Simon Rowe: 10 books

Bali, Indonesia—When an enormous python terrorises a seaside resort, only one man has the ability and business acumen to turn the problem into a tasty success.

When a Mexican resort town is besieged by seaweed, a canny restaurant waitress uses her wit to rid the scourge and have her husband released from prison.

After discovering his deceased father's journal, a young tattoo artist ventures into a red light district in Osaka, Japan, seeking answers to his own existence.

What could go wrong when a soccer-mad teenager is left in charge of his uncle's curio shop for a few hours? 

A fugitive disguises himself as a Buddhist pilgrim on a small island in Japan, only to realise that his fate rests in the hands of a novice monk.

Escarpment country, Western Australia—three cattle station hands and a city reporter embark on a journey across a desolate, timeless land in search of a notorious bull named "Big Barney". Their boss has given them a rifle with only three bullets.

Bali, Indonesia—a waylaid business traveller becomes an unwitting audience for a Vietnam War veteran when he is forced to spend three days at a beach resort.

Coffee, rum, and an antique shotgun bring to the boil the suspicions of a group of barflies when a stranger enters their village cafe in Andalucia, southern Spain.

On the dusty plains of central China's Henan province stands a small kung fu school with a big problem. It will take all the patience and persistence of its master to turn the conflict into a creative success.

On a hot June night in western Honshu, down-and-out call-girl driver, Papa Matsumoto, picks up a mysterious passenger in kimono. What he doesn't know is that his fate rests in her hands...