GAMBLING ON MAGIC
Heaven Lake Press (2005) Deluxe Edition 320 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2005) Trade Paperback Edition 320 pp.

“Moore’s most mature work.”
—The Bangkok Post

“[Moore’s] attention to detail that gives his writing the believable immediacy, which in turn keeps you turning pages. And turn pages you will. This is another of those books that will hold your attention right to the last page. An excellent read.”
—Pattaya Mail

“Moore is a religious student of human nature and it shows.”
—Thai Day

“Original, contemporary and extremely inventive.”
—Hua Hin Observer

“A complex novel ... The [characters] are well developed. The setting ... is carefully shaped. The information about gambling rings true, as does the portrayal of the city of Bangkok and the community that surrounds the story ... Well worth reading.”
—Alex McGilvery, Armchair Interviews

HIS LORDSHIP'S ARSENAL
Subway Books, paperback (2003) 213 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, paperback (1999) 213 pp.
Critic's Choice, paperback (1986) 227 pp.
Freundlich Books, hardback (1985) 227 pp.

“Unique...a probing psychological study of man’s search for identity...genuinely fascinating.”
—Bestsellers

“Moore is without doubt a real writer and one to watch.”
—Publisher's Weekly

“This is a complex, moody, rewarding novel.”
—Chicago Sun-Times

“One at a time Burlock brings out transparent pictures of his life; then, appallingly, he twists them around, changes the order. When he is done we know more of the impermanence of vision and the changeable rules of life...imaginative.”
—Library Journal

“Moore is a marvellous and inventive writer who is able to combine literary merit with good old genre fiction. This is a unique and beautifully written book.”
—Georgia Straight

TOKYO JOE
Heaven Lake Press, trade paper back ed. (2003) 337 pp.
White Lotus (1990) 288 pp. (under title: ENEMIES OF MEMORY)

“The best book on the 731-Corps I’ve read.”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post

“Moore has constructed what is becoming increasingly rare: a novel that combines meaningful ideas with deep emotion, a novel in which social, political and personal themes all intermingle . . . and it can only be hoped that the novel will achieve the international recognition it deserves.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Moore is also a playwright and this shines through in his fiercely dramatic prose reminiscent of Samuel Beckett’s style.”
—The Nation

“Insight into the underbellies of Japan and the USA… incredibly intriguing…a book to savour, like a good port after dinner. Most enjoyable.”
—Chiang Mai Mail

RED SKY FALLING
Heaven Lake Press, trade paper back ed. (2005) 261 pp.
Asia Books (1994) 302 pp. (under title: SAINT ANNE)

“Red Sky Falling is an amazingly deep novel.”
—Pattaya Mail

“Moore’s insights into the human comedy and facility in writing prose hold our interest from first page to last.”
—Bangkok Post

“[Red Sky Falling] is a rich and deftly woven tale which looks at the microcosmof individual lives while simultaneously addressing the larger social, political and human concerns of this century . . . a tapestryof experience—highly comic, ironic and profound on so many levels.”
—Guide of Bangkok

“A truly high quality piece of literature.”
—Thailand Times

GOD OF DARKNESS
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 320 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1998), reprinted (1999) 320 pp.

“The stories of other writers—locals and expats—maybe likened to sketches or drawings, while those of Christopher G. Moore are paintings or murals. In his dozen novels to date he not only describes the Realm, but interprets it.”
—Bangkok Post

CHAIRS
Heaven Lake Press (2000), 330 pp.

“An entertaining and insightful book”
—The Nation

“Moore is never very far away from a much older tradition—the one that seems to say, ‘Come inside, stranger, and put your boots up on the fender of the stove and let me tell you a tale.’”
—Ottawa Citizen

“Chairs is well-written and interesting, and shows a side of a city that most will never see, but will find in these pages a powerful and insightful, even Hemingwayesque, clarity.”
—Edmonton Journal

“Chairs is outstanding.”
—Guide of Bangkok

“To his credit, Christopher G. Moore has the sharpest eyes and most discerning mind on these shores, his being an expat notwithstanding. Indeed, a good many locals are unaware of the levels and degrees of subterfuge enmeshing them. To paraphrase Graham Greene, in another context, Moore is our man in Bangkok.”
—Bangkok Post

