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The Coroners Lunch

By: Colin Cotterill
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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Laos, 1972. The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over. Most of the educated class has fled, but 72-year-old Dr Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor, remains and is appointed state coroner. When three bodies are recovered from a reservoir, Dr.Siri establishes the cause of death was not drowning - they seem to have been electrocuted. And then there is the inexplicable death of a Party bigwig's wife at a banquet. Dr.Siri doesn't think her death was from natural causes. In the course of his investigations, he travels to his birthplace, where he makes a discovery....

©2007 Colin Cotterill (P)2011 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Genre Fiction Historical Medical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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"[T]his debut mystery, with its convincing and highly interesting portrayal of an exotic locale, marks the author as someone to watch." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I really enjoyed this novel. The reader is easy to listen to and doesn’t do any hard to bear accents. The setting is different than any I’ve ever read and the difference is enlightening as well as making the story all the more interesting. There is a surprising spiritual element to it that I found was incorporated nicely into the story where a strict but fairly loosely managed regime is the order. I liked how the characters were likeable, fitted together and carried themselves without any authorial judgement but that good is better than evil with a hint of wry. Nicely done! Looking forward to further instalments.

Different culture with an intriguing story

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Very weak story. Nothing very much about Laos: that's the most disappointing aspect. I wouldn't recommend it. Sorry, but not sorry.

Could have been set in Pinner

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