Henry Carter Hull

Seventy-three-year-old Dr. Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of Laos, is drawn into a conspiracy of murder and politics when he sets out to investigate the death of a retired dentist who was run down in front of the post office after coming into town to pick up a letter written in invisible ink.

Laos, 1975: The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a seventy-two-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled. He is expected to come up with the answers the party wants, but crafty and charming Dr. Siri is immune to bureaucratic pressure. At his age, he reasons, what can they do to...

A former star athlete turned coroner's investigator is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder.

"When random killings start happening around Centerville, Marvin (Marv) Henderson, Centerville's retired large-animal vet, now cowboy coroner, begins to see links that point to a serial killer with an unknown motive. With his friend, an elderly lady named Annemarie Smith, being one of the victims, nothing will stop Marv in his efforts to bring her murderer to justice, even when his own life is danger."--

"Something strange is going on at Echo Lake. Detective Adam Thayer is devastated when he arrives too late to save his friend who had called for help. But a series of obscure clues brings Adam to coroner Nikki Dresden, who's eager to determine if one of the town's most beloved citizens was murdered. Now they must work together to unravel a deadly web of lies and greed... or die trying. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served....

"Things get personal for Deputy Coroner Clay Edison when a murder hits close to home in this riveting, emotional thriller from the bestselling father-son team who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King). A raging wildfire. A massive blackout. A wealthy man shot to death in his palatial hilltop home. For Clay Edison, it's all in a day's work. As a deputy coroner, caring for the dead, he speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves....

"A death threat to Dr. Siri and all his friends sends the ex-coroner down memory lane in the 14th installment of Cotterill's quirky, critically acclaimed series set in 1970s Laos. Vientiane, 1980: Laos is celebrating its fifth anniversary of communist rule, and Dr. Siri and his crew couldn't be less thrilled. But really, things could be a lot worse. Madame Daeng's noodle shop is thriving, Tukta and Geung are on their honeymoon, and Siri and Civilai...