Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Siri never really wanted to be Lao's national coroner. And now, as he approaches eighty, he longs to spend some time with his wife before the untimely death that is sure to befall him, according to the local transvestite fortune teller. But retirement will have to wait (again) until he has completed one last job for the Lao government: supervising an excavation for the remains of US fighter pilot who went down in the remote northern Lao jungle ten years carlier. And the stakes are high. The presence of American soldiers in Laos is controversial, and the search party includes high-level politicians and scientists. So when one member of the party is found dead, Dr. Siri suspects it may not have been an accident. Can Dr. Siri get to the bottom of the MIA pilot's mysterious story before the death count rises and the fortune teller's prediction comes true?

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn. A Dr. Siri Paiboun Investigation Set in Laos. Soho, ISBN: 9781616951788 (December, 2012), 290 p., $15.00.

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn (UK 2012)

From the Publisher:
Dr Siri's bagged himself a holiday with his friends - an all-expenses-paid trip to the mountains. He is to assist a US-funded search for a lost CIA pilot - Boyd Bowry - missing since 1968, though Siri suspects that when the helicopter exploded, the pilot followed suit.

But, just hours into the trip, it becomes apparent that ulterior motives are at work within the group and those associated with the airman start dropping like the insects that frequent the surrounding landscape.

Siri and co are caught up in something big. Something that goes way back and is way over their heads.

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn. Quercus, ISBN: 9781780870960 (March, 2012), 374 p., £7.99.

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he's tired of being Laos's national coroner, a job he never wanted in the first place. Plus, he's pushing eighty, and wants to spend some time with his wife before his untimely death (which has been predicted by the local transvestite fortune teller).

But retirement is not in the cards for Dr. Siri after all. He's dragged into one last job for the Lao government: supervising an excavation for the remains of U.S. fighter pilot who went down in the remote northern Lao jungle ten years earlier. The presence of American soldiers in Laos is a hot-button issue for both the Americans and the Lao involved, and the search party includes high-level politicians and scientists. But one member of the party is found dead, setting off a chain of accidents Dr. Siri suspects are not completely accidental. Everyone is trapped in a cabin in the jungle, and the bodies are starting to pile up. Can Dr. Siri get to the bottom of the MIA pilot's mysterious story before the fortune teller's prediction comes true?

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn. A Dr. Siri Paiboun Investigation Set in Laos. Soho, ISBN: 9781616951160 (December, 2011), 290 p., $25.00.

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
Dr Siri bagged himself a holiday: an all-expenses-paid trip ro the northern mountains of Laos. What's more, through a bit of skilful bartering (well, blackmail) he has wangled it so that his nearest and dearest may accompany him.

They are to assist a US-funded search for a lost CIA pilot - Boyd Bowry - missing since his aircraft was downed in 1968. But Siri's not taking the search too seriously, as he strongly suspects that when the helicopter exploded, the pilot followed suit.

However, just hours into the trip, it becomes apparent that ulterior motives are at work within the group. And Siri's suspicions are confirmed when those associated with the airman start dropping like the insects that frequent the surrounding landscape.

Siri and co are caught up in something big: something that goes way back, and way over their heads. And, if this wasn't bad enough, a psychic of unquestionable repute then informs Sini that he will shortly dies in a day or two, to be precise

Colin Cotterill: Slash and Burn. Quercus, ISBN: 9780857381972 (October, 2011), 374 p., £16.99.