Name: Anarchy and Old Dogs

Author: Colin Cotterill
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Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Historical fiction
Culture: Asia

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9781569475010
1569475016		 A blind retired dentist has been run down by a logging truck on the street in Vientiane just opposite the post office. His body is duly delivered to the morgue of Dr. Siri Paiboun, the official and only coroner of Laos. At the age of seventy-four, Dr. Siri is too old to be in awe of the new communist bureaucrats for whom he now works. He identifies the corpse, helped by the letter in the man's pocket. But first he must decipher it; it is written in code and invisible ink. The dentist's widow explains that the enigmatic letters and numbers describe chess moves, but they are unlike any chess symbols Siri has previously encountered. With the help of his old friend, Civilai, now a senior member of the Laos politburo; Nurse Dtui ("Fatty"); Phosy, a police officer; and Aunt Bpoo, a transvestite fortune-teller, Dr. Siri solves the mystery of the note and foils a plot to overthrow the government of Laos.
This book is part of the "Dr. Siri Paiboun" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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"The Woman Who Wouldn't Die"
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"Slash and Burn"
First published in 2011
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"Love Songs from a Shallow Grave"
First published in 2010
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"The Merry Misogynist"
First published in 2009
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"Disco for the Departed"
First published in 2006
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"Thirty-Three Teeth"
First published in 2005
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"The Coroner's Lunch"
First published in 2004
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"Curse of the Pogo Stick"
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"Don't Eat Me"
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"The Rat Catchers' Olympics"
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"I Shot the Buddha"
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