“Another excellent feature in this book is that although the short narratives are all “stand alone” pieces, they are also inter-related and impinge on each other in unsuspected ways. Moore is much more than just a wordsmith, he is a literary craftsman.”
—Pattaya Mail

“Chairs is rooted in the ancient traditions of storytelling as well as in the new ones of metafiction.”
—The New Brunswick Reader

“Moore manages to treat the stories with enough panche that we don’t feel
that we are outside looking in—you’re already in.”
—Is Magazine (Singapore)

WAITING FOR THE LADY
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2005) 319 pp.
Subway Press, hardback (2003)
Heaven Lake Press, hardback ed. (2003), 342 pp.

“Compelling story lines . . . that come together in a gripping climax.”
—Newsweek

“Ambitious and sadly beautiful book.”
—January Magazine

“Amusing and illuminating . . . a narrative whose authenticity is never in doubt, where global historical realities are seamlessly knit together with a strong, unpretentious yarn.”
—Books in Canada

“In addition to creating a convincing, entertaining narrator, Sloan, and a story that engages the past and its images on several levels, Moore crafts a tragic Myanmar landscape, mixing in-depth knowledge of the place and its history with a compelling tale populated with characters anyone would be glad to have as travel companions.”
—Asia Times (Online)

“A charged atmosphere reminiscent of Peter Weir’s The Year of Living Dangerously”
—Vancouver Sun

“The powerful sentiments stirred in [Waiting for the Lady] affirm that Asia still boasts places where people's emotions are not swaddled in cotton.”
—The Japan Times

“Moore’s knowledge of the region and his ability to convey it is best about Waiting for the Lady.”
—Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post

“Christopher G. Moore is an author who can conjure up a plausible story to keep you reading his books till the last page. Waiting for the Lady is no exception to this. A great read.”
—Reid Lang, Pattaya Mail

A KILLING SMILE
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 335 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 269 pp.
Special Limited Edition (1997) 319 pp.
bookSiam (1996) 319 pp.
White Lotus (1991) 315pp.

“The whole effect is very real— particularly the revelation of those razor teeth back of the Smile.”
—Gore Vidal

“Moore is a master of detail . . . a pioneer, daring and inventive.”
—The Nation

“I was knocked out by the sensitivity of the writing, the textures of the characters, the many levels of feeling. The outcome is one of the finest male bonding stories I have ever come across and I kick myself that I didn’t write this novel.”
—Stirling Silliphant, Oscar winner for In the Heat of the Night

“The portrait of Tuttle as an expatriate shipwrecked in an alien tropic brings to mind Theroux's Jack Flowers.”
—The Japan Times

“In A Killing Smile Moore succeeds in translating for a Western audience the inside of how Thais think. Above all he describes with an objective, non-judgemental eye the raw pathos, the light and shadow of the world that never surfaces in the glossy tourist catalogues.”
—Fabio Novel, Thriller Magazine (Italy)

“Critically regarded as the best Western author today whose books focus on this country (e.g., A Killing Smile).”
—Bangkok Post

A BEWITCHING SMILE
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 295 pp.
White Lotus (1992) 347 pp.

“Moore’s novels are breaking new ground in fictional writing about Thailand. . . .
He writes with gentle humour and a sensitive understanding of what it is to be lost.”
—The Nation

A HAUNTING SMILE
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 320 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 320 pp.
White Lotus (1993) 349 pp.

