By Christopher G. Moore, Heaven Lake Press, First edition (1992) / Current edition (2004)

"One of Moore's greatest strengths... is his knowledge of Southeast Asian history." —Newsweek

The Bangkok police already have a confession by a nineteen-year-old drug addict who has admitted to the murder of a British computer wizard, Ben Hoadly. From the bruises on his face shown at the press conference, it is clear that the young suspect had some help from the police in the making of his confession. The case is wrapped up. Only there are some loose ends that the police and just about everyone else is happy to over look.

The search for the killer of Ben Hoadley plunges Calvino into the dark side of Bangkok, where professional hit men have orders to stop him. From the world of thinner addicts, dope dealers, fortunetellers, and high-class call girls, Calvino peels away the mystery surrounding the death of the English ex-public schoolboy who had a lot of dubious friends.

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Book Description:

Spirit House: First in the Vincent Calvino P.I. Series

Spirit House pulls you into a multinational demimonde that gets more real that the other half. Vincent ("Vinee") Calvino, ex-New Yorker, has a "Calvino's law" on tap for the ins and outs of the underbelly of life and sudden death. Calvino ranks in the grand tradition of private investigators, yet remains a winner. The riverboat shootout is a classic. Over the hard clip of action presides the mystic atmosphere of a Bangkok dotted with spirit houses.

Calvino searches for the killer of an English expat journalists. Lt. Col. "Pratt" of the Thai police department believes the killer is a teenage drug addict who has already confessed to the murder. But Calvino uncovers evidence of a larger network of crime -- drugs and murder -- spanning from Patpong, to the slums of Klong Toey, and reaching into the expat financial and business community.

As the death toll mounts, the reversals and twists take Calvino and Pratt deep into a world closed to outsiders; a place where the gods of envy and sex dance across a bridge connecting the East and West.

About the Author:

Christopher G. Moore, an awarding winning novelist and playwright, is a Canadian, first came to Asia in 1983 and has lived in Bangkok since 1988. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree from Oxford University and taught law at universities in Canada and England until 1985 when he resigned to write full-time. From 1985 to 1988 he lived in New York City. He is the author of 17 novels.

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