9 Gold Bullets

In 9 Gold Bullets, the twelfth novel in Christopher G. Moore's Shamus Award-winning Vincent Calvino noir detective series, a priceless collection of gold bullet coins from the reign of Rama V has vanished-along with a prominent Thai collector. When Bangkok police trace a link to Calvino's childhood friend Josh Stein, now ensnared by a ruthless Russian client, the case draws Calvino into a web of international intrigue.As the private eye pursues the trail of the missing coins, his investigation crosses continents-from Bangkok's noir backstreets to New York's shadowy alleys. Joined by his ally Colonel Pratt, Calvino faces ruthless figures who will kill to bury the truth. The search forces him to confront questions of friendship, loyalty, and the price of trust in a world where morality has a market value.Blending hardboiled suspense with the cultural depth of Asia Noir, Moore delivers a thriller rich in atmosphere and psychological insight. 9 Gold Bullets captures the collision of East and West and the moral ambiguities that define the modern investigator. Heaven Lake Press was founded in 1998. The mission is to publish authors whose books focus people, events, culture and history in Southeast Asia. In the past five years, we have been recognized as a publisher of quality books. We put a great deal of care in the production of our books. We have worked with some of Thailand's leading translators and are proud of our relationship with the Thai writing community. We have also have licensed German translations in exciting, modern fiction set in Thailand.Heaven Lake Press is a small team of professionals who run a small Thai publishing house. We have a growing list of authors. Our authors include Canadian, American, Cambodian and Thai writers. We hope to expand our list of authors and titles in the future. Our offices are located in Bangkok. Our hardback and trade paperback books are distributed to leading bookstores in Thailand, including Asia Books, Bookazine, Kinokuniya, B2S, The Book in Phuket, and Suriwong in Chiang Mai. Amarin is our distributor for our Thai language titles which can be found in over 150 bookstores in Thailand.We specialize in fiction – literary and crime fiction, as well as books on history, language, culture and relationships. Our list of non-fiction titles is quickly expanding. We are publishing three memoirs in 2006. Our books are published primarily in the English language, although we have started to publish books translated into the German and Thai languages.