“Courageous . . . someone to watch.”
—Peter Carey

“A Haunting Smile is disturbing. Moore jars the senses with discordant juxtapositions of his now familiar HQ, an all-night coffee shop where stereotypical ‘hardcore’ (read ‘cured of romance’) farang hang out, indulging in a never-ending cycle of alcohol and sex, with the shattering events of Rachadamnoen Avenue, and what! Virtual reality?”
—Bangkok Post

THE VINCIENT CALVINO PRIVATE-EYE SERIES
Winner of 2004 German Critics Award for International Crime Fiction
(Deutsche Krimi Preis)
Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director’s Award Semana Negra (Spain)
for Stunde Null in Phnom Penh (Zero Hour in Phnom Penh)

“Vincent Calvino is one of the most notable detectives of modern crime literature.”
—Hartmut Wilmes, Kölnische Rundschau

“Moore’s work recalls the international ‘entertainments’ of Graham Greene or John le Carré, but the hard-bitten worldview and the cynical, bruised idealism of his battered hero is right out of Chandler. 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

“Hewn from the hard-boiled Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler model, Calvino is a tough, somewhat tarnished hero with a heart of gold.”
—Mark Schreiber, The Japan Times

“Moore is a genuine novelist who just happens to employ the conventions of the thriller genre, that his real interests are believable human behaviour and way cultures cross-pollinate and sometimes clash. This is real prose, not Raymond Chandler stuff, and his motives are as close to art as they are to entertainment. Read him.”
—Douglas Fetherling, Ottawa Citizen

“For those who like their mysteries dark and steamy, Christopher G. Moore’s Vincent Calvino suspense series is a must read. Told from the point of view of an ex-pat New Yorker turned Bangkok private eye, Moore’s novels take you into the bowels of Southeast Asia, where life is cheap, greed is the norm, sex underpins even the most casual relationships, and nothing—nothing—is ever what it appears to be at first glance.”
—Shamus and Arthur Ellis Nominee Joseph Louis, author of Madelaine and other mysteries

“Moore is an old hand at teasing out strange, marginal characters, and bringing them to life with his consummate, compulsive story-telling.”
—Project Eyeball (Singapore)

“Fans of fast-paced detective fiction can enjoy a familiar Asian backdrop to murder, skullduggery, and espionage. Like the too-human detectives of popular fiction, Vincent Calvino is a likeable mercenary, a New York lawyer who’s given up practice to turn P.I. in the labyrinth of South-East Asian politics, double-dealing and fleeting relationships. Expect to be entertained as well as gain an insight into an expat perception of life.”
—NTUC Lifestyle (Singapore)

“Among the key authors who bring foreign crime fiction into Germany, Christopher G. Moore is among the most important in this development. [His detective stories] are brilliant.”
—Krimitipps

“Relishing another Christopher Moore novel is like receiving essential nutrients for a healthier, safe life in Thailand. Insights into the human condition of expat existence, which underpin his thriller plots, can though, be painful to swallow. They reveal us to ourselves painfully clearly but as balanced as a sweet and sour Thai dish.”
—Richard Ravensdale (Pattaya People)

SPIRIT HOUSE
Grove Press, trade paperback (2008) 304 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 291 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 268 pp.
White Lotus (1992) 332 pp.

“A thinking man’s Philip Marlowe, Calvino is a cynic on the surface but a romantic at heart. Calvino . . . found himself in Bangkok—the end of the world for a whole host of bizarre foreigners unwilling, unable, or uninterested in going home.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“A worthy example of a serial character, Vinee Calvino is human and convincing. [He] is an incarnate of the composite of the many expatriate characters who have burned the bridge to their pasts.”
—Thriller Magazine (Italy)

“For those who love Asia, they will devour Moore’s novels. He opens [Bangkok] in her darkest, most amusing facets. He reveals the inhabitants’ mindsets, their secrets and their temptations. Bangkok is his central figure.”
—Stadtmagazin Krefeld

“A complex and suggestive plot set in the underworld of Bangkok, full of foreign inhabitants. With all her contradictions, the city is more than a backdrop. She is alive.”
—Entwicklungspolitik

“Best in this Spring. Unionverslag brings the best selling author Christopher G. Moore to Germany. Hopefully more [of his novels] will follow. ”
—Ultimo

“Good, that there are still real crime writers. Christopher G. Moore’s [Spirit House] is colourful and crafty. ”
—Johannes Kaiser, Hessischer Rundfunk

“Moore writes brilliantly and thrillingly. ”
—Schweizer Familie

ASIA HAND
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 271 pp.
White Lotus (1993) 325 pp.

