Christopher G. Moore

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2003
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Vincent Calvani Novel

1 - Spirit House (Sep-2008)
2 - The Risk of Infidelity Index (Jan-2008)
3 - Paying Back Jack (Oct-2009)
4 - Asia Hand (Jul-2010)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • His Lordship's Arsenal

  • Waiting for the Lady

    The Lady is Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of Burma who's never been allowed to hold power. The military junta that has ruled the troubled country since 1962 has limited her contact with the outside world especially after she was...

  • The Risk of Infidelity Index

    A Vincent Calvani Novel - 2

    Christopher G. Moore's internationally-acclaimed, prize-winning series starring Vincent Calvino, disbarred American lawyer turned Bangkok P.I. finally comes to North America with The Risk of Infidelity Index, a gripping novel set in a superbly textur...

  • Spirit House

    A Vincent Calvani Novel - 1

    The murder of a foreigner in Thailand kicks off this crime thriller, the first in the Shamus Awardâ€"winning series by “a terrific writer” (T. Jefferson Parker).   A farang is dead, and the Bangkok police have a confession the next morn...

  • Paying Back Jack

    A Vincent Calvani Novel - 3

    “A gripping tale of human trafficking, mercenaries, [and] international conspiracies . . . set against the lovely and sordid backstreets of Bangkok.” -- Barry Eisler  Paying Back Jack is a gritty crime thriller in the Shamus ...

  • A Bewitching Smile

    Second in the Land of Smiles TrilogyAs the journey progresses to the north of Thailand, another mission takes form: Breach is to play in a high stakes card game. The story is about magic, myth and the power to transform the self. A Bewitching Smile, ...

  • A Haunting Smile

    Bullets are flying in Bangkok. Tuttle is upcountry when he hears Snow's BBC live report above the sound of M-16 fire direct from the urban battlefield near Sanam Luang. Tuttle, Snow, and Crosby return to HQ - the night-time meeting place on Sukhumvit...

  • A Killing Smile

    In 1957 Richard Mason's The World of Suzie Wong shocked the world with an exotic tale set in Hong Kong, then in 1973 Paul Theroux's Saint Jack followed with a powerful story set in Singapore, and in 1991 Christopher G. Moore's A Killing Smile has reg...

  • God of Darkness

    God of Darkness set in Bangkok follows a group of expats who work for a telecommunications company. As the economic Crisis mounts, the pressures to find and keep a job increases. The lead character, Hurley, is from Seattle and lives inside a Thai fam...



  • Asia Hand

    A Vincent Calvani Novel - 4

    Christopher G. Moore’s prize-winning series of Bangkok thrillers featuring Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer turned PI, have been praised for their captivating plots, engaging characters, and insight into the steamy Thai capital. In Asia...

  • The Big Weird

    Fifth in the Vincent Calvino Crime NovelsA beautiful American blond is found dead with a large bullet hole in her head in the house of her ex-boyfriend. A famous Hollywood screen-writer hires Calvino to investigate her death. Everyone except Calvino'...

  • Cold Hit

    Sixth in the Vincent Calvino Crime NovelsGerman Edition: Nana PlazaFive foreigners have died in Bangkok. Were they drug overdose victims or victims of a serial killer? Calvino believes the evidence points to a serial killer who stalks tourists in Ban...

  • Comfort Zone

    Fourth in the Vincent Calvino Crime NovelsTwenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnam is opening to the outside world. There is a smell of fast money in the air and poverty in the streets. Business is booming and in austere Ho Chi Minh Cit...

  • Minor Wife

    A contemporary murder set in Bangkok -- a neighbor and friend, a young ex-hooker turned artist, is found dead by an American millionaire’s minor wife. Her rich expat husband hires Calvino to investigate.While searching for the killer in exclusive c...

  • Pattaya 24/7

    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 ...

  • 9 Gold Bullets

    Twelfth in the Vincent Calvino Crime NovelsThe gritty, dark vision of 9 Gold Bullets is tracked through the eyes of a Thai cop operating on a foreign turf, and a private eye expatriated long enough to find himself a stranger in his hometown. As the ...

  • The Corruptionist

    Set during the recent turbulent times in Thailand, the 11th novel in the Calvino series centers around the street demonstrations and occupation of Government House in Bangkok.Hired by an American businessman, Calvino finds himself caught in the middl...

  • Bangkok Noir

  • Zero Hour in Phnom Pehn

    004 German Critics Award for Crime Fiction andWinner of 2007 Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, SpainIn the early 1990s, at the end of the devastating civil war UN peacekeeping forces try to keep the lid on the violence. Gunfire can st...



