Tom Vater

                                            The first edition of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published in 2005 by Dragon’s Mouth Press in HK. Photo by Charlie Londs. The novel about a drug deal gone wrong on the 70s […]

January 17th, 2017 | Tags: An Asian Crime Wave, Charlie Londs, counter culture, crime fiction, Editorial Xplora, First Edition, Himalayas, hippy trail, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Camino al Infierno, Nepal, Thailand youth culture, The Devil's Road to Kathmandu, Tom Vater, travel fiction, youth culture | Category: Crime Wave Press | Leave a comment

A 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 […]

May 22nd, 2016 | Tags: 1970s, adventure, crime fiction, Crime Wave Press, debut novel, drugs, friendship, hippie trail, hippy trail, historic fiction, India, Iran, Kathmandu, Nepal, novel, Pakistan, road movie, sex, South Asia, The Devil's Road to Kathmandu, Tom Vater, travel fiction, Turkey | Category: Nepal | Leave a comment

“There are plenty of unique, crazy and offbeat characters that fill this novel, and the author has a keen eye for detail.  The part of this story that took place in the Blue Parrot is one of my favorites, and is an excellent example of how the author sets a scene that sucks the reader […]

August 14th, 2014 | Tags: 1970s, Acid, Asia, crime fiction, crime novel, Crime Wave Press, drugs, hashish, hippie trail, Hippies, hippy trail, India, Iran, Kathmandu, Lonely Planet, LSD, novel, opium, Pakistan, sex, The Crime Segments, The Devil's Road to Kathmandu, Tom Vater, travel fiction, Turkey | Category: Nepal | Leave a comment

A great new review of my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published in The Advisor, a Cambodian weekly! “There is no question as to how Tom Vater came up with the title to his novel The Devil’s Road To Kathmandu: the sheer mix of danger, drugs and salacious exploits transports the reader straight […]

November 11th, 2013 | Tags: adventure, Cambodia, crime fiction, Crime Wave Press, hippy trail, Jaclyn Echagaray, novel, review, The Advisor Magazine, TheDevil's Road to Kathmandu, Tom Vater | Category: Nepal | Leave a comment