Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
JIMM JUREE is an ambitious journalist with a somewhat eccentric family. When Jimm's mother sells the family home in Chiang Mai and relocates, Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of southern Thailand. Which leads Jimm to the inescapable conclusion: Her career -- maybe even her life -- is over. So when a van containing the inexplicable skeletal remains of two vintage-era hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is unearthed in a local farmer's field, Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the temple's monk and nun the only suspects. Suddenly Jimm's new life becomes somewhat more promising -- and a lot more deadly.

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat. A Jimm Juree Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9781250008305 (May, 2012), 324 p., $14.99.

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
WELCOME TO THAILAND
When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to quit the city for a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she expects much in her life to change. Quiet will replace quick and, surely, crime will give way to calm.
There goes the career, then.

NOT A CHANCE
No sooner has she settled than a surprise discovery springs from a local well. Two skeletons: both wearing the signs of thirty years of decay, with one also wearing a hat. And, if this wasn't uncommon enough, a monk is soon killed in a neighbouring town.

Who are the skeletons? Who murdered the monk?
Is there a connection?
STEP FORWARD JIMM JUREE

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat. Quercus, ISBN: 9781849165549 (September, 2011), 370 p., £7.99.

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Coroners Lunch
With worldwide critical acclaim, Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded “cult favorite” crime writers today. Now, with this new series, Cotterill is poised to break into the mainstream. Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before.

Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail with a somewhat eccentric family -- a mother who might be drifting mentally; a grandfather -- a retired cop -- who rarely talks; a younger brother obsessed with body-building, and a transgendered, former beauty pageant queen, former older brother. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, shes convinced her career -- maybe her life -- is over. So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmers field, Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the temples monk and nun the only suspects.

Suddenly Jimms new life becomes somewhat more promising -- and a lot more deadly. And if Jimm is to make the most of this opportunity, and unravel the mysteries that underlie these inexplicable events, it will take luck, perseverance, and the help of her entire family. One of Library Journal's Best Mystery Books of 2011

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat. A Jimm Juree Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9780312564537 (July, 2011), 374 p., $24.99.

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
Set in Thailand, Killed at the Whim of a Hat is the fit novel in a new crime series starring a bicycle riding reporter with the most eccentric family you will ever meet.

When Jimm Jurre is forced to quit the city for a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she's convinced her career as a crime reporter is over. After all, what crimes could possibly take place in such an out of the way location?

No sooner does she think this than two skeletons are found during the excavation of a well. They are sitting side by side in a rotting camper van, and one of them, curiously, is wearing a hat. Shortly afterwards, a monk is murdered in the nearby town of Lang Suan.

On top of bizarre connections between thi killing and several others around the globe, where do the newly uncovered skeletons fit in?

Suddenly Jimm's new life becomes more exciting - and, before long, a great deal more dangerous.

Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat. Quercus, ISBN: 9780857381514 (March, 2011), 373 p., £16.99.