The Risk of Infidelity Index (Vincent Calvino Crime Novel) by Christopher G. Moore [ebook]
(This ebook edition of The Risk of Infidelity Index is exclusively for sale only in Thailand.)
File type: Epub / File size: 861 KB. / ISBN 978-616-7503-27-1
Major political demonstrations are rocking Bangkok. Chaos and fear sweep through the Thai and expatriate communities. Calvino steps into the political firestorm as he investigates a drug piracy operation. The piracy is traced to a powerful business interest protected by important political connections. A nineteen-year-old Thai woman and a middle-age lawyer end up dead on the same evening. Both are connected to Calvino’s investigation. The dead lawyer’s law firm denies any knowledge of the case. Calvino is left in the cold. Approached by a group of expat housewives—rattled by The Risk of Infidelity Index that ranks Bangkok number one for available sexual temptations—to investigate their husbands, Calvino discovers the alliance of forces blocking his effort to disclose the secret pirate drug investigation.
“Read this novel. Like the Thai world, it has constructed a sophisticated structure, which delivers great intellectual and emotional pleasure with insight into the death and survival of farangs in Thailand.”
—Arte,
“The Infidelity Index" is complex, rich, cynical and brutal in a fascinating way - sort of a "dirty win". But what is true for a private investigation is also true for a thriller. Fantastic "hard boiled" adventure.”—
“Moore's flashy style successfully captures the dizzying contradictions in [Bangkok’s] vertiginous landscape.”—Marilyn Stasio,
“Flashy private-eye mystery.”—
“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 real star of the book is Bangkok.”—Susanna Yager,
“Can Moore write and is he worth reading? On the evidence of [The Risk of Infidelity Index], the answers are unequivocally yes.”—Peter Whittaker, (UK)