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Title details for Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill - Available

Love Songs from a Shallow Grave

#7 in series

by Colin Cotterill
Clive Chafer
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Three young Laotian women have died from 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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Dr. Siri Paiboun

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 27, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481572248
      • File size: 249924 KB
      • Duration: 08:40:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 31, 2010
      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 Cambodian prison. Siri's captivity is wrapped around investigating the puzzling deaths of three Laotian women, each skewered by dueling swords that are a decided rarity in Laos. A strong supporting cast, including Siri's recently acquired wife, Madame Daeng, and morgue colleague Nurse Dtui, who's married to Inspector Phosy, enriches the narrative. The unfathomable violence of the Khmer Rouge reign emerges during Siri's unexpected ordeal and forms a vivid contrast to his humanity in seeking to protect the murder suspect in the three sword deaths. This immensely satisfying mystery has it all—a heroic protagonist, a challenging puzzle, and an exotic setting.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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