Paying Back Jack
By (Author) Christopher G Moore
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Books
1st February 2011
Main
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
312
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 22mm
189g
Christopher G. Moore's prize-winning series features Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer working as a PI in the dangerous and steamy Thai capital, the books offer gripping plots, fascinating characters, and unparalleled insight into one of the world's most entrancing cities. In Paying Back Jack, Calvino agrees to follow the minor wife of a Thai politician and report on her movements. His client is Rick Casey, a shady American whose life has been darkened by the unsolved murder of his idealistic son. It seems to be a simple surveillance job, but soon Calvino is entangled in a dangerous web of political allegiance and a reckless quest for revenge. And, unknown to our man in Bangkok, in an anonymous tower in the center of the city, a two-man sniper team awaits its shot, a shot that will change everything.
Paying Back Jack is classic Christopher G. Moore: densely-woven, eye-opening, and riveting.
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.