Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
One thing that I want to add is that the way the author illustrated Indian Culture(Bengali Culture) is speechless. I have never thought that a foreign author can write about Indian culture this well. The way the author explains the Rath Yatra(Indian festival) is wonderful. Read the full review of Kolkata Noir at The Books […]
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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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With the publication of my novella collection Kolkata Noir, I was trying to think of my favorite reads about Calcutta/Kolkata and I came up with a short list of titles. Check out my top 5 favorite books on Calcutta. Check out my story collection, Kolkata Noir.
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Book Bloom, an Indian reviewer, has high praise for Kolkata Noir. …One thing that I want to add is that the way the author illustrated Indian Culture(Bengali Culture) is speechless. I have never thought that a foreign author can write about Indian culture this well. The way the author explains the Rath Yatra(Indian festival) is […]
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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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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 […]
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I’ve been interviewed by German travel magazine TRAVELBOOK about my 2003 encounter in Kathmandu with 1970s serial killer Charles Sobhraj, currently the subject of a BBC/Netflix series called The Serpent. German speakers, check out this podcast/article on the Bikini Killer.
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It’s thought that for every one-hundred people, at least one of them will be a psychopath. My friend Richard S. Ehrlich and I are both featured in this podcast about psychopaths….. Listen to the full Podcast here.
Continue ReadingIn December 2003, Central Jail in the Nepali capital Kathmandu was everything one might expect from a prison in a developing country. Its high walls, interspersed by watchtowers topped with barbed wire, were patrolled by armed guards. The visitor’s room was a cold, dirty, rectangular cell, divided by a chest-high wall topped with a wire […]
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