Author: Colin Cotterill
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Mystery, Fiction, Historical fiction, Crime, Thriller
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9781616957230
9781616958299
1616957239
1616958294 |
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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 Thailand.
Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure, and soon he and his friends find themselves running afoul of Lao secret service officers and famous spiritualists. Buddhism is a powerful influence on both morals and politics in Southeast Asia. In order to exonerate an innocent man, they will have to figure out who is cloaking terrible misdeeds in religiosity.
From the Hardcover edition.
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
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 | "The Merry Misogynist"
First published in 2009
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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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 | "Don't Eat Me"
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