02983cam a2200301 4500 529579354 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781497622050 1497622050 038ffcd3-6152-4c8b-a2d5-d8cb9cf79e45 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 309815 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cotterill Colin. The Coroner's Lunch [Libby] : Dr. Siri Paibon Series, Book 1. ereads.com, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1038kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Mystery. HTML:<p><i>The Coroner's Lunch</i> by Colin Cotterill</p> <p>"A wonderfully fresh and exotic mystery."</p> <p>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p> <p>Dr. Siri Paiboun, one of the last doctors left in Laos after the Communist takeover, has been drafted to be national coroner. He is untrained for the job, but this independent 72-year-old has an outstanding qualification for it: curiosity. And he doesn't mind incurring the wrath of the Party hierarchy as he unravels mysterious murders, because the spirits of the dead are on his side.</p> <p>With the help of his newly-appointed secretary, the ambitious and shrewd Dtui, and Mr. Geung, the Down-Syndrome-afflicted morgue assistant, Dr. Paiboun performs autopsies and begins asking questions to solve the mysteries relating to the death of the wife of a government official and of the unidentified body fished out of the river who <i>didn't</i> drown but was tortured with electricity. As it turns out, all is not peaceful and calm in the new Communist paradise of Laos.</p> <p>"The sights, smells and colors of Laos practically jump off the pages of this inspired, often wryly witty first novel."</p> <p>—<i>Denver Post</i></p> <p>"If Cotterill...had done nothing more than treat us to Siri's views on the dramatic, even comic crises that mark periods of government upheaval, his debut mystery would still be fascinating. But the multiple cases spread out on Siri's examining table...are not cozy entrtainments, but substantial crimes that take us into the thick of political intrigue,"</p> <p>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/038/FFC/D3/CoronersLunch9780759295230.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=038FFCD3-6152-4C8B-A2D5-D8CB9CF79E45&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/038/FFC/D3/CoronersLunch9780759295230.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=038FFCD3-6152-4C8B-A2D5-D8CB9CF79E45&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)