Colin Cotterill

[Louiseog]

Have now read three of this authors books about a coroner who lives and works in Laos.
They are great, Dr. Siri Paiboun is a wonderful character and the books are becoming more and more sophisticated and ethereal as they go on.
Basically its murder mystery with an ancient coroner in Laos he has two side kicks, an overweight nurse who is a better coroner than him, and a mortuary aide who has Downs. The two twists are the tales of converting a country from a Bhuddist (at least I think its Bhuddist!) monarchy to a communist state and also that Siri Paiboun is the reincarnation of an ancient spirit.
The books are The Coroner's Lunch (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M2wKAAAACAAJ&dq=Colin+Cotterill&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result), Thirty Three Teeth (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yi7pAAAACAAJ&dq=Colin+Cotterill&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result) and Disco for the Departed. (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AJnIAAAACAAJ&dq=Colin+Cotterill&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result)
The author's website is here (http://www.colincotterill.com/)

[Roland Butter]

I'm a couple of chapters into The Coroner's Lunch, Louise - one of your earlier recommendations, I seem to recall. It's great fun - I started last week on holiday, 'cos I needed someting easy and fun to read, and I'll pick it up again now I'm back.

Good call!!