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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu reviewed at For The Novel Lovers

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021tom

Thanks for a great review: …The highlights of the novel for me were the unique and crazy characters as well as Vater’s keen eye for details. Vater definitely utilizes impressive descriptions coupled with believable and realistic dialogue to create an atmosphere that completely sucks you in from the very beginning. At times you really feel […]

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Kokata Noir reviewed by Was Stanley

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021tom

Was Stanley reviewed Kolkata Noir this week. Thanks! At 148 pages in paperback, 150 pages in hardcover, and an estimated 208 swipes on your favourite eReader, Kolkata Noir is anything but a lengthy read. When picking up the book, I had only intended to read part one, then return to it later, for parts two […]

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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu – A Blackthorn Book Tour

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021tom

Coming soon – A Blackthorn Book Tour of: The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu ‘Acid trips, border crossings, road weariness, the adventurous optimism of youth and the limitations of middle aged wisdom…’ Buy The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu here.

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Kolkata Noir reviewed at The Busy Shelf

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021tom

Anda at The Busy Shelf wrote a great review for Kolkata Noir At 148 pages, Kolkata noir surprises with its rich number of characters. Madhurima and Becker interact with lots of other people, be they recurring or specific to each story.… Madhurima is related to a very important personality in the police force. As a […]

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Kolkata Noir reviewed at Read And Review It

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021tom

Read And Review It kindly read and reviewed Kolkata Noir, my new crime fiction novel. Kolkata Noir is an intriguing crime fiction following two protagonists – Becker and Madhurima, who are both detectives. The novella is split into three different parts (the past, present and future) and spans over a total of forty years. Each […]

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Kolkata Noir is just 99 Cents from 13th to 17th September

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021tom

Distant cousins, there’s a limited supply.And we’re down to the dozens, and this is why:Kolkata Noir is just 99 CENTS for the next five days at Amazon US and Amazon UK. http://mybook.to/kolkatanoir And here’s a super kind review by Julie S Porter, recently posted on Amazon. Tom Vater’s Kolkata Noir is a tribute to the […]

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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu reviewed by author Isobel Blackthorn

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021tom

Writer Isobel Blackthorn dropped a wonderful review of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu. The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is as much an atmospheric and absorbing read as it is fast-paced entertainment. It’s 1975, and four young men in an old Bedford van pull up in the Hindu Kush on the Peshawar-Kabul road to follow through […]

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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu – Audio Book edition out now!

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021tom

The Audio Book edition of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is out!! In 1976, four friends – Dan, Fred, Tim, and Thierry – are on a bus along the hippie trail from London to Kathmandu. But everything is not going according to plan. After a drug deal goes wrong, the boys barely escape with their […]

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The Man with the Golden Mind – out now with Next Chapter

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021tom

Detective Maier has a new case. This time it is a cold case: investigating the death of Julia Rendel’s father, an East German culture attaché who was killed near a fabled CIA airbase in central Laos in 1976. But before the detective can set off, his client is kidnapped right out of his arms. Maier […]

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The Cambodian Book of the Dead – out now with Next Chapter

August 25, 2021August 26, 2021tom

Cambodia, 2001 – a country re-emerging from a half-century of war, genocide, famine and cultural collapse. German Detective Maier travels to Phnom Penh, the Asian kingdom’s ramshackle capital, to find the heir to a Hamburg coffee empire. As soon as the private eye and former war reporter arrives in Cambodia, his search for the young […]

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