The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die by Colin Cotterill
September 13, 2018
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Born October 2, 1952, in London, England;Education: Berkshire College, teacher training diploma, 1975; Sydney University, graduate diploma, 1980; Reading University, M.A., 1984; Sydney Institute of Technology, certificate, 1999.. Addresses: Homeoffice: Chumphon, Thailand. E-mail:mail@colincotterill.com.
CAREER:
Writer, artist, cartoonist, scriptwriter, and educator. Teacher and curriculum developer in Israel, Australia, Japan, and Thailand; …. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Laos, teacher trainer and curriculum developer; … ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand, training coordinator; Books for Laos (charity), founder.
"DR. SIRI PAIBOUN" MYSTERY SERIES:
Reluctant communist and (even more reluctant) national coroner, 72 year-old Dr. Siri Paiboun uses forensic deduction, spirit intuition, and old-fashioned sleuthing to figure out any suspicious deaths that come his way in the newly-communist country, Lao People's Democratic Republic in the late 1970s.
The Coroner's Lunch, ,2004.
Thirty-Three Teeth, 2005.
Disco for the Departed, 2006.
Anarchy and Old Dogs, 2007.
Curse of the Pogo Stick, 2008.
The Merry Misogynist, 2009.
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, 2010.
Slash and Burn, 2011
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, 2013.
When a murdered woman suddenly reappears in her Lao village home with clairvoyant powers and is enlisted by a ghost to help find his remains at the bottom of a river, national coroner Siri Paiboun oversees the excavation.
Six and a Half Deadly Sins, 2015
I Shot the Buddha, 2016
Rat Catchers’ Olympics, 2017
Don’t Eat Me, 2018
"JIMM JUREE" MYSTERY SERIES:
Killed at the Whim of a Hat, 2011.
Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach, 2012.
The Axe Factor, 2014.
Read-alikes
Shan Tao Yun mysteries by Eliot Pattison Reason: Both of these series look at two different cultures and their beliefs which often involve supernatural spirits. Politics and Communism serve as the background for the crimes and the sleuths are honorable men who try to find the truth even when the authorities thwart their efforts. -- Merle Jacob
Jules Maigret mysteries by Georges Simenon, Reason: While set is drastically different locales, the Dr. Paiboun Novels and the Jules Maigret Mysteries both bring to light these locations, their people, and their cultures. Additionally, both series are mysteries dealing with the darker elements of society. -- Rebecca Sigmon
Sonchai Jitpleecheep by John Burdett, Reason: If you like mysteries set in Asia that illuminate the culture at hand and may provoke discussion on the difference between Eastern and Western attitudes, you may like Colin Cotterill and John Burdett. -- Rebecca Sigmon
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