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Pattaya 24/7
Eighth in the Vincent Calvino
P.I. Series
Inside a secluded,
lush estate located on the edge of Pattaya, an eccentric
Englishman's gardener is found hanged. Calvino has been
hired to investigate. Calvino finds himself pulled deep
into the shadows of the war against drugs, into the
empire of a local warlord with the trail leading to
a terrorist who has caused Code Orange alerts to flash
across the screen of American intelligence. In a story
packed with twists and turns, Calvino traces the links
from the gardener's past to the door of men with power
and influence who have everything to lose if the mystery
of the gardener's death is solved."
First edition (2004) Trade paperback
Heaven Lake Press, 305 pp.
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"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
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"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
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"Vinee
Calvino is back! ... Moore’s literary talents
are obvious while reading this book."
-- Pattaya Mail
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"Relishing
another Christopher G. Moore novel is like receiving
essential nutrients for a healthier, safer life
in Thailand. Insights into the human condition
…reveal us to ourselves painfully clearly but
as balanced as a sweet and sour Thai dish."
-- Richard Ravensdale,
Pattaya People, June 2004
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"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 ex-pat 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. Pattaya 24/7, Moore paints
a compelling story of twisted love affairs, crooked
power brokers, and Muslim terrorists when Calvino
is hired to find the killer of a gardener found
hanged on the estate of a rich, distinguished,
British pianist who now makes his home in Pattaya,
Thailand, the location of a recent, real-life,
terrorist insurgency."
-- Shamus and
Arthur Ellis Nominee Joseph Louis, (author of
Madelaine and other mysteries)
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