Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
My new non fiction SHARKMAN has been in several Amazon charts in recent days, reaching the top of West Africa travel. The book is now also available from a wide range of online retailers, including Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Google Play, Angus & Robertson, Apple, Vivlio and Palace Marketplace. Going in the water will […]
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My new True Crime title SHARKMAN has been an Amazon bestseller this past week and is now available from Kobo, Apple Books and Google Books. SHARKMAN is my first novella length non fiction and it reads like a thriller. It’s also a very personal story as Peter Hauser, the Sharkman, has become a good friend […]
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Hey readers and writers, My new book, Sharkman, is out today. It’s my first novella length non fiction, but it reads like a thriller. It’s also a very personal story as Peter Hauser, the Sharkman, has become a good friends and we’ll, I have been swimming with sharks with Peter. Quite the mind blowing experience. […]
Continue ReadingGetting there is half the fun, they say. That’s what I thought, when the Iranian policeman squeezed my pants hard at the border crossing with Pakistan.“You smuggle anything?” he barked, leanng in as I smelled his stale breath..Two shady Baluchi men were lingering outside the roadside shack, revving the engine of their sports car. They […]
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This was a wild read! There is a lot of excitement that kept me wondering what would happen next. Although there are quite a few humorous parts, I had two favorites: where the four stopped the bus and found water to take a swim in, Fred excitedly jumps in and announces that he forgot that […]
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Laura at Bookscaretc wrote a great review for The Devil’s Rod to Kathmandu. ….Author Tom Vater is described as working predominantly in Asia, and as well as fiction has been a travel writer. And it is clear from his writing that he has both a deep knowledge and a great love for the environments he […]
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wildwritinglife reviews The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu! …Beyond the very loaded action line, which appeals to the action-thirsty reader, The Devil´s Road to Kathmandu by the author and journalist Tom Vater has very fine human observations and a well-tempered timeline. The idea of coming back and forth from a period of time to another is a frequent […]
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My very first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, first published by Dragon’s Mouth Press (HK) in 2006, then republished by Crime Wave Press (HK) in 2013, then published in Spanish by Xplora Editorial in 2014, has got a new and wonderful lease of life. Next Chapter Publishing are putting out a newly edited edition […]
Continue ReadingFantastic and exhaustive review of the third Detective Maier novel, The Monsoon Ghost Image at Categorically Well Read, published by Crime Wave Press: I was curious as I read my way through this trilogy of thrillers why Vater decided to set them in 2001-2, the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. With TMGI his […]
Continue ReadingA brand new and very kind review of my first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, at The Dorset Book Detective. Thanks! A snappy thriller with strong characterisation and witty dialogue, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is an entertaining read with as many plot twists as it has droll one liners. Tom Vater’s novel […]
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