My espionage thriller THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN MIND, is 99cents on major sales platforms & the #16 #BESTSELLER Mystery @ Apple Books today & in the Top 5 @ Kobo! books2read.com/u/bPyJlJ #crimefiction #CIA #Laos #detectiveMaier #spythriller #southeastasia #secretwar #covertwar #USA

My espionage thriller THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN MIND, is 99cents on major sales platforms & the #16 #BESTSELLER Mystery @ Apple Books today & in the Top 5 @ Kobo! books2read.com/u/bPyJlJ #crimefiction #CIA #Laos #AmericanWar #spythriller #southeastasia #secretwar #covertwar #USA

"....without ambitious and rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions “we will likely be witness to the demise of one of the Earth’s natural wonders.” theguardian.com/environment/ar… #ClimateCatastrophe #globalwarming #capitalism #racetothebottom #ocean #coral #Biodiversity

In 80s Germany, my school's director forced myself & other students to burn a student magazine not to his liking, a cardinal sin considering, the country's fascist history. The US is traveling down the same road... #usa #fascism #censorship theguardian.com/books/article/…

I've been on the road, writing about some of Bangkok's best hotels for The Telegraph. One of my favorites is the rather unique Ariyasom Villa whose vegetarian restaurant is highly recommended . telegraph.co.uk/travel/destina… #bangkok #travel #ontheroad #hotel #thailand #tomvater

Fifteen Questions: Literature Interview with Tom Vater Reigning in the Mutiny 15questions.net/interview/fift… #writing #writer #crimefiction #reportage #southeastasia #tomvater #interview

Richard S. Ehrlich on the CIA's secret war in Laos. freepress.org/article/price-… #usa #alwaysatwar #cia #laos #vietnamwar #covertwar

A (male) political leader hitting a young (woman) reporter twice across her head is a “breach of (Thai) parliamentary code of ethics”? How about a criminal case of bodily assault?

My publisher Next Chapter tells me The Man with the Golden Mind, my 2016 #espionage #thriller (featuring world destroyer #HenryKissinger), the 2nd Detective Maier Mystery, set in Laos, is one of its Mystery, Thriller & Suspense bestsellers. nextchapter.pub/bestsellers #USA #CIA

I have only been to Shakespeare & Company in Paris. But I do have a tattoo on my leg that reads, Read Books. And I have written a few in my time. So, support your local #bookshop, wherever you are. And buy my books, of course. telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/…

#Germany cuts half a million trees for the world's best known far right agitator - as hilarious as it's shocking. theguardian.com/technology/art… #farright #environment #vandalism #elonmusk

Fiction is the story of other people; this is what makes it dangerous. nytimes.com/2024/07/01/boo… #censorship #bannedbooks

Though international commercial whaling was banned in 1986, some countries such as Japan, where whale meat is a delicacy, continue the trade in their own waters. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202… #japan #whaleprotection #seashepherd #environment #environmentalist

The earliest pictures capturing the art and beauty of Indian monuments bbc.com/news/articles/… #india

"We’re an enforcement organisation” ensuring that the seas are protected, he said, rejecting the label of ecoterrorist sometimes used against him. “I do aggressive non-violence interference.” #japan #seashepherd #ocean #whalehunt #paulwatson #environment theguardian.com/environment/ar…

And part of the film crew werew spies bugging the Russians, not mentioned here. Great movie. ft.com/content/e7c59b…

WTF? Stephen King says. independent.co.uk/arts-entertain… #USA #censorship #republican #fascism #bookbanning #bannedbooks

My publisher Next Chapter tells me The Man with the Golden Mind, my 2016 #espionage #thriller (featuring world destroyer #HenryKissinger), the 2nd Detective Maier Mystery, set in #Laos, is a Mystery, Thriller & Suspense bestsellers. nextchapter.pub/bestsellers #USA #CIA #bestseller

"I am a fluffy husband.” theguardian.com/film/article/2… #herzog

I am heading to Chiang Mai in November for the Asia Pacific Writers and Translators event. apwriters.org/apwt-heart-wat… #tomvaterwrites #writer #author #travelingwriter #thailand #chiangmai #event #asiapacificwritersandtranslators #apwt