The Fourth Watcher, the second Poke Rafferty Bangkok thriller, was chosen a 2008 “Best of Asia” book by the Japan Times, and reviewers everywhere were exceptionally kind to Poke and his hand-assembled family. For a selection of review excerpts, check The Fourth Watcher page.

On August 18, 2009, Poke's third adventure, Breathing Water, will be published by William Morrow, and The Fourth Watcher will come out in trade paperback. Breathing Water was sent in manuscript form to some of my favorite writers, and they were very enthusiastic -- Adrian McKinty called it "a masterpiece, and the others were also very kind. You can see all the comments on the Breathing Water page.

In The Blog Cabin this year, we'll be running periodic guest blogs about creativity and the creative process by writers and artists of all kinds. I've been delighted by some of what's been sent to me already, and I hope you'll enjoy them, too.

And thanks to everyone who's taken the time to e-mail me kind words about the books. When you're banging your head against the keyboard, a few kind words can make a big difference.