Love Songs from a Shallow Grave

from Buny32132

This is the last book in this series that has kept me amused for a couple of years now. Colin Cotterill has blog, if anyone is interested, which is very amusing, too. Good writing, a well plotted mystery set in Laos about who killed 3 seemingly unconnected women with a fencing sword. Siri also ma...

from cameling

One of the things I really enjoy about the Dr Siri series is that amidst the murder mystery that must be solved, there is always history to be learned. In this book, Dr Siri goes on a government trip with his old pal, Civilai, to Cambodia in the middle of an investigation into a serial killing in...

from streamsong

In this mystery series set in the 1970's Dr Siri Paiboun is the sole coroner for the nation of Laos. He's seen it all and is often a thorn in the side of the authorities for his cynical, wisecracking ways. If he wasn't so efficient at what he does, and also a founding fighter in the Laotian Commu...

from Olivermagnus

Three women have been killed in quick succession, each by a fencing sword that was plunged through their hearts. Siri's police colleague Phosy is in charge of the investigation and soon appears to discover the identity of the culprit, but Siri is not so sure he's found the right person, and sugge...

from smik

Dr Siri Paiboun, 74 years old and the official and only coroner of Laos, narrates most of this story from a cell in a Cambodian gaol, where he is chained up, awaiting death. Set against South East Asian politics 1978. If you haven't read any in this series before, this is not the one to start wit...