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A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree

A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree
  • Author(s): Shamini Flint
  • Location(s): Phnom Penh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000s

Inspector Singh is in Cambodia – wishing he wasn’t. He’s been sent as an observer to the international war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, the latest effort by his superiors to ensure that he is anywhere except in Singapore....

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
  • Author(s): Robert Olen Butler
  • Location(s): Louisiana, Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1970s/80s

These fictional short stories capture the true experiences of the hardships of coming to America. With great sensitivity, Robert Olen Butler introduces us to the colorful lives of Vietnamese immigrants in Louisiana.

A House in Bali

A House in Bali
  • Author(s): Colin McPhee
  • Location(s): Bali
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Pre WW2

As a young American composer, Colin McPhee quite by accident heard some recordings of Balinese gamelan music. Changed forever by this experience, he “wanted to hear every Gamelan in the countryside.” This book recounts the details of his stay...

A Killing Smile

A Killing Smile
  • Author(s): Christopher G Moore
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Late 1990s

A Killing Smile is a simple but deep story about the aftermath of events following the death of a successful Los Angeles attorney’s wife. Lost, confused, and angry, Lawrence Baring, Esq. goes to Bangkok and confronts Tuttle–the man his...

A Nail Through the Heart

A Nail Through the Heart
  • Author(s): Timothy Hallinan
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Travel writer Poke Rafferty was good at looking for trouble – so good that he made a little money writing a few offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored. But that was before Bangkok stole his heart....

A River in May

A River in May
  • Author(s): Edward Wilson
  • Location(s): Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

What happens when a bunch of murderous gringos are let loose on a third-world country? The country is Vietnam and the war has escalated into a technological bloodbath. Lyndon Johnson is in the White House and each night on...

A Shadow Falls: In the Heart of Java

A Shadow Falls: In the Heart of Java
  • Author(s): Andrew Beatty
  • Location(s): Java
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Andrew Beatty lived with his family for two and a half years in a village in East Java. When he arrived, he was entranced by a strange and sensual way of life, an unusual tolerance of diversity. Mysticism, Islamic...

A Tale from Bali

A Tale from Bali
  • Author(s): Vicky Baum
  • Location(s): Bali
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 19th century

This book is recommended as a way of getting to know a little about the history and culture of Bali. Not only does it succeed in this, but it also proved a heart-warming and hugely readable story of one man’s...

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice
  • Author(s): Nevil Shute
  • Location(s): Australia, Malaysia (Malaya)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1940s

A Walk in the Thai Sun

A Walk in the Thai Sun
  • Author(s): G J C McKitrick
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Retired Vancouver Police officer Sam Watson has little use for religion. When his only son, Jeff, commits to missionary service in Thailand, Sam is understandably upset. An uneasy long distance relationship continues until the unthinkable happens, Jeff is murdered....

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