Author: Colin Cotterill
Year: 2009
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Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Historical fiction
Culture: Asia
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9781569475560
1569475563 |
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In poverty-stricken 1978 Laos, a man with a truck from the city was "somebody," a catch for even the prettiest village virgin. The corpse of one of these bucolic beauties turns up in Dr. Siri's morgue and his curiosity is piqued. The victim was tied to a tree and strangled but she had not, as the doctor had expected, been raped, although her flesh had been torn. And though the victim had clear, pale skin over most of her body, her hands and feet were gnarled, callused, and blistered.
On a trip to the hinterlands, Siri discovers that the beautiful female corpse bound to a tree has already risen to the status of a rural myth. This has happened many times before. He sets out to investigate this unprecedented phenomenonâ€"a serial killer in peaceful Buddhist Laosâ€"only to discover when he has identified the murderer that not only pretty maidens are at risk. Seventy-three-year-old coroners can be victims, too.
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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 | "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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