Original: The Risk of Infidelity Index
A Vincent Calvino crime novel
Ninth in the series
Privatdetektiv Vincent Calvino ist seit fast dreißig Jahren im Geschäft und eine bekannte Größe in der Welt der Kriminalliteratur. Diesmal gerät er ins Fadenkreuz der thailändischen Behörden, als er in einem Fall von Arzneimittel-Piraterie ermittelt. Er folgt der Spur des Geldes bis vor die Tür einiger höchst einflussreicher Persönlichkeiten. Doch dann begeht er den Fehler, anzuklopfen …
Parallel dazu beauftragt ihn eine Gruppe von ausländischen Ehefrauen, die den "Seitensprung-Index" gelesen haben (ein Ranking, bei dem Bangkok in Bezug auf untreue Ehemänner an der Spitze steht), die Treue ihrer Gatten zu überprüfen.
Mit dem Tod eines 19jähriges thailändisches Mädchen und eines bekannten ausländischen Anwalt gerät Calvino in ein tödliches Netz von Intrigen. Nur unter Einsatz seiner ganzen Erfahrung kann er überleben …
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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