Den överraskande upptäckten av en mumifierad arm som sticker ut från en betongstig intill presidentens nya residens har förståeligt nog orsakat viss pinsamhet. Doktor Siri Paiboun skickas att diskret gräva ut kroppen som armen sitter fast i, identifiera den och fastställa dödsorsaken. Hans [...]

In rural Thailand, former crime reporter Jimm Juree must grapple with her quirky family, a mysterious mother and daughter on the lam and the small matter of a head on the beach When Jimm Juree's mother sold the family house and invested
in a rundown 'holiday camp' at the southern end of Thailand [...]

The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed author of "The Coroner's Lunch""" With worldwide critical acclaim, Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded "cult favorite" crime writers today. Now, with this new series, Cotterill is poised to break[...]

Since Jimm Juree moved, under duress, with her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she misses the bright lights of Chiang Mai. Most of all, she's missed her career as a journalist, which was just getting started. In Chiang Mai, she was covering substantial stories and major [...]

"This series kickoff is an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing, political satire, and a] droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The sights, smells, and colors of Laos practically jump of the pages of this inspired, often wryly witty first novel.[...]

Dr. Siri does a little dance, the spirits get down tonight.

Dr. Siri Paiboun is summoned to the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current communist government hid in caves, waiting to assume power. Now a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to t[...]

Vientiane, Laos, a booby-trapped corpse, intended for Dr. Siri, the national coroner, has been delivered to the morgue. In his absence, only Nurse Dtui’s intervention saves the lives of the morgue attendants, visiting doctors and Madame Daeng, Dr. Siri’s fiancée.

On his way bac[...]

The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's "Slash & Burn "and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. Siri
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglar[...]

Laos, 1979: Dr. Siri Paiboun, the twice-retired ex-National Coroner of Laos, receives an unmarked package in the mail. Inside is a hand-woven" pha sin," a colorful traditional skirt worn in northern Laos. A lovely present, but who sent it to him, and why? And, more importantly, why is there a severe[...]

The next instalment in Cotterill's acclaimed crime series set in Thailand, featuring reporter Jimm Juree.[...]