Minor Wife
Seventh and most recent in the Vincent Calvino
P.I. Series
Minor Wife is the seventh novel
in the internationally acclaimed Vincent Calvino private eye series.
A contemporary murder mystery set in Bangkok--a neighbor and friend,
a young ex-prostitute turned artist, is found dead by an American
millionaire's minor wife.
Her rich expat husband hires
Calvino. While searching for the killer in the exclusive clubs and
not so exclusive bars of Bangkok, Calvino discovers that a minor
wife--mia noi--has everything to do with a woman's status. Some
minor wives accept their fate while others snap under the pressure.
Calvino enters the fringe of
Thailand's sisterhood where the women draw the camp wagons around,
protecting and comforting each other. From illegal cock fighting
mataches to Washington Square Calvino has a front row seat as the
puppet and the puppet master dance their last dance.
Heaven Lake Press (2002), 297pp.
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