Asia Hand (Vincent Calvino, 2)

Asia Hand (Vincent Calvino, 2)

by Christopher Moore (Author)

Synopsis

Bangkok - the Year of the Monkey. Vincent Calvino is spending the New Year on a call-out to Lumpini Park Lake, where the Thai cops have fished out the body of a farang cameraman. Calvino traces the American's murder to an elite unit of old Asia hands - a set of foreigners with bad reputations and powerful friends.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 May 2010

ISBN 10: 1843547929
ISBN 13: 9781843547921
Book Overview: 'Think Dashiell Hammett in Bangkok.' San Francisco Chronicle It is New Year in Bangkok, and an American cameraman is found murdered. Calvino is called in to investigate, and finds himself embroiled with a band of old Asia hands - bad guys, with very powerful connections... Essential reading for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch.

Author Bio
Christopher G. Moore was born and raised in Canada, where he formerly taught law at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of nine novels starring Vincent Calvino, and the winner of the Deutscher Krimi Preis, Germany's most prestigious award for crime fiction. He has lived in Bangkok since 1988