of whom spend their time living in blissful ignorance
of the Thai dark underbelly. . . . Great writing, great
story and a great read. Get it, you will not be disappointed.”
—Pattaya Mail
PATTAYA
24/7
Heaven Lake Press, mass paperback (2008) 351 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2004) 305 pp.
“Calvino
does it again...well-developed characters and the pace keeps
you reading well after you should have turned out the light.”
—Farang Magazine (Thailand)
“Intelligent
and articulate, Moore offers a rich, passionate and original
take on the private eye game, fans of the genre should definitely
investigate, and fans of foreign intrigue will definitely
enjoy.”
—Kevin Burton Smith, January Magazine
“The
best in the Calvino series . . . The story is compelling.”
—Bangkok Post
“Pattaya
24/7 is one of best in the Calvino series—original,
provocative, and rich with details and insights into the
underworld of Thai police, provincial gangsters, hit squads,
and terrorists.”
—Pieke Bierman, award-wining author of Violetta
“A
cast of memorably eccentric figures in an exotic Southeast
Asian backdrop”
—The Japan Times
“Pattaya
24/7 is a compelling, atmospheric and multi-layered murder
investigation set in modern-day Thailand. The detective,
Calvino, is a complex and engaging hero.”
—Garry Disher, award-winning author of The Wyatt
Novels
“Pattaya
24/7 pulls the reader through a landmine of traumatic moods—anxiety,
greed and fear.”
—The Nation
“Moore’s
literary talents are obvious. This book is deeper than the
well one of the characters was fished out of.”
—Pattaya Mail
“The
colourful gallery of secondary characters in Pattaya 24/7
is a distinctive feature that increases the reader’s
interest. We enjoy the spicy taste of hard-boiled fiction
reinvented in an exotic but realistic place—in fact,
not realistic, but real!.”
—Thriller Magazine (Italy)
THE
RISK OF INFIDELITY INDEX
Atlantic Books, trade paperback (2008) 336 pp.
Atlantic Monthly Press, hardback (2008) 318 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2007) 324 pp.
“Fast
paced, violent tale of high-level corruption set against
the heat of Bangkok.”
—Conventry Telegraph
“Moore's flashy style successfully captures
the dizzying contradictions in [Bangkok’s] vertiginous landscape.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
“Flashy private-eye mystery.”
—The New York Times
“Think Dashiell Hammett in Bangkok. A hard-boiled,
street-smart, often hilarious pursuit of a double murderer.”
—The San Francisco Chronicle
“Humorous and intelligent ... a great introduction
to the seamy side of Bangkok.”
—Carla Mckay, The Daily Mail
“The real star of the book is Bangkok.”
—Susanna Yager, The Daily Telegraph
“Can
Moore write and is he worth reading? On the evidence of
[The Risk of Infidelity Index], the answers are
unequivocally yes.”
—Peter Whittaker, Tribune Magazine (UK)
“The
book’s loving evocation of the Thai atmosphere adds a glorious
new locale to the detective genre’s geography, rendered
with a master’s hand.”
—Jim Feast, Evergreen Review
“Christopher G. Moore has long been a big name in crime
for his Vincent Calvino books, based on the exploits of
an American private eye in Thailand's seedy underbelly.”
—Jonathan Gibbs, The Independent
“There's plenty of violent action ... memorable
low-life characters ... the real star of the book is Bangkok.”
—Telegraph (London)
“The Risk of Infidelity Index is taut, spooky,
intelligent, and beautifully written. Vincent Calvino is
a terrific character who could only have been drafted into
action by a terrific writer.”
—T. Jefferson Parker, author of L.A. Outlaws
“Grim, violent, and saturated in details
of Bangkok’s underworld.”
—The Boston Globe
“The
Risk of Infidelity Index is a complex, violent, and high
readable thriller.”
—One80 News (UK)
“The faint whiff of misogyny/xenophobia
one senses is just part of Moore's pitch-perfect Bangkok,
from its churning after-hours melee of insistent yings to
its hard-drinking farangs (foreigners), to the scary duplicity
behind the ever-present Thai smile.”
—P.G. KOCH, Houston Chronicle
“A complex, intelligent novel.”
—Publishers’ Weekly
“The darkly raffish Bangkok milieu is a
treat.”
—Kirkus Review
“Chris
Moore's series of private-eye tales set in the full mysterious
splendor of bubbling Bangkok, Thailand, remind us anew of
how much meaning we miss out on when we don't worship true
artists. Underneath Bangkok society is a deeply encrusted
demiworld of hope, despair, corruption and courage that
Moore, who has lived there for almost 20 years, paints with
maestrolike Dickensian strokes.”
—Thomas Plate, The Seattle Times
“Moore
not only has written a chilling and fast-paced mystery,
but the author also provides an honest description of the
local landscape and social underworld of Bangkok, as Calvino
and his friend Colonel Pratt desperately try to solve the
mysteries before they are permanently retired by the powers
that be in government and in the gangs.”
