Lang Reid

This book owes its existence to a large number of people.  The Ghost Way (ISBN 978-1453-7682-0-4, November 2010, Create Space publishing) was related...

Bizarre Thailand promises “tales of crime, sex and black magic” and has been written by long-time expat Jim Algie, who apparently can wield...

To start the year I look back at the books reviewed in 2010.  There was a new book from a new author, and one...

After 10 minutes into this book, I began to wonder if I should get Ms. Hillary to review it, rather than myself.  Chuck...

Christopher G Moore’s Bangkok PI Vincent Calvino has been sleuthing again in his latest book 9 Gold Bullets (ISBN 978-616-90393-7-2, Heaven Lake Press,...

When talk turns to Australia, after the usual chestnuts regarding kangaroos being chased down the main street of Sydney by spear-wielding Aborigines, the...

I had thought that every possible combination of plots concerning the relationship between foreign men and Thai bargirls had already been covered.  A...

A joint effort with The Grand Design written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (ISBN 978-0-593-05830-5, Bantam Press 2010).  It also has a...

Goodbye, Africa (ISBN 978-1-60911-149-6, Eloquent Books, 2009) arrived on the reviewer’s desk directly from the author Desmond Bishop, but immediately produced a conundrum....

Swimsuit’s author James Patterson has around 50 books to his name and rates 13 lines as an introduction.  The book, however, has another...