“Moore’s Vinny Calvino is a worthy successor to Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe and Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer.”
—The Nation

“The top foreign author focussing on the Land of Smiles, Canadian Christopher G. Moore clearly has a first-hand understanding of the expat milieu. . . . Moore is perspicacious.”
—Bangkok Post

ZERO HOUR IN PHNOM PENH
Heaven Lake Press (2005) 287 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 268 pp.
White Lotus (1994) 314 pp. (under title: CUT OUT)

Winner of 2004 German Critics Award for International Crime Fiction
(Deutsche Krimi Preis)
Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director’s Award Semana Negra (Spain)
for Stunde Null in Phnom Penh (Zero Hour in Phnom Penh)

“The story is fast-paced and entertaining. Even outside of his Bangkok comfort zone, Moore shows he is one of the best chroniclers of the expat diaspora.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is political, courageous and perhaps [Moore’s] most important work. Moore is a brilliant storyteller and a masterful character inventor.”
—CrimiCouch.de

“Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is a brilliant detective story that portrays—with no illusion—Cambodia’s adventurous transition from genocide and civil war to a free-market economy and democratic normality. Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is a rare stroke of luck and a work of art, from which one can always draw more stories and levels of meaning. . . . an all too human, timeless, historical and philosophical novel.”
—Deutsche Well Buchtipp, Bonn

“A thriller in which the importance of the single crime shrinks visibly at the sight of mass murder and grand corruption.”
—Thomas Klingenmaier, Stuttgarter Zeitung

“It was ten years ago in Cambodia, but this great novel sits well after Kandahar, Luanda, Kabul, Baghdad and other places where the brutality of war destroys the souls of humanity.”
—KulturNews, Hamburg

“[In Zero Hour in Phnom Penh] one experiences an impressive novel and discovers lives in a country—keyword ‘Pol Pot—that has a long history of genocide behind it. A novel of sad intelligence and intelligent sadness”
—Thomas Widmer, Facts Zürich

“Moore is an accurate storyteller and a sensitive observer. He bares the colonial attitude of the foreigners and soberly describes the survival strategies of the young women—imparting a great amount of information and a valuable insight.”
—Marianne de Mestral, P.S. Magazin, Zürich

“The novel is more than a crime fiction. It is a believable attempt to describe a society at the crossroad. Moore’s portrayal of the omnipresent prostitution in Cambodia goes under the skin. Nothing is glossed over.”
—Christian Ruf, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

“Zero Hour in Phnom Penh is a bursting, high adventure . . . extremely gripping . . . a morality portrait with no illusion.”
—Ulrich Noller, Westdeutscher Rundfunk

“A well written, exciting, but not simplistic thriller. The description of Cambodia at the end of the Pol Pot terror regime (approximately 1993) is convincing. High tension amidst violent backdrop. Recommended. ”
—Ute Ulrike Fauth, EKZ Buchbesprechungen Reutlingen

“Moore’s crime fiction is a multi-layered and disillusioning picture of the Cambodian society and the UNTAC soldiers: the reality behind the headlines.”
—Inge Wünnenberg, General-Anzeiger, Bonn

“Like other Calvino novels, Zero Hour in Phnom Penh captures the tropical sultriness that often sucks away the breaths of West Germans in Southeast Asia. Heat, noise and stench almost emanate from the book.. Moore heats up the climate even further with his portrayals of raw power, cheap sex, wretchedness from drugs and human contempt. It can be stomach-turning for the delicate of the hearts.”
—Sönke Boldt, Badische Neueste Nachrichten Karlsruhe

“Moore writes to entertain, and that he does.”
—Bangkok Post

COMFORT ZONE
White Lotus (1995) 315 pp.
Heaven Lake Press ed. (2001) 277 pp.

