Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
Rituals. Killers. Wars. & Sex.: Tibet, India, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka & New York Gripping, absurd, tragic and resplendent – a correspondent’s life on the margins of victory, tragedy, death and sex. I can’t recommend this book enough to anyone remotely interested in the seamier and bloodier side of recent Asian history and […]
Continue ReadingI was interviewed by New York Times best selling author Debbie Mack the other day about my latest novel, The Monsoon Ghost Image, my publishing house Crime Wave Press and the eternal Travis McGee. Debbi: [00:01:03] So my assumption is that you started with journalism and went into crime writing. Would that be correct? Tom: […]
Continue ReadingThe market for good print stories is getting smaller all the time. Especially for off the wall, niche or sub-cultural stuff. So it’s great to see some of my recent work published specially to be read on smart phones. Almost everyone has one and there’s more to life than Candy Crush. ATC Tattoo Books have […]
Continue ReadingLast story of 2017, first story of 2018, with Laure Siegel. The show stays on the road and the road takes me wherever. Home is anywhere I lay my head. In this instance, north of Kolkata, the world’s most beautiful city, along the banks for the river Hooghly. Really enjoyed researching this one and am […]
Continue ReadingI feel incredibly humbled to have witnessed the first semi fair and almost free election in Burma in decades. I was at the NLD’s headquarters tonight where an exuberant and chaotic party atmosphere prevailed throughout. But as one Burmese told me, ‘the military are like chess players and they are planning their next move.’ That […]
Continue ReadingThe Orissa Post, the largest English language newspaper in Orissa, India, has republished On the Tea Trail, the story of Makaibari Tea Estates near Darjeeling and the world’s most expensive cuppa.
Continue ReadingIt’s been a real pleasure, a profoundly moving experience, and great fun meeting and hanging out with Nigel Brennan at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali and, more recently, in Bangkok. Nigel is The Dirty Hostage, an Australian photojournalist who traveled to Somalia in 2008 and was kidnapped. The blurb to his incredible […]
Continue ReadingEvery day, we appear to be moving a little closer to a state of affairs where governments could become obsolete. Large parts of the world have always been ruled by people who don’t really qualify as governments, but in recent years, perfectly respectable rulers have also shown signs (not for the first time) that they […]
Continue ReadingEvery month, Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding, interviews a fellow travel writer about the nuts and bolts of our trade. The extensive Q&As are published on his website. This month, it’s my turn. Read the full interview here!
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