Novels

These are the first novels in my Southeast Asia thriller series about westerners – otherwise know in this part of the world as farang, mat salleh, puti, or gweilo – getting out of their depth and trying to survive. Each novel has a different theme and characters and setting but they all overlap, just like the peoples in the region do. At latest count there are eleven countries, thus another seven novels to go.

The latest novel in the series is in the initial stages of development. The outline is nearly finished and the main characters identified, but this may, and probably will, get tweaked during the writing process. The working title is Magellan’s End. If you know history and geography, you’ll know the location. Once I finish the first few chapters, I’ll post a blurb and a sample.

Ibland får man inspiration för en ny roman men inser snabbt att den kräver ett särskilt språk. Blatteparadis är ett sådant exempel och skulle inte fungera om den inte var skriven på svenska. Romanen är fortfarande under viss utveckling och finputsning efter mer än två års skrivande och uppskattningsvis knappt 200 sidor färdig, men jag har prioriterat andra projekt.

The Influence takes the reader on a turbulent journey across Southeast Asia and beyond, on the trail of a mysterious object that everyone desires. Start with an innocuous dream that sets off a chain of unstoppable events, pour in a twisted love affair, add a hint of the supernatural, season with trigger-happy criminals and lethal wildlife, stir well and savour the unique concoction.

Scary, funny, gory and explicit, the novel reveals aspects of Southeast Asia that travel guides forgot to mention.

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Set in Timor-Leste, the world’s youngest nation, East of East is a political thriller presenting a fictitious yet quite plausible scenario for the next presidential election.

A country abundant in natural resources yet struggling with poverty, outwardly democratic but with rampant corruption, its politicians both all-powerful and incompetent. In other words, a country ripe for plucking through any means available.

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Blatteparadis är en vuxensaga om barndomsvänner och falsk heder, behovet att känna tillhörighet ställt mot absolut individualism, och inte minst den hårfina skillnaden mellan rättfärdighet och laglöshet.

Romanen börjar på Stureplan men handlingen förflyttas snabbt till Thailand och turistön Koh Samui.

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