Christopher G. Moore
Comfort Zone
Forth in the Vincent Calvino P.I. Series
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Saigon--The American embargo is lifted. Business is booming in Vietnam and in austere Ho Chi Minh City a new generation of foreigners have come to make money and not war.

In Saigon, a young American lawyer Drew Markle uncovers corruption and fraud in the emerging business world in which his clients are dealing. He turns to his brother, Harry, an ex-special forces vet, for advice. Before Calvino leaves Bangkok on the assignment, there are two murders, one in Saigon and one in Bangkok. Thai Police Lieutenant Colonel Prachai Chongwatana ("Pratt") is under pressure from the Royal Thai Police Department to solve the Bangkok murder quickly. During the course of his investigation, Pratt discovers evidence to link the Bangkok and Saigon murders.

For private eye Vincent Calvino, the journey to Vietnam offers the chance to under the identity of the killers. Also there is a larger opportunity waiting for him in Saigon. While on the case, he discovers a way to break free of the ice-like grip of the Comfort Zone, that archipelago of bars and massage parlors of Bangkok, where feelings are forever frozen solid behind the smiles.

First edition (1995) / 2nd edition (1997) / Current edition (2001) Heaven Lake Press, 267 pp.

 

“Moore hits home with more of everything in Comfort Zone. There is a balanced mix of story-line, narrative, wisdom, knowledge as well as love, sex, and murder.”
—Thailand Times

“In a murder mystery with a plot that is better executed than any Central Intelligence Agency black bag operation, the Bangkok expatriate crowd have moved to boomtown Saigon. Like a Japanese gardener who captures the land and the sky and recreates it in the backyard, Moore’s genius is in portraying the Southeast Asian heartscape behind the tourist industry hotel gloss.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Comfort Zone is a good read—an up-to-date 90s feel.”
—Accent Thai

“In Comfort Zone, our Bangkok-based P.I. is hired to go to Vietnam to find the killer of a young American lawyer. He digs, discovering layers of intrigue. He’s stalked by hired killers and falls in love with a Hanoi girl. Can he trust her? The reader is hooked.”
—NTUC Lifestyle (Singapore)