Thirty-Three Teeth is the award-winning second book in the Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery series by Colin Cotterill. I picked up the first of these on a whim and was so pleased with it that I put the next one in the series on my birthday list. This one is just as good as the first, and I will continue to read these as I can. There's a real warmth between the characters that appeals to me, and the setting is fascinating. This book ends during the month of April.
from the back of the book:
Dr. Siri Paiboun, Laos's reluctant national coroner, has a very odd set of bodies on his hands. Could an old escaped bear be mauling Vientiene citizens? Or is it something more mystical, like a weretiger? When he is summoned to the capital to identify a pair of charred bodies, he realizes the victims are connected to the royal family, which annoys Communist Party leaders. Can Dr. Siri solve the mystery behind the unexplained deaths and keep himself out of jail?Kirkus Reviews says, "Siri’s second is as entertaining as his debut." Eurocrime has a positive review. Publishers Weekly concludes, "The elegant, elderly Paiboun seems an unlikely vehicle to carry a series ..., but he does so with charm and aplomb."
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Many thanks for recommendation of a new series (or potential of such).
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :) I like it when these speculative reads work out.
DeleteThe Coroner's Lunch is on the interlibrary loan mobile unit - I should have by Monday afternoon!
DeleteIt's best to start with that one. You get a good intro to the characters, and you'll easily be able to tell from it whether you'll like the others in the series.
DeleteSounds intriguing 😉. Happy Friday and Weekend! J 😊 x
ReplyDeleteI love the locale. Exotic to me :)
DeleteI love a good mystery. I'll look for it at my library.
ReplyDeleteI hope they have one of them. There are 13 so far, published between 2004 and 2018. It'd be best, I think, to read the 1st one 1st if you can.
Deletethanks for the review-sounds good-I have been trying out more mysteries
ReplyDeleteThere are some good lists out there of "best" mysteries and award-winning ones that I run across every once in a while. Those helped me find some good ones. Reading the backs of books in the local book store is my favorite way to find new authors.
DeleteThis sounds like a great series. I have been on a mystery binge lately and I am always looking for new reads. I'm on book 3 of the Dr. Ruth Galloway archeological mysteries right now. I am really enjoying those. Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI haven't come across any of the Ruth Galloway books yet.
DeleteSounds like a fascinating series set in a land I don't know much about. :)
ReplyDeleteYes! That's exactly why I picked it up. Such an unknown-to-me setting.
DeleteSounds like an intriguing mystery
ReplyDeleteThe characters and their situations are foreign to me, and "intriguing" is the perfect word :)
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