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PATTAYA 24/7: A VINCENT CALVINO P.I. NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码: 06141511B44679

English Summary/英文概要: Inside a secluded, lush estatelocated on the edge of Pattaya, an eccentric English-man’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 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 在芭堤雅郊外,靜靜得坐落著一個英國人的莊園,然而與這幽靜、綠草如茵的怡人環境極不協調的便是剛剛被發現的莊園園丁的屍體。卡爾維諾被雇傭來對此案件展開調查。隨著調查的深入,卡爾維諾發現自己已經被捲入了一場打擊毒品的戰爭裡。

而園丁死因的揭秘,對一個勢力雄厚的財團來說,是百害而無一利。園丁的過去究竟又有什麼樣的懸念存在?卡爾維諾在調查案件的過程中經歷了怎樣的重重阻撓和險象環生?

一切謎底均在這個曲折纏繞、撲朔迷離的故事裡…(Claire)

Awards/获奖情况:“Calvino does it again...well-developed characters and the pace keeps you reading well after you should have turned out the light.”---Farang Magazine (Thailand)

“Intelligent and articulate, Moore offers a rich, passionate and original take on the private eye game, fans of the genre should definitely investigate, and fans of foreign intrigue will definitely enjoy.”---Kevin Burton Smith, January Magazine

“The best in the Calvino series . . . The story is compelling.”---Bangkok Post

“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

“A cast of memorably eccentric figures in an exotic Southeast Asian backdrop---The Japan Times

“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

“Pattaya 24/7 pulls the reader through a landmine of traumatic moods—anxiety, greed and fear.”---The Nation

“Moore’s literary talents are obvious. This book is deeper than the well one of the characters was fished out of.”---Pattaya Mail

“The colourful gallery of secondary characters in Pattaya 24/7 is a distinctive feature that increases the reader’s interest. We enjoy the spicy taste of hard-boiled fiction reinvented in an exotic but realistic place—in fact, not realistic, but real!.”---Thriller Magazine (Italy)

About the Author/作者介绍: 克里斯多夫.摩爾(CHRISTOPHER G. MOORE)(出生於1952年7月8日),是一位加拿大作家,著有20部小說和1部短篇故事集.最為周知的作品是他的三部曲,A Killing Smile (1991), A Bewitching Smile (1992) and A Haunting Smile.小說被翻譯成德語、法語、義大利語、葡萄牙語、希伯來語、日語、漢語、西班牙語、土耳其語、挪威語還有泰語

Christopher G. Moore (born 8 July 1952) is a Canadian writer of twenty novels and one collection of short stories. He is best known for his trilogy A Killing Smile (1991), A Bewitching Smile (1992) and A Haunting Smile (1993), a behind-the-smiles study of his adopted country, Thailand, and for his Vincent Calvino Private Eye series set in Bangkok. His novels have been translated into German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian and Thai.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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