The Merry Misogynist – Colin Cotterill

The Merry Misogynist has Dr Siri Paiboun, national coroner of the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos aged 73 investigating the gruesome murder of a beautiful young woman who was brought to his office, while also tracking down a missing homeless eccentric and negotiating with the communist government to keep possession of his house.

Somebody in Laos is wooing and wedding country girls – and then killing them on honeymoon and binding their bodies to trees. The horror of what this monster does to his victims leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Dr Siri and his morgue team and they vow revenge. But they’re distracted by the disappearance of itinerant Crazy Rajid. Siri has been getting premonitions he’s in danger. A trail of elaborate clues and remarkable disclosures lead them to Vientiane’s most ancient temple and, a terrible discovery.

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Unlike his western counterparts in gleaming stainless steel morgues Dr Siri and his colleagues struggle along in a city where stomach contents for analysis have to be carried around on bikes. He is helped along the way by his motley staff, his friend the police inspector, and his wife Daeng. Bare-handed murder is rare in a land where many believe that if someone is holding a body as the person dies, the spirit of the victim enters the killer, who is haunted for eternity.

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