  • Zero Hour in Phnom Penh

    2004 German Critics Award for Crime Fiction and Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, Spain In the early 1990s, at the end of the devastating civil war UN peacekeeping forces try to keep the lid on the viol...

  • Chairs

  • Phnom Penh Noir

    Authors: Roland Joffé, James Grady, John Burdett, Christopher G. Moore, Kosal Khiev, Prabda Yoon, Bopha Phorn, Giancarlo Narciso, Christopher West, Richard Rubenstein, Suong Mak, Andrew Nette, Bob Bergin, Neil Wilford and Christopher Minko. Many noi...

  • Gambling on Magic

    Gambling on Magic is set in Bangkok where life is more than good for Joey Balfour, ex-patriot gambling king, former TV personality, and the current owner of the mysterious and exotic Feng Shui Flower Shop in downtown Bangkok. Then ex-chief of securit...

  • Reunion

    * Finalist Arthur Ellis Award 2013, Best Novella *An American war correspondent, Tony Collins, and a former Khmer Rouge child soldier, Sam Rith, reunite after nearly thirty years. Tony helped the world-weary 15-year-old Sam start a new life in the Un...

  • Retrouvailles

  • The Marriage Tree

    It’s okay for Thais to believe in ghosts -- it’s their birthright. But why is Vincent Calvino seeing ghosts, and why are they so angry? Calvino is haunted by a series of deaths in Rangoon and Bangkok, when he stumbles onto a new murder case -- bu...

  • Red Sky Falling

    The Harvey Trio played the small-time nightclub circuit in Asia until they hit the big time in the trafficking business. But the band's singer, Saint Anne, is discontent. Her Vietnamese mother gained fame as a singer in Saigon during the war. The dau...

  • The Testimony of Aliens

    The Testimony of Aliens is a compelling cross cultural story set in the heart of the chiangmai Mai expat community. It is a love story across the ethnic divide and a moral lesson between two generations. Moore's humor and insight are brilliantly real...

  • Chicken Sex on Bamrung's Day Off

    The story is from the collection titled Chairs. A waiter from the old Thermae in Bangkok is surrounded nightly by hundreds of women who sells their favors at night. When he is called upon to help one during the day he finds that the relationship, his...



  • Falling Out of Saigon

    This story is one of sixteen short stories from "Chairs". The voices are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists and their invited guests. Each Saturday morning, over coffee, the members of Chairs gather to share the la...

  • The Head Mistress

    This story is one of sixteen stories from CHAIRS. The voices are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists and their invited guests. Each Saturday morning, over coffee, the members of Chairs gather to share the latest gossip, scand...

  • The Jewish Ghosts of Pattaya

    This story is one of sixteen short stories from CHAIRS. The voices are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists and their invited guests. Each Saturday morning, over coffee, the members of Chairs gather to share the latest gossip,...

  • Star of Love

    This story is one of sixteen stories from CHAIRS.In Star of Love Christopher G. Moore and Barney Rosset spend an afternoon in Patpong discussing literature and authors. They discuss how literary destiny would have changed had Henry Miller gone to Ban...

  • The Uncover Diplomat

    This story is one of sixteen stories from CHAIRS. The voices are those of Bangkok based freelance journalists and their invited guests. Each Saturday morning, over coffee, the members of Chairs gather to share the latest gossip, scand...

  • Missing In Rangoon

    As foreigners rush into Myanmar with briefcases stuffed with plans and cash for hotels, shopping malls and high rises, they discover the old ways die hard. Vincent Calvino’s case is to find a young British-Thai man gone missing in Myanmar, while hi...

  • The Wisdom of Beer

    Christopher G. Moore has created an amusing, exciting and insightful read with his new novel, all centered around the ancient secret recipe for a unique, refreshing and intoxicating Chinese hell beer. Well, it is also centered around the antics of so...

  • Crackdown

    In Crackdown visual art becomes a powerful take down tool to push back against the oligarchs. People adjust to the surveillance state and its agents who are emergent forces. Post-coup Thailand is the setting as high tech competes with traditional pow...

  • Jumpers

    Calvino investigates the death of a friend, a Canadian painter. The medical examiner finds the young man has ingested an exit drug, and the police verdict of suicide seems justified. But in Bangkok appearances have a habit of deceiving. Sometimes jum...

  • Dance Me to the End of Time



Award-Winning Books by Christopher G. Moore

Asia Hand
2011 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Christopher G. Moore has published 39 books.

Christopher G. Moore does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dance Me to the End of Time, was published in January 2020.

The first book by Christopher G. Moore, His Lordship's Arsenal, was published in October 2003.

Yes. Christopher G. Moore has 1 series.
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