Christopher G. Moore
The Risk of Infidelity Index
Ninth in the Vincent Calvino P.I. Series
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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.

First edition (2007) Trade paperback Heaven Lake Press, 324 pp.

 

“Moore's flashy style successfully captures the dizzying contradictions [Bangkok’s] vertiginous landscape.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“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

“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