Different Drummers is the follow-up book of Kevin Cummings' Bangkok Beat featuring the noir poety of John Gartland. It's a compendium of literature reviews, author profiles, and short stories. Featured among the pages are well known expatriates living or working in Southeast Asia including interviews or profiles with Peter Klashorst, Doug Stanhope, Joe Cummings, John Burdett, Tim Hallinan, Christopher G Moore, Colin Cotterill, Lawrence Osborne, Collin Piprell and many more. In addition the history of the iconic cabaret bar Checkinn99 is brought up to date. Different Drummers can be read before or after Bangkok Beat, which was originally published in 2015.