I intended to write about crime this week. I promise that is true. This past week, Asia as is usually the case, was chock a block with...

I sometimes wonder if the emotionality of crime has changed over time. Do we feel the same about crime as our fathers, grandfather, or ...

Three cases stand out this week in the world’s criminal justice system. One was a police raid, helicopters, cars, reporters all ...

Three cases stand out this week in the world’s criminal justice system. One was a police raid, helicopters, cars, reporters all ...

Part of the popularity of crime fiction is the reader is invited to follow the clues to identify the crime, criminal and the cat and...

I ran across this quote by Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree of the Centre for Human Rights Studies at Mahidol University who is quoted as...

The Monty Hall problem involves choosing a door with a prize as opposed to a lion that will leap out and eat you. When a crime has been ...

Adventures in Wonderland Thai Style It is the election season in Thailand and a former MP for Samut Prakan. (the Parliament was...

Authors who write crime novels keep an eye peeled on the crime news. Living in Thailand the best crime reports are found in the Thai...

In Search of Demons In the Vincent Calvino series the private eye has a number of people watching his back: a Royal Thai police colonel,...

I grew up in a world where it was expected that judges and juries would be neutral. That neutrality was an essential mechanism to resolve...

What drives the current interest in noir fiction is that the stories validate our worst fear. There are no longer any heroes who will...

Crime authors are accustomed to killing off characters in their novels. In this fictional world, a man’s life might not be worth more ...

Perspectives on appearance and function in Thai society There is a struggle between our sense of beauty and function. The way we draw...

As a special report to you, though, I wanted to be the first to break the latest news. New legislation has been drafted and is ready to...

Last Thursday 17th March, we launched an anthology titled: Bangkok Noir. Six of the twelve authors were able to attend the launch at the...

On Thursday 17th March Bangkok Noir was launched at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand to a full house. Six authors attended...

The new breed of crime writers Anyone who has been to law school knows the dirty little secret of what is on offer. Three years of...

Fellow author Nick Wilgus has some great news to share. A feature film based on his novel about a monk, Father Ananda, who is a...

On Tuesday 15 March Colin Cotterill and Eric Stone came to the offices of Heaven Lake Press to sign copies of Bangkok Noir. After an...