In Flight Attendant Joe, Joe hands his readers a boarding pass into the turbulent world of the airline industry. This book immediately takes off with chaotic delays, irate passengers, crazy pilots, and egos big enough to destroy friendships. There is nothing off limits in this comical collection of true-life drama that occurs at 38,000 feet, on layovers, in airports, or anywhere else Joe happens to find himself.

In his debut book, 'Fasten Your Seat Belts And Eat Your Fucking Nuts', Joe Thomas — aka Flight Attendant Joe — takes you on an inappropriate storytelling journey about what really happens while you sit comfortably (unless you are in a middle seat, in that case — he's sorry) onboard a climate controlled airplane while sucking down cups of soda, snacking on unsalted peanuts, and playing dumb when you get caught smoking in the lavatory.Have you ever wondered what happens behind the sc...

'BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with AMERICAN TABLOID, THE POWER OF THE DOG and A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers.' David Peace**'**Complex and compelling, and shot through with moments of horror and beauty, BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a magnificent achievement.' The Times Crime Club...

In Bad Catholic, Joe Thomas strips away the secrets of a life defined by an unwanted adoption by a predatory stepfather and a mother who retreated into an alcoholic haze to deny the undeniable. It is the raw account of a boy forced to balance the innocence of childhood and the pressures of being a teenager with the "house of horrors" he returned to every night.From the grit of late-night bars to the blood-stained kitchen floor of his childhood home in Conn...

MAIL ON SUNDAY THRILLER OF THE MONTHSão Paulo, 20 March 2016A campaign for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff is in full swing, yet 100,000 people take to Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo in her support.On the same day, a young man from a wealthy family is murdered.Detective Mario Leme discovers the body. Two Military Policemen confront him.They strongarm him into the back of an SUV.Set against the bac...

First Class Cocktails with Flight Attendant Joe is a collection of all-new short stories, and each is accompanied by a delicious cocktail recipe. Author Joe Thomas is back with his fourth book of flight attendant stories, but this one comes with a boozy twist. Joe provides his readers with a first-class storytelling experience, from flight attendants misbehaving to celebrity sightings and beautiful island layovers to drunken passengers. Nothing says first-class more than fancy cocktails an...

Joe invites readers to tag along on his day to day experiences as a flight attendant. Inspired by his journal entries, Joe sheds light on what he thinks about the airline industry. As he juggles dramatic co-workers, self-involved passengers, and unreliable management, he finds himself burnt out and wondering if layovers in Las Vegas, wandering around Mexico City, and snorkeling with turtles in Barbados are enough to keep him flying the not-so-friendly skies.

Guardian Best Book of 2020Irish Times Best Crime Fiction of 2020Times Book of the MonthMail on Sunday Thriller of the MonthThe Spectator Crime Fiction of the MonthCrime Time Book of the Year 2020'Vivid, stylish, funny' Mick HeronThe first time I met Harold C...

'As vibrant, colourful and complex as South America's largest city'São Paulo, 2013: a city at an extraordinary moment in its history.Mario Leme, a detective in the civil police, has developed a friendship with a young English investigative journalist, Ellie. When she goes to meet a contact in central São Paulo, Mario observes from the street as she walks into a building and doesn't come out. Inside, he discovers the dead body of a young man...

'Brilliant' The TimesMario Leme is a low-ranking detective in the Sao Paulo civil police. Every day on the way to work he sets off early and drives through the favela known as Paraisopolis - Paradise City. It's a pilgrimage: his wife Renata was gunned down at an intersection here a year ago, the victim of a stray bullet in a conflict between drug dealers.One morning, parked near the place where Renata died, he sees an SUV careen out of control and ...

This title was first published in 2000: An ethnographic inquiry into the socio-cultural dynamics of the Vietnamese asylum seeker detention centres in Hong Kong during the period of 1988-1995. It deals essentially with the British asylum policy towards Vietnamese refugees and its outcome in Hong Kong. Based on the author's first hand experience of working in refugee camps, this book argues that the administrators managed to solve the crisis by perpetuating horrendous human rights violations...

After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor’s meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors—representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science—examine honor past to present, from...