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I Shot the Buddha

By: Colin Cotterill
Narrated by: Clive Chafers
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A fiendishly clever mystery in which Dr. Siri and his friends investigate three interlocking murders -and the ungodly motives behind them.

Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator: a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure, and soon he and his friends find themselves running afoul of Lao secret service officers and famous spiritualists. Buddhism is a powerful influence on both morals and politics in Southeast Asia. In order to exonerate an innocent man, they will have to figure out who is cloaking terrible misdeeds in religiosity.

©2016 Colin Cotterill (P)2016 Recorded Books International Mystery & Crime Thriller & Suspense Mystery Historical Suspense Magical Realism Witty Genre Fiction

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Dr Siri and friends continue to delightwith new murders and plot twists. As I am the same age as Dr. Siri, I remember vaguely some of the historical references scattered throughout his stories about that period of time when we were naive about the ways of the world. It adds to the background and gives a richness to the people and stories. Looking forward to my next book.

Good fun.

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Although this humorous series can sometimes be a little slow I love the way the narrator reads it. The character’s voices and the delivery are perfect. Also as someone not typically a fan of history I find the author’s take on Laos very interesting.
I recommend this series all the time.

Love the reader.

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What can I say - they just keep getting better.

We finally get to go to Thailand. Dr Siri has religion-based adventures.

The next Dr Siri book

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The performance was engaging but sometimes it was hard to follow the rapid scene changes. Perhaps the narrator could have done something to signal the shifts from place to place and sets of characters.

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Initially, I found it hard to follow the story -- I think I listened to the first three chapters at least twice. But once I realized that it was all pretty far out on the fanciful side of life, I settled in and enjoyed listening to it.

Light and Fanciful Story

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