Author: Colin Cotterill Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Historical fiction Culture: Asia
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Dr. Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current government had hidden out in caves, waiting to assume power. Now, as a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to take place, an arm is found protruding from the concrete walk that had been laid from the President's former cave hideout to his new house beneath the cliffs. Dr. Siri is ordered to supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify the corpse and discover how he died.
The autopsy provides some surprises but it is his gift as a shaman that enables the seventy-two-year old doctor to discover why the victim was buried alive and, eventually, the identity of his killer.
This book is part of the "Dr. Siri Paiboun" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Slash and Burn" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Merry Misogynist" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Thirty-Three Teeth" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Coroner's Lunch" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Don't Eat Me" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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