Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current government had hidden out in caves, waiting to assume power. Now, as a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to take place, an arm is found protruding from the concrete walk that was laid from the President's former cave hideout to his new house beneath the cliffs. Dr Siri is ordered to supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify the corpse, and discover how he died.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed. Soho, ISBN: 9781569474648 (August, 2007), 258 p., $15.95.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
The surprise appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path leading to the President's new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment. Dr Siri finds himself despatched to discretely disinter the body attached to the arm, identify it and determine the cause of death.

Reluctant national coroner, confused psychic and disheartened communist, Dr Siri Paiboun, gets on down in this third instalment of the wittiest and most inventive crime series in print.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed. Quercus, ISBN: 1847245854 (October, 2008), 260 p., £6.99.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Disco for the Departed Dr Siri Paiboun may be in his seventy-third year, but he's still as sturdy as a jungle boar - and as crafty as one. Denied the retirement he believes he so richly deserves, Dr Siri is the Lao People's Democratic Republic's number one coroner. He's also their only coroner. And although he would never admit it, he's rather enjoying the job.

Disco for the Departed finds Dr Siri despatched to the country's newest National Monument: the caves where Laos' future politburo hid while plotting their revolution. Here, the sudden appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path laid between the President's former lair and his new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment.

Quickly and discreetly, Dr Siri must supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify it, and determine the cause of death. His autopsy provides some grisly surprises but it is his gifts as a shaman that put the septuagenarian doctor on the trail of the killer.

As Siri and his team close in, they must tackle a marriage proposal, a long walk home, and come face-to-face with a horrific sacrificial ritual. Is it any wonder Dr Siri takes up disco dancing?

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed. Quercus, ISBN: 1847244149 (April, 2008), 260 p., £12.99.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
Dr.Siri, the feisty 73-year-old national coroner of Laos is summoned to the mountains of Huaphan Province, where the leaders of the current communist government hid for years before assuming power. There he must supervise the disinterment of a corpse whose arm is protruding from a concrete walkway laid between the president's former hideout and his new mansion. It is his gifts as a shaman that enable Siri to discover why the victim was buried alive and to identify the killer..

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed. Soho, ISBN: 1569474648 (August, 2007), 247 p., $12.00.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of Laos, and his able assistant, Nurse Dtui, have been flown by helicopter to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province. For years the leaders of the current communist govern-ment, the Pathet Lao, had hidden out there in caves, waiting to assume power. Now, as a celebration of the regime is scheduled to take place, an arm has been found protruding from the concrete walk between the President's former cave hideout and his new mansion beneath the cliffs: This is, of course, a major embarrassment to the government.

Dr. Siri has been directed to supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify the corpse, and discover the cause of death, quickly and discreetly.

The autopsy that Dr. Siri performs provides some surprises, but it is his gifts as a shaman that enable the seventy-three-year-old doctor to discover who the victim was and why he was buried in concrete, as well as the identity of his killer.

Colin Cotterill: Disco for the Departed. Soho, ISBN: 1569474281 (August, 2006), 238 p., $23.00.