—Paul Anik, I Love a Mystery
“The Risk of Infidelity Index [is] festooned with memorable
characters and a solid plot. Moore probes the country's
dark side to new depths.... ‘Infidelity’ stays focused on
crime and detection, in a tightly written narrative ...
a satisfying read.”
—Mark Schreiber, The Japan Times
“A
crime thriller as fine as any in this series … a compelling,
page turner…”
— Richard Ravensdale, Pattaya People Weekly
“Exciting, enthralling and entertaining
writing.”
—Pattaya Mail
“This book shows that Chris Moore is at
the top of his form.”
—Bangkok Post
PAYING
BACK JACK
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2008) 332 pp.
“The
plots are complex, as are the characters, and Moore is a
writer who insists on his reader. Inevitably, the most impressive
character of all is Bangkok itself, which the author brings
wonderfully to life."
—Morning Star (UK)
“Crisp,
atmostpheric.... Calvino's cynical humour oils the wheels
nicely, while the cubist plotting keeps us guessing.”
—Guardian
“Plenty
of action sequences ... fascinating reading ... Moore obviously
brings his own experiences of years of living in Bangkok
to the story. His love and understanding of Thai sentiments
and protocol come across on every page, making the stories
even more rich and fulfilling.”
—Christine Zibas, ReviewingTheEvidence.com
“Paying Jack Back is the best Calvino yet....
There are many wheels within wheels turning in this excellent
thriller.... It's about time everyone discovered Bangkok
PI Vincent Calvino.”
—Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail
“The powerful, resonant and nuanced voice
of Christopher G. Moore introduced German readers to his
private investigator Calvino’s Thailand in a unique way.”
—Susanna Mende, Titel Magazine
“Paying
Back Jack is so tightly woven and entertaining it is hopeless
to try to put it down. Not only was it new and fresh, but
I feel like I have taken a trip to the underbelly of Thailand.
It is impossible not ot love this book.”
—Carolyn Lanier, I love a Mystery
“Moore
clearly has no fear that his gloriously corrupt Bangkok
will ever run dry.”
—Kirkus Review
“A vivid sense of place ... the city of
Bangkok, with its chaos and mystery, is almost another character.
Recommended.”
—Library Journal
“This series belongs on every Asian crime
list.”
—Booklist
“Moore
reveals the seething stew of wealth, corruption, cultural
clashes, poverty and lust that is modern Bangkok.… All will
appreciate the raw passion that drives the action.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Paying
Back Jack might be Moore's finest novel yet. A gripping
tale of human trafficking, mercenaries, missing interrogation
videos, international conspiracies, and revenge, all set
against the lovely and sordid backstreets of Bangkok that
Moore knows better than anyone.”
—Barry Eisler, author of Fault Line
“A
lot of the evil that exists in Bangkok lays buried beneath
the duel headstones of 'culture' and 'tradition'. In Paying
Back Jack, Moore isn't afraid to dig the dirt. He knows
the system, he knows the city, and he paints it beautifully.”
—Colin Cotterill, author of The Merry Misogynist (Dr.
Siri Paiboun)
“Moore
creates a cast of vibrant characters worthy of the best
Elmore Leonard caper for this hard-edged, stylish mystery....
His Vincent Calvino is at once in the finest tradition of
the lone private detective and a complete original.”
—Matt Beynon Rees, author of The Samaritan’s Secret
“Moore
has the intellectual and emotional ability to perceive what
is in the hearts and minds of the Thai populace. Not least,
he grasps the nuances of language.... I dare say a screen
adaptation of at least one of the Calvino books isn’t far
off.”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post
“Christopher G. Moore is an exceptional
writer.... The way the different characters, which seem
unrelated to each other, are finally brought together is
superb literary craftsmanship. Paying Back Jack is a tale
which will have you snarling at the intrusion of a telephone....
Get this book.”
—Lang Reid, Pattaya Mail
“Every
big city has its fictional detective; and Bangkok's is Vincent
Calvino.”
—Bangkok 101
“Think Dashiell Hammett in Bangkok..”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“It's
easy to see why Moore's books are popular: While seasoned
with a spicy mixture of humor and realism, they stand out
as model studies in East-West encounters, as satisfying
for their cultural insights as they are for their hard-boiled
action.”
—The Japan Times
THE
CORRUPTIONSIT
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2009) 466 pp.
“Moore's
understanding of the dynamics of Thai society has always
impressed, but considering current events, the timing of
his latest [The Corruptionist] is absolutely amazing.”
—Mark Schreiber, The Japan Times
“An
achievement ... interpreting modern, fast changing Thailand
with its violent political power struggles.... [T]he levels
and depths of observation and insight reach an epic nature
in [The Corruptionist]....The new characters are
stunning.... The ending is superb.”
—Richard Ravensdale, Pattaya Trader
“Very
believable ... A brave book ... Another riveting read from
Christopher G. Moore and one you should not miss.”
—Lang Reid, Pattaya Mail
“Politics
... has a role in the series, more so now than earlier.
What with corruption during elections and coups afterwards,the
denizens watch with bemusement the unlikelihood of those
in office serving their terms. Moore captures this in his
books. Thought-provoking columnists don't do it better....
Moore is putting Thailand on the map”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post
