His entry begins:Those of you who have been fascinated and intrigued over the past few years by my entries to Master Zeringue’s potpourri will know that I have little patience with fiction. It is a rare storybook indeed that lassos my attention for longer than a chapter. Invariably, I’m engrossed in texts of stomach curdling forensic, political or modern historical data. But you have caught me on a good week. I am in the middle of a tome of particular brilliance. On...[read on]About The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, from the publisher:
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. SiriLearn more about the book and author at Colin Cotterill's website.
In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in her house as if she'd never been dead at all. But now she's clairvoyant, and can speak to the dead. That's why the long-dead brother of a Lao general has enlisted her to help his brother uncover his remains, which have been lost at the bottom of a river for many years.
Lao national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, are sent along to supervise the excavation. It could be a kind of relaxing vacation for them, maybe, except Siri is obsessed with the pretty undead medium's special abilities, and Madame Daeng might be a little jealous. She doesn't trust the woman for some reason─is her hunch right? What is the group really digging for at the bottom of this remote river on the Thai border? What war secrets are being covered up?
The Page 69 Test: Anarchy and Old Dogs.
My Book, The Movie: Curse of the Pogo Stick.
The Page 69 Test: Killed at the Whim of a Hat.
My Book, The Movie: Killed at the Whim of a Hat.
Writers Read: Colin Cotterill (August 2011).
The Page 69 Test: Slash and Burn.
Writers Read: Colin Cotterill.
The Page 69 Test: The Woman Who Wouldn't Die.
Writers Read: Colin Cotterill.
--Marshal Zeringue
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