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A list of books, many of which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ). Additional titles of interest may be included on this list. Titles are listed alphabetically by author.
Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.Fiction
- Coroner's Lunch
Author: Cotterill, Colin
Publisher: Soho $ 23 ISBN: 1569473765 Date: 2004
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When an elderly doctor takes over as state coroner of newly formed Communist Laos in the late 1970s, he unexpectedly stirs the bureaucratic pot and unravels three complicated and intertwined murder plots his superiors want to sweep under the carpet.
Updated 10.4.04 - Thirty-three Teeth
Author: Cotterill, Colin
Publisher: Soho $ 24 ISBN: 1569473889 Date: 2005
Kirkus
From the acclaimed author of The Coroner's Lunch comes a tale of justice done, Laotian shamanic style. With the assistance of his helpers, Dr. Siri Paiboun, the national coroner of Laos, elucidates the causes of mysterious deaths.
Updated 6.9.05
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