Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
My novella collection Kolkata Noir is finally out with Next Chapter. During the Raj, Calcutta was the world’s second most economically powerful metropolis. In 2019, Kolkata, eastern India’s largest city, stands at a crossroads. Unlike Delhi and Mumbai, the West Bengal Capital is anything but an economic powerhouse. Its remote eastern location and decades of […]
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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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I was invited to select 5 of my favorite books on Nepal. I picked the five books I feel will introduce Nepal best to a first time visitor. Tiger for Breakfast by Michel Peissel The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Video Night in Kathmandu by Pico Iyer Kathmandu by […]
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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is out in a new paperback edition with Next Chapter. ‘The Devil’s Road To Kathmandu’ is a tense, fast paced and kaleidoscopic pulp thriller, following the lives of two generations of drifters who become embroiled in a saga of sex, drugs and murder on the road between London and the […]
Continue ReadingBritish publisher Close to the Bone have just released my latest short story, Friday. On a Monday. I’d returned early from the jungle party. The drugs hadn’t agreed with me. Definitely shouldn’t have broken into that second packet of ketamine, like a thief in the night.That was two weeks ago on the full moon night. […]
Continue ReadingWith Laure Siegel, I have been writing crime fiction novellas for French language magazine Ecoute (which helps German readers learn French) for the past four years. Our latest story, ‘I want to meet Brad Pitt‘ is being published over the next four months (and the story features a cameo by the Hollywood star). We’re currently […]
Continue ReadingEcoute Magazine in Germany is about to start publishing my latest (and 4th) French language novella I wrote with Laure Siegel, in four monthly installments.This short fiction is called ‘I want to meet Brad Pitt’ and the actor may make a cameo appearance.Enough said.
Continue ReadingMy short story Bag Times at the Blue Parrot is soon to be published in a new anthology published by Howl in Cambodia. Face Masks and Hand Gels: A Year of Living Covidly is the first book by the literary organization. Howl’s founder, Wayne McCallum says, “The book features poems and prose from the Lockdown […]
Continue ReadingJD Strange aka Bangkok based writer and film producer James Newman interviewed me on Bangkok crime fiction for Strange TV. This is a segment from a longer documentary on Bangkok fiction, currently in production. Thanks, James! Watch the interview here. All my crime fiction titles are currently published by Crime Wave Press.
Continue ReadingBritish crime fiction imprint Close to the Bone published my short story The Elephant in the Room, set in the drug addled backpacker scene of southern Thailand. The bungalow burst open, the flimsy lock ripped from the door frame and clattering to the floor.“Where’s Jimmy?”Zoe shot up from the bed and shrunk back against the […]
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