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 modern fiction so not only do you get a great detective book but also an interesting history from that time and place. Great stuff.
Dr Siri Paiboun series:
1. The Coroner's Lunch
2. Thirty-Three Teeth
3. Disco for the Departed
4. Anarchy and Old Dogs
5. Curse of the Pogo Stick
Laos, 1976. The monarchy has been deposed, the Communist Pathet Lao have taken over. Most of the educated class has fled, but Dr Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor remains. And so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner, despite having no training, equipment, experience or even inclination for the job.
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Laos, 1976. The monarchy has been deposed, the Communist Pathet Lao have taken over.
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The Coroner's Lunch was written by Colin Cotterill and published by Quercus Publishing Plc
The Coroner's Lunch has 271 pages
Yes it is part of A Dr Siri Mystery series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