“Moore hits home with more of everything in Comfort Zone. There is a balanced mix of story-line, narrative, wisdom, knowledge as well as love, sex, and murder.”
—Thailand Times

“In a murder mystery with a plot that is better executed than any Central Intelligence Agency black bag operation, the Bangkok expatriate crowd have moved to boomtown Saigon. Like a Japanese gardener who captures the land and the sky and recreates it in the backyard, Moore’s genius is in portraying the Southeast Asian heartscape behind the tourist industry hotel gloss.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Comfort Zone is a good read—an up-to-date 90s feel.”
—Accent Thai

“In Comfort Zone, our Bangkok-based P.I. is hired to go to Vietnam to find the killer of a young American lawyer. He digs, discovering layers of intrigue. He’s stalked by hired killers and falls in love with a Hanoi girl. Can he trust her? The reader is hooked.”
—NTUC Lifestyle (Singapore)

THE BIG WEIRD
Heaven Lake Press, mass paperback (2008) 345 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2000) 277 pp.
bookSiam (1996) 320 pp.

“The Big Weird is an excellent read, charming, amusing, insightful, complex, localised yet startlingly universal in its themes.”
—Guide of Bangkok

“A good read, fast-paced and laced with so many of the locales so familiar to the expat denizens of Bangkok.”
—Art of Living (Thailand)

“Like a noisy, late-night Thai restaurant, Moore serves up tongue-burming spices that swallow up the literature of Generation X and Cyberpsace as if they were merely sticky rice.”
—The Daily Yomiuri

“Whether you are a local, resident or a tourist, there are golden nuggets to be found in The Big Weird.”
—Bangkok Post Sunday Magazine

“Highly entertaining.”
—Bangkok Post

“The Big Weird exemplifies a writer who is in control of his material. [It]demonstrates that at last we have an author who understands the abyss between the dreams and aspirations of westerners hoping for a new life in an Asian land and the often-harsh reality that they find.”
—Professor Paul Wilson, Criminologist and Dean, Humanities and Social Science, Bond University

COLD HIT
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 342 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (1999) 330 pp.

“The story is plausible and riveting to the end.”
—The Japan Times

“Tight, intricate plotting, wickedly astute . . . Cold Hit will have you variously gasping, chuckling, nodding, tut-tutting, oh-yesing, and grinding your teeth throughout its 330 pages.”
—Guide of Bangkok

“The plot is equally tricky, brilliantly devised, and clear.
One of the best crime fiction in the first half of the year”
—Ultimo Biedlefeld

“[Cold Hit] is no standard thriller, but a suspense literature full of original metaphors.”
—Saarbrücker Zeitung

“City jungle, sex, drugs, power, but also good-hearted people: a complete crime.”
—Zwanzig Minuten Zürich

“A colourful piece, rich in action, of detective literature.”
—Title Magazin.de

“Calvino is a wonderful private detective figure! Consistent action, masterful language . . .and Anglo-Saxon humour at its best.”
—Lutz Bunk, DeutschlandRadio, Berlin

“Moore depicts the city from below. He shows its dirt, its inner conflicts, its cruelty, its devotion. Hard, cruel, comical and good. ”
—Readme.de

“What is outstanding in the works of Christopher G. Moore is his in depth comprehension of what psychiatrist Carl Jung labeled the collective unconscious, as it applies to Thai motivation, thinking and action. Moore understands the Thais better than many understand themselves.”
—Bangkok Post

“Cold Hit definitely is one of those books you will not want to put down.”
—Pattaya Mail

MINOR WIFE
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback ed. (2004) 272 pp.
Heaven Lake Press (2002) 295 pp.

“What distinguishes Christopher G. Moore from other foreign authors setting their stories in the Land of Smiles is how much more he understands its mystique, the psyche of its populace and the futility of its round residents trying to fit into its square holes.”
—Bangkok Post

“Moore pursues in even greater detail in Minor Wife the changing social roles of Thai women (changing, but not always quickly or for the better) and their relations among themselves and across class lines and other barriers.”
—Vancouver Sun

“Moore’s attention to detail and 3-D characterization make Minor Wife
much more than just another crime novel.”
—Farang Magazine (Thailand)

“The thriller moves in those convoluted circles within which Thai life and society takes place. Moore’s knowledge of these gives insights into many aspects of the cultural mores. Many of these are unknown to the expat population, most of whom spend their time living in blissful ignorance of the Thai dark underbelly. . . . Great writing, great story and a great read. Get it, you will not be disappointed.”
—Pattaya Mail

 

PATTAYA 24/7
Heaven Lake Press, mass paperback (2008) 351 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2004) 305 pp.

