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.
Praise
“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, Tobias Gohlis
“"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.”
—1
Live
“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
“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, an American-born writer who has lived there for almost 20
years, paints with maestrolike Dickensian strokes.”
—Thomas Plate, The Seattle Times
“A
complex, intelligent novel.”—Publishers’
Weekly
“The
darkly raffish Bangkok milieu is a treat.”—Kirkus
Review
“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…”
—Pattaya People Weekly, Richard Ravensdale
“exciting,
enthralling and entertaining writing.”
—Pattaya Mail
“…this
book shows that Chris Moore is at the top of his form.”
—Bangkok Post