Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
DR. SIRI MUST ESCAPE THE DEADLY GRIP OF THE KHMER ROUGE TO CATCH A KILLER TARGETING FEMALE STUDENTS
When a Laotian female security officer is discovered stabbed through the heart with a fencing sword, Dr. Siri, the People's Democratic Republic of Laos's reluctant national coroner, is brought in to examine the body.

Soon two other young women are found killed in the same unusual way.

Siri learns that all three victims studied in Europe and that one of them was being pursued by a mysterious stalker. But before he can solve the case, he is whisked away to Cambodia on a diplomatic mission. Though on the surface the Khmer Rouge seem to be committed to the socialist cause, Siri soon learns the horrifying truth of the killing fields and finds himself thrown into prison. Can the seventy-four-year-old doctor escape with his life?

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave. A Dr. Siri Paiboun Investigation Set in Laos. Soho, ISBN: 9781569479612 (August, 2011), 326 p., $14.00.

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
When a female security officer is discovered stabbed through the heart with a fencing sword, a "Z" carved into her thigh, Dr. Siri is brought in to examine the body. Soon two other young women are found killed in the same way, and Siri learns that all three victims studied in Europe and that one of them was being pursued by a mysterious stalker.

All the clues point to a young man trained in fencing, and the newly independent government of Laos is set to condemn him in public court. But Siri's instinets tell him there is more to the mystery than anyone can imagine.

Before he can solve the case, the doctor is whisked away to Cambodia on a diplomatic mission. Though on the surface, the Khmer Rouge seem to be committed to the socialist cause, Siri soon learns the horrifying truth of the killing fields and finds himself thrown in prison. Can the seventy-four-year-old national - and only - coroner of Laos escape with his life?

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave. A Dr. Siri Paiboun Investigation Set in Laos. Soho, ISBN: 9781569476277 (August, 2010), 326 p., $25.00.

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paiboun's morgue. The good doctor and his team are investigating the case of the Three Epées: three women skewered by a sword through the heart. A culprit has been apprehended, tried and sentenced to death. But siri isn't sure they have the right man.

Unfortunately, the number one (and only) coroner of Laos isn't in a position to help anyone - not even himself. As his birthday dawns, siri firds himself incarcerated and staring starvation and torture in the face, As usual, his curiosity is to blame for his predicament, but this time it looks as though his inquisitiveness could be the end of him...

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave. A Dr. Siri Mystery. Quercus, ISBN: 9781849160476 (September, 2010), 307 p., £7.99.

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paiboun's morgue. The good doctor and his team are investigating the case of the Three Epées: three women skewered by a sword through the heart. A culprit has been apprehended, tried and sentenced to death. But siri isn't sure they have the right man.

Unfortunately, the number one (and only) coroner of Laos isn't in a position to help anyone - not even himself. As his birthday dawns, siri firds himself incarcerated and staring starvation and torture in the face, As usual, his curiosity is to blame for his predicament, but this time it looks as though his inquisitiveness could be the end of him...

Colin Cotterill: Love Songs from a Shallow Grave. The good doctor celebrates his birhtday. Probably his last! Quercus, ISBN: 9781849169950 (April, 2010), 272 p., £16.99.