Curse of the Pogo Stick ebook | Colin Cotterill | 9781849166515

Following a rash but not unexpected moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to go on a road trip with Judge Haeng and the Justice Department. While newly pregnant Nurse Dtui is left at the morgue to defend the staff against exploding corpses and geriatric gunslingers, Siri has his own problems. On a deserted jungle trail, Siri is kidnapped. His only route to freedom is to exorcise the local village of its demonbut that means lifting the curse of the pogo stick . . .

Colin Cotterill was born in London. He has taught in Australia, the USA and Japan and lived for many years in Laos where he worked for non-governmental social service organizations. He now writes full-time from his home in Thailand.