Colin Cotterill

Colin Cotterill was born in London and trained as a teacher and set off on a world tour that didn't ever come to an end. He worked as a Physical Education instructor in Israel, a primary school teacher in Australia, a counselor for educationally handicapped adults in the US, and a university lecturer in Japan. But the greater part of his latter years has been spent in Southeast Asia. Colin has taught and trained teachers in Thailand and on the Burmese border. He spent several years in Laos, initially with UNESCO and wrote and produced a forty-programme language teaching series; English By Accident, for Thai national television.

All the while, Colin continued with his two other passions; cartooning and writing. He contributed regular columns for the Bangkok Post but had little time to write. It wasn't until his work with trafficked children that he found himself sufficiently stimulated to put together his first novel, The Night Bastard (Suk's Editions. 2000).

Colin is married and lives in a fishing community on the Gulf of Siam with his wife, Jessi, and two very annoying dogs.

Author photo © Roy Hamric

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Killed at the Whim of a Hat Colin Cotterill When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she's convinced her career is over. Her journalism will surely dwindle to reports on the annual monsoon-induced... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Merry Misogynist Colin Cotterill The next instalment in the Dr Siri series see’s the horrific murders of young newlywed brides being killed on their honeymoons. Dr Siri’s team set about discovering who is responsible. Another great story from the constantly entertaining, and slightly eccentric... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Curse of the Pogo Stick Colin Cotterill Colin Cotterill was the winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library 2009 - the prize awarded for an author's body of work. Dr Siri is back this time finding himself kidnapped while on a road trip with the Justice department.... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Curse of the Pogo Stick Colin Cotterill Colin Cotterill was the winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library 2009 - the prize awarded for an author's body of work. Dr Siri is back this time finding himself kidnapped while on a road trip with the Justice department.... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/05/2009 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

Anarchy and Old Dogs Colin Cotterill Another wonderful, whimsical, humorous and magical tale featuring an ancient chief coroner of Laos in the 1970s and his bunch of eccentric colleagues, here with a plot to overthrow the government to be thwarted. He has won this year’s Crime... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Disco for the Departed Colin Cotterill Another outing for the sleuthing pathologist, Dr Siri. The great thing about these novels is the old fashioned crime solving, mixed with a little of Dr Siri’s supernatural skills, and the humour despite the nasty business of murder. All set... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/10/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Thirty-three Teeth Colin Cotterill This is very special. It is the second in a series which you will enjoy on its own but appreciate a lot more if you read the first too (The Coroner’s Lunch). We are in Laos, 18 months into... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/04/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Coroner's Lunch Colin Cotterill There will be comparisons to Alexander McCall Smith’s No.1 Ladies Detective Agency but this new series is different in many ways. The fascinating thing is that the books are set in Laos in 1976, a time and place rarely... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/12/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Coroner's Lunch Colin Cotterill There will be comparisons to Alexander McCall Smith’s No.1 Ladies Detective Agency but this new series is different in many ways. The fascinating thing is that the books are set in Laos in 1976, a time and place rarely explored in... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2007 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)