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The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu reviewed at The Crime Segments

August 14, 2014August 14, 2014tomLeave a Comment

“There are plenty of unique, crazy and offbeat characters that fill this novel, and the author has a keen eye for detail. The part of this story that took place in the Blue Parrot is one of my favorites, and is an excellent example of how the author sets a scene that sucks the reader […]

The Man with the Golden Mind – Out Now!

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014tomLeave a Comment

The Man with the Golden Mind. Photographed by Manis On Fire.

The Man With the Golden Mind – Tom Vater’s Two-Minute Book Pitch

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014tomLeave a Comment

Writer Terry Irving has interviewed me about my forth coming thriller Tbe Man With The Golden Mind. Rather than the standard Q&A, Terry has furnished me with template for a movie pitch and I have tried to fill in the gaps accordingly. Read on at Tired of Talking about Myself!!!

The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu reviewed by Ron McMillan at Amazon

December 14, 2013tomLeave a Comment

Great review of The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu by Ron McMillan at Amazon. “My first experience of Kathmandu dates back to the days when the flawed heroes of The Devil’s Road rolled into town in their beaten up van – and the author has captured the period beautifully. The cheap hostels and lakeside hangouts (in […]

Beeizebub Travels in a Bedford

November 11, 2013November 16, 2013tomLeave a Comment

A great new review of my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published in The Advisor, a Cambodian weekly! “There is no question as to how Tom Vater came up with the title to his novel The Devil’s Road To Kathmandu: the sheer mix of danger, drugs and salacious exploits transports the reader straight […]

The Cambodian Book of the Dead reviewed at Pulp Curry

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013tomLeave a Comment

I have been away from the Internet for some time, thankfully and several reviews have piled up in my absence including this analytical missive on The Cambodian Book of the Dead by crime writer Andrew Nette on his excellent site Pulp Curry. “The Cambodian Book of the Dead is a hardboiled crime story wrapped in […]

New Crime Wave Press Title: Gaijin Cowgirl by Jame DiBiasio Out Now!!!

March 10, 2013March 10, 2013tomLeave a Comment

After having one of our titles, Mindfulness and Murder in the Top 100 Crime novels on Amazon this week, Crime Wave Press introduces it’s latest thriller: Gaijin Cowgirl by Jame DiBiasio. Gaijin Cowgirl is a high octane adventure introducing Val Benson, flaky Tokyo hostess and utterly unreliable protagonist who stumbles across a map to one […]

Sister Suicide by Nick Wilgus – Free on Kindle, March 5th to 7th!!!

March 4, 2013March 10, 2013tomLeave a Comment

Sister Suicide is the second Father Ananda Mystery, written by acclaimed American author Nick Wilgus and published by Crime Wave Press. A nun is torn apart by crocodiles in a Buddhist theme park. Is it a case of suicide or does a monastic community in the Thai provinces harbor a vicious killer? Father Ananda, Buddhist […]

The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu is Back in Print!!!

February 18, 2013March 10, 2013tomLeave a Comment

My first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, originally published in 2006, is back in print! Republished by Crime Wave Press, this thriller set on the 1970s hippie trail between London and Kathmandu, was published in July last year as an ebook. A Spanish language edition came out last week with Editorial Xplora, both as […]

Kathmandu, Camino al Infierno – Out Now!!!

February 8, 2013March 10, 2013tomLeave a Comment

Kathmandu, camino al infierno, the Spanish translation of my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, published by Editorial Xplora, is out now!!! ‘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 […]