As Dr Siri Paiboun and his team close in on the trail of a killer, they must tackle a marriage proposal, a ghostly discotheque, kilometres of red tape and come face-to-face with a horrific sacrificial ritual.
As Dr Siri Paiboun and his team close in on the trail of a killer, they must tackle a marriage proposal, a ghostly discotheque, kilometres of red tape...
Courtesy of a runaway logging truck, a blind, retired dentist has just checked into Dr Siri's downtown morgue. Laos' one and only coroner is mildly curious as to how anyone could be run over in a country where two vehicles on one road would be considered a traffic jam. Is the ex-dentist's demise connected to the letter in his pocket?
Courtesy of a runaway logging truck, a blind, retired dentist has just checked into Dr Siri's downtown morgue. Laos' one and only coroner is mildly cu...
Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused psychic, and disheartened communist faces exploding corpses, kidnap, demonic possession and - obviously - a cursed pogo stick.
Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused psychic, and disheartened communist faces exploding corpses, kidnap, demonic possession an...
As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paiboun's morgue in downtown Vientiane. Siri and her team are investigating the case of three women skewered by a sword through their hearts. A culprit has been apprehended, tried and sentenced to death in a week's time. Siri isn't sure that they have the right man.
As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paiboun's morgue in downtown Vientiane. Siri and her team are investigating the case of three women skewered by a...
Praise for the Dr. Siri series: Terrifically beguiling detective novels steeped in local color and history.--The New York Times Book Review Like Dr. Siri, Colin Cotterill has a touch of magic about him.--The Boston Globe A delightfully fresh and eccentric hero.--John Burdett Unpredictable. . . . Tragically funny and magically sublime.--Entertainment Weekly A crack storyteller and an impressive guide to a little-known culture.--The Washington Post Book World In poverty-stricken 1978 Laos, a man from the city with a truck was somebody, a catch for even the prettiest village virgin. The corpse...
Praise for the Dr. Siri series: Terrifically beguiling detective novels steeped in local color and history.--The New York Times Book Review Like Dr. S...
Laos' reluctant coroner, confused psychic and disheartened communist, returns for a second case, employing his forensic skills and spiritual acumen to solve a series of bizarre killings.
Laos' reluctant coroner, confused psychic and disheartened communist, returns for a second case, employing his forensic skills and spiritual acumen to...
On the gulf of Thailand, the Juree family are managing their run-down beach resort for the second year - still stalked by disaster. Daughter Jimm has a new love in her life, but finds herself pursued by another man with a markedly different agenda in mind. Meanwhile, Jimm's new case is that of Dr Somluk, a champion of the rights of rural mothers, who is missing following a run-in with the marketeers of infant formula. As ever, there is blood, brine and bedlam aplenty at the Gulf Bay Lovely Resort.
On the gulf of Thailand, the Juree family are managing their run-down beach resort for the second year - still stalked by disaster. Daughter Jimm has ...
A fiendishly clever mystery in which Dr. Siri and his friends investigate three interlocking murders--and the ungodly motives behind them Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result, they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk, who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator: a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River to...
A fiendishly clever mystery in which Dr. Siri and his friends investigate three interlocking murders--and the ungodly motives behind them L...
