USA – Tom Vater

The Green Panthers, out now!

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022tom

The Green Panthers Manifesto The Green Panthers fight against the degradation of Planet Earth by any means The Green Panthers combat the fueling of climate change by any means The Green Panthers safeguard global biodiversity by any means The Green Panthers do not answer to governments The Green Panthers cannot be hired, bought or sold […]

Cover Preview – The Man with the Golden Mind – Out Soon!

August 19, 2021tom

The Man With The Golden Mind, republished as ebook, paperback, large print hard back and audio book by Next Chapter very soon!

Interviewed on the CIA in Bangkok in Asia Times

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020tomLeave a Comment

‘New museum in city’s infamous Patpong red light zone reveals the CIA agents who used to hold court in its go-go bars’ I was interviewed by Richard S. Ehrlich on the CIA’s history in Bangkok in Asia Times today for his article ‘Glorifying sex and CIA in Vietnam War-era Bangkok‘. “A photo of one of […]

Detective Maier in Noir Nation

May 15, 2020May 29, 2020tomLeave a Comment

In the 8th edition of Noir Nation, writer James Newman reviews my latest novel The Monsoon Ghost Image while dissecting the curious Thailand ex-pat literary scene, featuring interviews with Paul French, Angela Savage and Christopher Moore. The third Detective Maier mystery is a taut and crazy spy thriller for our disturbing times. When award-winning German […]

We were somewhere around Barstow – my Hunter S Thompson tribute from 2005

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020tomLeave a Comment

Tom Vater’s favorite opening line in literature is Hunter S Thompson’s awesome first words in ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’. We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. On a recent trip to California I drove from LA to Fresno. With Hunter in mind, […]

‘To Kill an Arab’ short story review

January 20, 2020May 27, 2020tomLeave a Comment

I liked this story because the characters were planned very well. I say this because they were both American and Arabic. It had an interesting perspective and used the Aramaic language to enhance reader identification. It was a spy story told from the other side of the coin. An interesting read. Great review by Haley […]

The football match between the two most evil countries in the world – USA vs Iran 1998

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020tomLeave a Comment

As the USA is threatening war with Iran again, I am republishing the only football story I´ve ever written. Watching the World Cup Match between the USA and Iran in Esfahan in 1998, was one of the highlights of my time in Iran. The streets of this beautiful city were crammed with revelers, celebrating the […]

A Time for Violence – crime fiction anthology

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019tomLeave a Comment

Very proud to have my latest short story, the Morocco set To Kill An Arab, in A Time for Violence, a love letter to the great anthologies of yesteryear, assembling stories by a variety of talents, connected by a singular theme. Other authors include fellow Crime Wave Press stalwarts Tony Knighton, Elka Ray, Andy Rausch […]

What if Graham Greene had written extreme horror? The Monsoon Ghost Image reviewed at Zisi Emporium for B Movies

April 26, 2019tomLeave a Comment

A great review of The Monsoon Ghost Image by a retired FBI agent. What if Graham Greene had written extreme horror? Interesting thought. True, the carnage of cold war detente may have produced some hideous and bloody results, but instead of The Third Man, we could have ended up with something akin to a Tom […]

Politics and crime fiction

January 24, 2019tomLeave a Comment

A short essay on politics and crime fiction, published at b for bookreview. A while ago, I had a conversation with an American book reviewer about politics in crime fiction. He felt that overt political messages do not belong in the genre. I felt that covert or subconscious political leanings are part and parcel of […]