Laos, 1976. In this offbeat and delightful mystery series, Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year old, Paris-trained doctor, one of the last of the educated class remaining in Laos after the Communist Pathet Lao have taken over, is appointed state coroner at 72 years old, despite having no training, equipment, experience or even inclination for the job. When confronted with mysterious deaths, the doctor enlists… (more)
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill"A wonderfully fresh and exotic mystery."--The New York Times Book ReviewDr. Siri Paiboun, one of the last doctors left in Laos after the Communist takeover, has been drafted...
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill"A wonderfully fresh and exotic mystery."--The New York Times Book ReviewDr. Siri Paiboun, one of the last doctors left in Laos after the Communist takeover, has been drafted...
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...
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...
In Vientiane, a booby-trapped corpse, intended for Dr. Siri, the national coroner of Laos, has been delivered to the morgue. In his absence, only Nurse Dtui’s intervention saves the lives of the morgue attendants,...
Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he’s tired of being Laos’s national coroner, a job he never wanted in the first place. Plus, he’s pushing...
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn.
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone...