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Slash and Burn
- The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 8
- By: Colin Cotterill
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he’s tired of being Laos’ national coroner - a job he never wanted in the first place. Plus, he’s pushing 80 and wants to spend some time with his wife before his untimely death, which has been predicted by the local transvestite fortune teller. But retirement is not in the cards for Dr. Siri after all. He’s dragged into one last job for the Lao government: supervising an excavation for the remains of a US fighter pilot....
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Hopelessly Smitten
- By Cynthia on 01-10-15
- Slash and Burn
- The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 8
- By: Colin Cotterill
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
This Series Hasn't Become Repetitive or Tired
Reviewed: 02-12-12
Cotterill has created intriguing and original characters, set them in 1970s Laos, and given them fresh and fascinating stories. Slash and Burn is the eighth in the series and it doesn't disappoint.
Dr Siri is still recovering from his harrowing experiences in Love Songs from a Shallow Grave when he finds himself sent out of Vientiane on a joint Lao-American mission to find either a missing American airman or his remains. Dr. Siri manages to involve his entire entourage in this case and, as usual, the book offers humor, history, adventure, mystery and character development in nearly equal measures -- as well as some irreverent social observations.
If you haven't read a Dr. Siri book yet start with The Coroners Lunch now. There are eight books in the series and you won't stop until you've read all eight. Lucky you! There's a great adventure ahead of you.
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