Don't Eat Me cover art

Don't Eat Me

A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Don't Eat Me

By: Colin Cotterill
Narrated by: Clive Chafer
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

About this listen

Between getting into a tangle with a corrupt local judge and discovering a disturbing black-market business, Dr. Siri and his friend Inspector Phosy have their hands full in the 13th installment of Colin Cotterill's quirky, critically acclaimed series.

Dr. Siri Paiboun, the ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but when he manages to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That and they can't figure out how to turn on the camera.

Meanwhile, the skeleton of a woman has appeared under the Anusawari Arch in the middle of the night. Siri puts his directorial debut on hold and assists his friend, the newly promoted Senior Police Inspector Phosy Vongvichai, with the ensuing investigation. Though the death of the unknown woman seems to be recent, the flesh on her corpse has been picked off in places as if something - or someone - has been gnawing on the bones. The plot Phosy soon uncovers involves much more than single set of skeletal remains.

©2018 Colin Cotterill (P)2018 Recorded Books Historical Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literature & Fiction Mystery Fiction Funny
All stars
Most relevant  
I love the Dr Siri series. It’s been a while since i have read one, and thought it would be a good listen. It does take a while to adjust to the characters having British accents- country people have Scottish or Liverpool dialects! But seeing I don’t know how a Lao accent would sound it’s a little quirk of the narrator. But the worst aspect of the book is the subject matter. The blurb talks of a black market trade, but doesn’t go into detail. I wasn’t expecting the trade to be animals. I had to stop listening half way through because I couldn’t stomach the cruelty.

Colin cotterill doesn’t shy away from writing about the human rights abuses that existed in Laos at the time, and how communism did not lead the Laos economy out of poverty. People have the morals they can afford, and trading exotic animals is a way to feed a family at this time. But I couldn’t listen to the descriptions of the conditions and the cruelty. I get one audible credit a month, and I would have chosen another Dr Siri novel had I known what this one was about.

Maybe it’s good to show this awful trade existed and reinforce the idea that taking people out of poverty benefits us all - and the animal kingdom, but I wish the blurb had been specific about what the black market was in.

Needs a trigger warning - cruelty to animals

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.