Crime Wave Press – Page 5

Master of escape seeking to become master of Noir – Roy Harper talks

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Roy Harper, who has escaped three times — twice from the State Penitentiary at Parchman —has written two crime novels now from his small cell there, editing each one on an illegal cellphone. Both ‘Shank’ and ‘Heist’ are out with Crime Wave Press. Jerry Mitchell reports for the Clarion Ledger. Read the full story. Here’s […]

Interview by Sonia Kilvington

May 25, 2017July 11, 2017tomLeave a Comment

I am interviewed this week by crime writer Sonia Kilvington on all things Crime Wave Press and my two Detective Maier mysteries, The Cambodian Book of the Dead and The Man with the Golden Mind. I first came to Cambodia in 1995, illegally on a speed boat from Trat to Koh Kong. Someone wrote that […]

Interview by Fiona McVie

April 30, 2017April 30, 2017tomLeave a Comment

I’ve been interviewed by Fiona McVie about my life as a writer. And here’s me with my friend and fellow Crime Wave Press owner Hans Kemp. Fiona: What book are you reading now? Just finished The Butterfly by James M Cain, about a man sleeping with his daughter. Not perhaps in the league as his […]

Crime Wave Press at Partners in Crime Radio – 1pm EST

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Crime Wave Press – The Movie

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Here’s a little story from us at Crime Wave Press. It’s about the struggle, as indie publishers, to birth great crime fiction into a market controlled by a few sluggish and conservative giants. It’s a fight we can’t win on our own. Having fantastic authors producing thrilling and captivating stories polished and edited close to […]

Roy Harper interviewed at Noir on the Radio

March 13, 2017tomLeave a Comment

“Being an outlaw is about freedom, it sets you loose from the boundaries of society, the boundaries of law, and the things that hold you back. The limits of where you can and can’t go and what you can and can’t do. If you have no boundaries there, then that’s the freedom that it gives […]

The Man With The Golden Mind reviewed at Literary Fits

January 31, 2017tomLeave a Comment

The Man with the Golden Mind gets a great review at Literary Fits. “I am again impressed with a Crime Wave Press offering, this one being a Cold War aftermath spy thriller set in a country about which I knew very little: Laos. Tom Vater sets up an intricate and complicated plot which I found […]

Tom Vater – Noir On The Radio

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017tomLeave a Comment

My radio podcast interview with the great Greg Barth on Noir On The Radio. I talk about my crime novels, Crime Wave Press and the life on the road. …listen to it here. I get to talk about my books, SE Asian history, Tony Poe, The Heart of […]

Tom Vater talks crime fiction on Noir on the Radio on Friday January 14th, 10pm EST

January 14, 2017tomLeave a Comment

I will be talking about my crime novels and my publishing imprint Crime Wave Press on http://www.blogtalkradio.com on Friday, January 14th at 10pm EST on Noir on the Radio with host Greg Barth.

The Man with the Golden Mind reviewed at The Dorset Book Detective

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016tomLeave a Comment

“Quintessentially this exhilarating read incorporates everything from lies and deception through to sex, betrayal and death, offering the reader an exercise in edge of your seat action combined with strong storytelling and believable characterisation.” The Man with the Golden Mind, the second […]