Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
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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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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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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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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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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David W. Berner published a wonderful and erudite review of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu at Medium. Hippies, drugs, a road trip, and crime. What could go wrong? Not much, in terms of literary missteps. The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu by author Tom Vater is a throttle to the floor story. It’s a crime novel, […]
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I received another wonderful review of Kolkata Noir by books_by_the_bottle on Instagram. Thank you! “From the first few sentences of this book, I was immediately drawn into this crime fiction story. Tom Vater’s writing flows so smoothly and the imagery he creates is beautiful. This book is divided into three smaller parts, and follows the […]
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This was a wild read! There is a lot of excitement that kept me wondering what would happen next. Although there are quite a few humorous parts, I had two favorites: where the four stopped the bus and found water to take a swim in, Fred excitedly jumps in and announces that he forgot that […]
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Kolkata Noir received a new review! ….I found the last novella scary and imaginative, scary because if this does happen it is going to be a terrifying world to live in. Overall, an interesting, dark and in some ways chilling set of novellas based on Kolkata’s past, present and future. Read the full review here.
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Kolkata received a great first review on Amazon. This book is a gripping crime fiction and from reading the first pages I was drawn in by the colourful characters and vivid description of Kolkata and Puri.The crowds,the sounds,smells, chaotic festivals and mobs,the depths of depravity and the searing pain of love, the horror and the […]
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