Apophenia sounds like the name of a band from Macedonia sent to perform at the annual Euro Song Contest.  The term was coined by Klaus...

Governments in most places want to help citizens who struggle to make a living. Thailand is no exception. The law of unintended...

The laws of unintended consequences and collateral damage apply to criminals just like they do anyone else.  I’d like to give some...

I studied law. I taught law. I acted as a lawyer. Still with that legal background, I find it difficult to wrap my mind around systems...

Thailand’s 3G Prisons By Christopher G. Moore The idea of prison is a convicted criminal is removed from society and locked in a...

Mental test: What is the first weapon that comes into your head when I ask you to name a murder weapon? Chances are you’d choose a gun,...

A recent article in the Financial Times (a must read for all crime writers who are interested in following the flow of money between...

Last week I was at a gathering, which included an American from Kentucky who was passing through Bangkok. He had stories about George...

In the Vincent Calvino series, the novels are divided between crimes that are domestic in nature—though an expat might be involved—and...

You never see a ‘company’ handcuffed and paraded before the press. But in this part of the world, pictures of flesh and blood criminals...

It’s not only you who’s looking to high-tech to solve all of your problems. Repressive and not-to-date-so-repressive governments are...

Imagine if your brother, son, husband went out to cover a war -  to tell the truth of what was happening to innocent bystanders who...

There is something Alice in Wonderland like about asking whether a corporation is a person. It is unclear whether the United States...

Crime stories are both universal and local. A murder in New York, Vancouver, London or Bangkok is universally seen as a crime, one...

Sometimes a novel is ahead of its time, seeming to write about events that predict the future. In Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report, the...

Last light as night falls in Rangoon. Shwedagon Pagoda framed against the twilight. It is like watching a great diva knowing in less...

9 January 2012 Bangkok I am editing a new anthology titled The Orwell Brigade. On a twist to the usual noir collection of short stories,...

A prediction for 2012 It is claimed the Mayans left behind a prophecy that the world is doomed to end in 2012. But, like many...

In Asia, the idea of face is not unlike the concept in the West of dignity or respect or honor. Add guns to the torque of argument,...

THERE may have never been one list. We don’t have to enter that debate. We can start by acknowledging that we live in an age of list of...