A Killing Smile

Bangkok at night is glossy on the surface and razor-edged underneath. In A Killing Smile, Christopher G. Moore opens the Land of Smiles Trilogy with a noir portrait of obsession, desire, and the cost of belonging in a city that never forgets a debt.
When an expat drifter falls for a magnetic young woman whose beauty hides a secret past, he's drawn into a world where favors are traded in whispers, bars turn into hunting grounds, and the past returns like a blade in the dark.
From Soi Cowboy's neon glow to the riverfront shophouses, Moore tracks the fault line where love, money, and power collide. The result is a stylish, atmospheric thriller that captures Bangkok's seductions and dangers with the acuity that made the Vincent Calvino novels an international cult favorite.
A Killing Smile is a standalone entry point for readers of Southeast Asian noir—perfect for fans of hard-boiled crime, psychological suspense, and literary thrillers that look unflinchingly at the cost of survival.