β Scribed by Colin Cotterill
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Three young Laotian women have died of fencing sword wounds. Each of them had studied abroad in an Eastern bloc country. Before he can complete his investigation, Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia by an all-expenses-paid trip. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, he is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death. The Khmer Rouge is relentless, and it is touch and go for the dauntless, seventy-four-year-old national--and only--coroner of Laos.
From the Hardcover edition.
Mystery
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### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Set in 1978, Cotterill's superb seventh mystery to feature Dr. Siri Paiboun (after 2009's The Merry Misogynist) finds "the national and only coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos" nearing his 74th birthday chained to a lead pipe in a Cambodia
SUMMARY: As usual, all is abnormal in Dr Siri Paibouns morgue in downtown Vientiane. Siri and his team are investigating the case of the Three EpΓ©es: three women skewered by a sword through their hearts. A culprit has been apprehended, tried and sentenced to death in a weeks time. But Siri isnt su