Spirit House: A Vincent Calvino Crime Novel (Vincent Calvino, 1) by Christopher G. Moore - September 2008

New York: Grove Press, September 2008. Trade Paperback. First printing of the first American edition of the first Vincent Calvino Bangkok crime novel. First American Edition / full number line. Good+. Interior unmarked. Tanning inside covers. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright; three-inch dog-ear crease to rear cover. Light water damage to rear pages. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 291 pages.

A farang is dead and the Bangkok police have a confession the next morning from a young paint-thinner addict. He claims he killed Ben Hoadly, an expat Brit, but Calvino has his doubts when he sees heavy bruises on the kid's face. In no time Calvino is working both sides, out to find the killer for Hoadly's wealthy father, and eager to clear the addict's name for a beautiful friend who runs a charity in the slums. With the help of his best friend, Pratt, a Shakespeare quoting Thai police colonel, and his loyal assistant, Ratana, Calvino plunges into the dangerous world of addicts, dealers, fortune tellers, inexpensive hit men, oversexed foreigners, and professional bar girls.