“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)

 

THE RISK OF INFIDELITY INDEX
Atlantic Books, trade paperback (2008) 336 pp.
Atlantic Monthly Press, hardback (2008) 318 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, trade paperback (2007) 324 pp.

“Moore's flashy style successfully captures the dizzying contradictions [Bangkok’s] vertiginous landscape.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“The faint whiff of misogyny/xenophobia one senses is just part of Moore's pitch-perfect Bangkok, from its churning after-hours melee of insistent yings to its hard-drinking farangs (foreigners), to the scary duplicity behind the ever-present Thai smile.”
—P.G. KOCH, Houston Chronicle

“Chris Moore's series of private-eye tales set in the full mysterious splendor of bubbling Bangkok, Thailand, remind us anew of how much meaning we miss out on when we don't worship true artists. Underneath Bangkok society is a deeply encrusted demiworld of hope, despair, corruption and courage that Moore, an American-born writer who has lived there for almost 20 years, paints with maestrolike Dickensian strokes.”
—Thomas Plate, The Seattle Times

“A complex, intelligent novel.” —Publishers’ Weekly

“The darkly raffish Bangkok milieu is a treat.” —Kirkus Review

“Moore not only has written a chilling and fast-paced mystery, but the author also provides an honest description of the local landscape and social underworld of Bangkok, as Calvino and his friend Colonel Pratt desperately try to solve the mysteries before they are permanently retired by the powers that be in government and in the gangs.” —Paul Anik, I Love a Mystery

“The Risk of Infidelity Index [is] festooned with memorable characters and a solid plot. Moore probes the country's dark side to new depths. . . . ‘Infidelity’ stays focused on crime and detection, in a tightly written narrative . . . a satisfying read.”
—Mark Schreiber, The Japan Times

“A crime thriller as fine as any in this series…a compelling, page turner…”
—Pattaya People Weekly, Richard Ravensdale

“exciting, enthralling and entertaining writing.”
—Pattaya Mail

“…this book shows that Chris Moore is at the top of his form.”
—Bangkok Post

HEART TALK
Heaven Lake Press, 3rd ed., trade paperback (2006) 384 pp.
Heaven Lake Press, 2nd ed. (1998), reprinted (2000) 225 pp.
White Lotus, 1st ed. (1992) 225 pp.

“The Thai language must have more expressions for the heart than any other tongue. So the third edition of Heart Talk, which has been greatly expanded, will give your Thai Skills a triple bypass. Never again will locals chuckle at your I-am-Tarzan Thai. Now they’ll just giggle like leprechauns on laughing gas at your off-key pronunciation.”
—Untamed Travel, October 2006

“Moore has . . . voyaged deeply into the heart of his adopted country, and this is nowhere more evident in his one nonfiction book, the appropriately titled Heart Talk. A groundbreaking exploration of Thai culture, the volume was inspired by Moore’s realization that the notion of heart, in all its forms, is the central metaphor in the Thai language.”
—Georgia Straight

“The book should prove an invaluable tool for both Thai speakers and students of that language.”
—The Nation

“For anyone who is interested in the Thai language this is a fascinating book.”
—www.learningthai.com

“WOW. Not only will this book help you express yourself more in a Thai fashion, it also gives you an interesting glimpse into the Thai psyche.”
—www.amazon.com reader’s review

“Thais are never at a loss for an exact heart phrase. However, no Thai/English dictionary covers their full range and subtlety. With its careful descriptions and practical examples, Moore's book comprehensively fills the gap.”
—www.mangosauce.com

“Heart Talk, a book indispensable for discerning Thai concepts and phrases relating the word ‘heart’.”
—www.thaioasis.com

“If you would like to learn more about the Thai language's rich and varied jai expressions, get yourself a copy of the book Heart Talk by Christopher G. Moore.”
—www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com