Colin Cotterill
With worldwide critical acclaim, Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded â€œcult favoriteâ€ crime writers today. Now, with this new series, Cotterill is poised to break into the mainstream. Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before. Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the ,Chiang Mai Daily Mail ,with a somewhat eccentric familyâ€”a mother who might be drifting mentally; a grandfatherâ€”a retired copâ€”who rarely talks; a younger brother obsessed with body-building, and a transgendered, former beauty pageant queen, former older brother. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, sheâ€™s convinced her careerâ€”maybe her lifeâ€”is over. So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmerâ€™s field, Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the templeâ€™s monk and nun the only suspects. Suddenly Jimmâ€™s new life becomes somewhat more promisingâ€”and a lot more deadly. And if Jimm is to make the most of this opportunity, and unravel the mysteries that underlie these inexplicable events, it will take luck, perseverance, and the help of her entire family.
Mystery,Fiction,Mystery,Crime,Cultural,Asia,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Audiobook,Humor,Literature,Asian Literature,Unfinished,Contemporary
Killed at the Whim of a Hat