Synopsis Set in 1976 Laos, one year after the Communist takeover, this mystery introduces Dr. Siri Paiboun, a widowed doctor in his early 70s who is named state coroner. Although Siri has no proper equipment or specific training in this area, he's adept at the skill most essential to doing his job: taking on the government bureaucracy...and winning. In addition, the spirits of the dead appear to him in dreams, providing him with useful clues and protecting him from his enemies. Siri's first few cases include the suspicious death of the wife of a prominent party official and the death by torture of three Vietnamese men.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-11-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 257 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews "This series kickoff is an embarrassment of riches: Holmesian sleuthing, political satire, and droll comic study of a prickly late bloomer." (starred review) Kirkus (08/15/2004)
"[E]ngaging....[T]his debut mystery, with its convincing and highly interesting portrayal of an exotic locale, marks the author as someone to watch." Publishers Weekly (11/22/2004)
"[W]onderfully fresh and exotic." New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio (12/26/2004)
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