James Finch

James Finch has lived his life in adventure locations, including having spent over twenty years traveling Burma by rail, road and river.

He began a career in international private law in Tehran, Iran. Later joining the US Foreign Service, he served in Ecuador, Trinidad and Argentina. He then returned to the private sector and worked over the rest of his career as a partner in law firms in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. Further biographical information is available at www.jamesfinch.net, Mr. Finch’s website.

He has always been fascinated with literary fiction and lawyer mysteries and has melded the two in Silence in the Land of Gold, which is a mystery thriller in Asia.

Silence in the Land of Gold is also a Burma murder mystery, one of few such mysteries written in the English language.

In a long tradition of Asian fiction novels and historical fiction, Mr. Finch’s legal thrillers present a mix of Asian and western characters, illustrating the cultural differences that drive historical change in the region and contributing to an exciting conclusion.