All Blog Posts Tagged 'Thailand' (6)

MAS*H Moves to Thailand

The time is the 1960s, the war is Vietnam, and the place is a remote US signal intelligence spy base in the boondocks of Northeastern Thailand, but much of the rest is the same. A bunch of brainy, irreverent, rambunctious, unmilitary draftees battle by-the-book lifers with results that are by turns humorous and grimly ironic. The draftees are spooks, not docs, and the mission of the 7th RRFS at Ramasun Station is figuring out just what is going on in Southeast Asia, not…

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Added by James E Stanton on February 25, 2013 at 3:30am — No Comments

Sex, Murder and Golf...an exciting combination

There's a new detective in town, Zach Roper, and he has a sassy, sexy sidekick called the Thai Princess. They are both nuts about golf and each others' bodies, but other bodies...dead ones, keep getting in the way. Zach is a retired police detective so he knows what to do when it comes to murder. The Thai Princess is a retired LPGA golfer but she's a quick learner when it comes to crime. "Mixed Foursome: The Zach Roper Mysteries" contains four of their cases and…

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Added by James E Stanton on February 15, 2013 at 3:01am — No Comments

Grit and urban crime in Bangkok

Tim Hallinan's Poke Rafferty series combines foreign exotica and a tangling with real evil--but also the unexpected possibility, always, of redemption. The fourth book in the series, QUEEN OF PATPONG, launches today. Please stop by Suspense Your Disbelief, to raise a cyber glass of champagne with us, and hear Tim's explanation of whether he has yet made it in this crazy business.…

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Added by Jenny Milchman on August 18, 2010 at 3:43am — No Comments

Bangkok at the Crossroad of History

If you follow the news, you are likely aware that a large political demonstration is underway for this weekend in Bangkok (13th to 14th March). Hotels are reporting cancellations. Personal friends from England who’d planned to visit me this weekend have also cancelled. Many people are watchful as events unfold. Who are the demonstrators? And what do they want? Two complex questions and the answers will depend on whom you ask. There isn’t one single answer…

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Added by ChristopherGMoore on March 12, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Tim Hallinan Delves into Bangkok for Scene of the Crime

Looking for Trouble in Bangkok

March 11, 2010 by Scene of the Crime | Edit…

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Added by J. Sydney Jones on March 12, 2010 at 3:29am — 3 Comments

Research-- A labour of love, or just one more diversion?

Some people share a popular misconception that fictional stories appear fully formed in the mind, waiting to be dropped casually onto a page, as if the writer is nothing more than an automaton, a vehicle through which fiction can flow.

There are, in fact, many aspects to creating any written work. Take for example the art of research. I’m often asked how much research I do and what resources I use. Depending on the type of story being told, at some… Continue

Added by Donna Carrick on October 13, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments