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Dr. Siri Paiboun #13
Don't Eat Me
Between getting into a tangle with a corrupt local judge, and discovering a disturbing black-market business, Dr. Siri and his friend Inspector Phosy have their hands full in the thirteenth installment of Colin Cotterill's quirky, critically acclaimed series.
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but when he manages to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That and they can't figure out how to turn on the camera.
Meanwhile, the skeleton of a woman has appeared under the Anusawari Arch in the middle of the night. Siri puts his directorial debut on hold and assists his friend, the newly promoted Senior Police Inspector Phosy Vongvichai, with the ensuing investigation. Though the death of the unknown woman seems to be recent, the flesh on her corpse has been picked off in places as if something—or someone—has been gnawing on the bones. The plot Phosy soon uncovers involves much more than single set of skeletal remains.
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but when he manages to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That and they can't figure out how to turn on the camera.
Meanwhile, the skeleton of a woman has appeared under the Anusawari Arch in the middle of the night. Siri puts his directorial debut on hold and assists his friend, the newly promoted Senior Police Inspector Phosy Vongvichai, with the ensuing investigation. Though the death of the unknown woman seems to be recent, the flesh on her corpse has been picked off in places as if something—or someone—has been gnawing on the bones. The plot Phosy soon uncovers involves much more than single set of skeletal remains.
304 pages, ebook
First published August 14, 2018
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About the author
Colin Cotterill
72 books1,022 followersColin Cotterill was born in London and trained as a teacher and set off on a world tour that didn't ever come to an end. He worked as a Physical Education instructor in Israel, a primary school teacher in Australia, a counselor for educationally handicapped adults in the US, and a university lecturer in Japan. But the greater part of his latter years has been spent in Southeast Asia. Colin has taught and trained teachers in Thailand and on the Burmese border. He spent several years in Laos, initially with UNESCO and wrote and produced a forty-programme language teaching series; English By Accident, for Thai national television.
Ten years ago, Colin became involved in child protection in the region and set up an NGO in Phuket which he ran for the first two years. After two more years of study in child abuse issues, and one more stint in Phuket, he moved on to ECPAT, an international organization combating child prostitution and pornography. He established their training program for caregivers.
All the while, Colin continued with his two other passions; cartooning and writing. He contributed regular columns for the Bangkok Post but had little time to write. It wasn't until his work with trafficked children that he found himself sufficiently stimulated to put together his first novel, The Night Bastard (Suk's Editions. 2000).
The reaction to that first attempt was so positive that Colin decided to take time off and write full-time. Since October 2001 he has written nine more novels. Two of these are child-protection based: Evil in the Land Without (Asia Books December 03), and Pool and Its Role in Asian Communism (Asia Books, Dec 05). These were followed by The Coroner’s Lunch (Soho Press. Dec 04), Thirty Three Teeth (Aug 05), Disco for the Departed (Aug 06), Anarchy and Old Dogs (Aug 07), and Curse of the Pogo Stick (Aug 08), The Merry Misogynist (Aug 09), Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (Aug 10) these last seven are set in Laos in the 1970’s.
On June 15, 2009 Colin Cotterill received the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library award for being "the author of crime fiction whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users".
When the Lao books gained in popularity, Cotterill set up a project to send books to Lao children and sponsor trainee teachers. The Books for Laos programme elicits support from fans of the books and is administered purely on a voluntary basis.
Since 1990, Colin has been a regular cartoonist for national publications. A Thai language translation of his cartoon scrapbook, Ethel and Joan Go to Phuket (Matichon May 04) and weekly social cartoons in the Nation newspaper, set him back onto the cartoon trail in 2004. On 4 April 2004, an illustrated bilingual column ‘cycle logical’ was launched in Matichon’s popular weekly news magazine. These have been published in book form.
Colin is married and lives in a fishing community on the Gulf of Siam with his wife, Kyoko, and ever-expanding pack of very annoying dogs.
Ten years ago, Colin became involved in child protection in the region and set up an NGO in Phuket which he ran for the first two years. After two more years of study in child abuse issues, and one more stint in Phuket, he moved on to ECPAT, an international organization combating child prostitution and pornography. He established their training program for caregivers.
All the while, Colin continued with his two other passions; cartooning and writing. He contributed regular columns for the Bangkok Post but had little time to write. It wasn't until his work with trafficked children that he found himself sufficiently stimulated to put together his first novel, The Night Bastard (Suk's Editions. 2000).
The reaction to that first attempt was so positive that Colin decided to take time off and write full-time. Since October 2001 he has written nine more novels. Two of these are child-protection based: Evil in the Land Without (Asia Books December 03), and Pool and Its Role in Asian Communism (Asia Books, Dec 05). These were followed by The Coroner’s Lunch (Soho Press. Dec 04), Thirty Three Teeth (Aug 05), Disco for the Departed (Aug 06), Anarchy and Old Dogs (Aug 07), and Curse of the Pogo Stick (Aug 08), The Merry Misogynist (Aug 09), Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (Aug 10) these last seven are set in Laos in the 1970’s.
On June 15, 2009 Colin Cotterill received the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library award for being "the author of crime fiction whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users".
When the Lao books gained in popularity, Cotterill set up a project to send books to Lao children and sponsor trainee teachers. The Books for Laos programme elicits support from fans of the books and is administered purely on a voluntary basis.
Since 1990, Colin has been a regular cartoonist for national publications. A Thai language translation of his cartoon scrapbook, Ethel and Joan Go to Phuket (Matichon May 04) and weekly social cartoons in the Nation newspaper, set him back onto the cartoon trail in 2004. On 4 April 2004, an illustrated bilingual column ‘cycle logical’ was launched in Matichon’s popular weekly news magazine. These have been published in book form.
Colin is married and lives in a fishing community on the Gulf of Siam with his wife, Kyoko, and ever-expanding pack of very annoying dogs.
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May 11, 2018
I am a big fan of the Dr. Siri series. I still recall how original I deemed its first novel - The Coroner's Lunch. Everything about it - well-written characters, the setting (1970s Laos), the authentic relationships, the plot, the mystery - succeeded. Since then, I've read 4 additional books in the Dr. Siri series before skipping over #s 6 - 12 when I had the opportunity to read an ARC of #13, Don't Eat Me. (I fully intend to catch up on them, and own 3 already.) Each of 1 - 5 was delightful - 2 5-star reads and 2 4-star reads. I pressed them into the hands of friends and neighbors secure in the knowledge that they are so strong, any fiction reader would love them. I fully acknowledge that I am willing to overlook minor flaws and focus on the overall charm of new books in the series.
But - you no doubt knew a "but" was coming -- Don't Eat Me includes precious little Dr. Siri, a weak mystery with a human victim the reader doesn't care about, although the animal victims win a reader's hearts in short order, and isn't close to the standard Cotterill has set in earlier books. I will repeat the advice I've given from time to time with a couple of weaker entrants in the Jack Reacher series: Don't Eat Me is fine, but it's not a good starting point for any series newcomers, and it's one to read only if you, like me, are a solid fan and true believer.
As a bonus, Cotterill's soap-box topic here is the illegal trapping and sale of animals, and the education he provides, including in his afterward, is sincere and valuable. *Don't worry if you're a soft touch when it comes to animal cruelty. Cotterill threads the needle perfectly of describing horror indirectly but still in a manner that doesn't give a caring reader nightmares.
Thanks to the publisher and Edelweiss+ for providing a review copy.
But - you no doubt knew a "but" was coming -- Don't Eat Me includes precious little Dr. Siri, a weak mystery with a human victim the reader doesn't care about, although the animal victims win a reader's hearts in short order, and isn't close to the standard Cotterill has set in earlier books. I will repeat the advice I've given from time to time with a couple of weaker entrants in the Jack Reacher series: Don't Eat Me is fine, but it's not a good starting point for any series newcomers, and it's one to read only if you, like me, are a solid fan and true believer.
As a bonus, Cotterill's soap-box topic here is the illegal trapping and sale of animals, and the education he provides, including in his afterward, is sincere and valuable. *Don't worry if you're a soft touch when it comes to animal cruelty. Cotterill threads the needle perfectly of describing horror indirectly but still in a manner that doesn't give a caring reader nightmares.
Thanks to the publisher and Edelweiss+ for providing a review copy.
November 25, 2018
This is the latest in the offbeat and humorous crime mystery series set in Laos and Ventiane, featuring the ex-National Coroner, Dr Siri Paiboun, possessed by numerous ghosts and spirits, including Yeh Ming, a thousand year old Hmong shaman and spirit guide, and Auntie Bpoo, a transvestite fortune teller. Siri and old ex-Politburo man and lawyer, Comrade Civilai buy and smuggle into the country a movie camera, used for the filming of the Hollywood film, The Deerhunter, that fell off the back of a truck. Siri has noble plans to film a Laos version of War and Peace, the only fly in the ointment is that no-one knows how to work the camera, not that this is seen as any obstacle to his grandiose plans. Having written a screenplay, he seeks permission to make the film from the culture ministry, a slapstick affair where they wish to turn it into a propaganda film for their own purposes.
Siri finds himself distracted from his movie ambitions by the appearance of a woman's skeleton under the Anusawari Arch at night. He assists his long time friend, the new Chief Inspector Phosy Vongvichai. The skeleton shows strange signs of animals that appear to have gnawed at the bones. The case is going to require all of the renowned abilities of the crime solving group that include Madam Deung, Nurse Dtui, the Downs Syndrome Mr Geung and Tukta, and the dog, Ugly. In a story that documents the real life problems in Laos, that of human trafficking and wildlife smuggling, our familiar and well loved characters are to face a reprehensible conspiracy, national disgrace and death in their efforts to get to the truth. Crazy Rajhid is to play a central role in inspiring the Noodle revolution, and the weak state of the law in Laos frustrates many engaged in law enforcement who risk their lives in their operations to counter such heinous crimes.
Colin Cotterill chooses to highlight the horrors that blights this part of the world, the animal smuggling operations and human trafficking that carry on unimpeded by the Laos authorities. Sad to say, the multiple examples given in the novel of the animals taken, the conditions they face, and the huge numbers that die are not fiction, but a picture of what is actually happening. I am always over the moon to read the latest addition in this fabulous comic crime series and reacquaint myself with the brilliant characters that I have become so fond of that dwell within the pages, my only complaint is that I wanted the book to be longer. If you have never read this series, I would strongly urge you to start. Highly recommended!
Siri finds himself distracted from his movie ambitions by the appearance of a woman's skeleton under the Anusawari Arch at night. He assists his long time friend, the new Chief Inspector Phosy Vongvichai. The skeleton shows strange signs of animals that appear to have gnawed at the bones. The case is going to require all of the renowned abilities of the crime solving group that include Madam Deung, Nurse Dtui, the Downs Syndrome Mr Geung and Tukta, and the dog, Ugly. In a story that documents the real life problems in Laos, that of human trafficking and wildlife smuggling, our familiar and well loved characters are to face a reprehensible conspiracy, national disgrace and death in their efforts to get to the truth. Crazy Rajhid is to play a central role in inspiring the Noodle revolution, and the weak state of the law in Laos frustrates many engaged in law enforcement who risk their lives in their operations to counter such heinous crimes.
Colin Cotterill chooses to highlight the horrors that blights this part of the world, the animal smuggling operations and human trafficking that carry on unimpeded by the Laos authorities. Sad to say, the multiple examples given in the novel of the animals taken, the conditions they face, and the huge numbers that die are not fiction, but a picture of what is actually happening. I am always over the moon to read the latest addition in this fabulous comic crime series and reacquaint myself with the brilliant characters that I have become so fond of that dwell within the pages, my only complaint is that I wanted the book to be longer. If you have never read this series, I would strongly urge you to start. Highly recommended!
September 12, 2018
“Don’t Eat Me” is the first book I have read in the Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery series. This author has somehow escaped me, and I am happy that I somehow came upon this sweet novel.
What makes it sweet are the characters. It’s set in Laos, and Siri is an ex-national coroner. Siri comes upon a Panavision Panaflex Gold movie camera that fell off a truck during the filming of “The Deer Hunter”. He engages his friend Civilai and they take on an ambitious project of filming a Vietnamese version of “War and Peace”. Politics intervene, making the film project almost impossible.
Meanwhile, Siri’s good friend Phosy, who is the just promoted Senior Police Inspector, asks for help when a female skeleton is found near an airport. The local characters make this read entertaining. The subject matter of the novel is subtle and disturbing. Author Colin Cotterill uses his characters in a quirky story to educate the reader on wild life animal cruelty. In his Afterward, he states that all the animal events in the novel are true, which is disheartening.
I enjoyed my time with these eccentric characters and intend to read more in the series.
What makes it sweet are the characters. It’s set in Laos, and Siri is an ex-national coroner. Siri comes upon a Panavision Panaflex Gold movie camera that fell off a truck during the filming of “The Deer Hunter”. He engages his friend Civilai and they take on an ambitious project of filming a Vietnamese version of “War and Peace”. Politics intervene, making the film project almost impossible.
Meanwhile, Siri’s good friend Phosy, who is the just promoted Senior Police Inspector, asks for help when a female skeleton is found near an airport. The local characters make this read entertaining. The subject matter of the novel is subtle and disturbing. Author Colin Cotterill uses his characters in a quirky story to educate the reader on wild life animal cruelty. In his Afterward, he states that all the animal events in the novel are true, which is disheartening.
I enjoyed my time with these eccentric characters and intend to read more in the series.
May 4, 2024
I don’t write reviews.
Oh wow, Cotterill abandoned everything that was good about this series in favour of preaching and a many-chapter-long judicial farce. Dr. Siri wasn’t even the main character. Of course, no development with the supernatural storyline either.
Then there’s the animal stuff. The target audience of his work already agrees that animal trafficking/abuse is wrong. We all hate it and speak against it, so why preach at us? Then Cotterill uses people with disabilities who can hear animals’ thoughts to vilify eating animals at all. I’m obviously a monster because I need animal proteins in my omnivorous diet.
Oh wow, Cotterill abandoned everything that was good about this series in favour of preaching and a many-chapter-long judicial farce. Dr. Siri wasn’t even the main character. Of course, no development with the supernatural storyline either.
Then there’s the animal stuff. The target audience of his work already agrees that animal trafficking/abuse is wrong. We all hate it and speak against it, so why preach at us? Then Cotterill uses people with disabilities who can hear animals’ thoughts to vilify eating animals at all. I’m obviously a monster because I need animal proteins in my omnivorous diet.
July 4, 2018
So wait, this Cotterill character has written a dozen mystery novels starring a Laotian coroner working for a 1980-era Pathet Lao government, and I'm only learning of the series with Book 13? I'm not only late for this party, I'm arriving the morning after, when cigarette butts are stamped out in cold pizza slices and none of the survivors are in their right minds. Oh well, this gives me another dozen books to catch up with at some future date.
Cotterill's minor act of genius in this series is to not take himself or his primary protagonist Dr. Siri Paiboun too seriously. Everything about socialist Vientane, gossip at the noodle shop, bootleg liquor from Soviet handlers, carries an air of whimsy, as do the ghosts of dead humans and creatures that haunt Dr. Paiboun. We all know that the meat grinder of centralized socialist governments in Southeast Asia can take many very real victims, and the ghosts of Khmer Rouge targets are never that far from Dr. Paiboun's transsexual spirit guide. Nevertheless, what could be a heavy and oppressive lifestyle in Laos retains the air of the prankster. Does that mean Colin Cotterill is displaying the white privilege of the classic ex-pat Thai resident, or is he merely the Buddhist capable of seeing a cosmic joke in anything?
The Laotian citizens populating this novel are not driven to exhaustion by the heavy hand of the Pathet Lao, but are laid-back citizens glad to be rid of the years of U.S. occupation. Even the law enforcement types, who could bounce between attempted rightist rebels and corrupt socialist officials, instead have time to probe animal and drug smuggling rings.
Keep in mind, the 1980-era Vientane of this novel is seen through a fuzzy filter, and we can forgive the author a few historical hiccups. To cite but one minor example, the word "yuppie" wasn't even heard around New York and London until roughly 1982-83, so it certainly was not going to be heard around Vientane in 1980. A careful reading might turn up a few other references more appropriate to 2000 than 1980. We also have to accustom ourselves to social norms and customs of a Southeast Asia of nearly 40 years ago. The appropriate way to interact with Down's syndrome humans might seem antiquated, and the notion of recognizing the rights of non-human animals might seem astonishing to some in 1980s Laos. But we can forgive Cotterill all this and more, because the story is told with such heart and humor.
I recently complained about the low ratio of laughs per page to be found in many 21st-century novels that purport to be comic. Don't Eat Me certainly isn't a humor novel first and foremost, but it's a romping mystery that never fails to be droll. That might be enough to bring me back to the tales of Dr. Siri Paiboun again and again.
Cotterill's minor act of genius in this series is to not take himself or his primary protagonist Dr. Siri Paiboun too seriously. Everything about socialist Vientane, gossip at the noodle shop, bootleg liquor from Soviet handlers, carries an air of whimsy, as do the ghosts of dead humans and creatures that haunt Dr. Paiboun. We all know that the meat grinder of centralized socialist governments in Southeast Asia can take many very real victims, and the ghosts of Khmer Rouge targets are never that far from Dr. Paiboun's transsexual spirit guide. Nevertheless, what could be a heavy and oppressive lifestyle in Laos retains the air of the prankster. Does that mean Colin Cotterill is displaying the white privilege of the classic ex-pat Thai resident, or is he merely the Buddhist capable of seeing a cosmic joke in anything?
The Laotian citizens populating this novel are not driven to exhaustion by the heavy hand of the Pathet Lao, but are laid-back citizens glad to be rid of the years of U.S. occupation. Even the law enforcement types, who could bounce between attempted rightist rebels and corrupt socialist officials, instead have time to probe animal and drug smuggling rings.
Keep in mind, the 1980-era Vientane of this novel is seen through a fuzzy filter, and we can forgive the author a few historical hiccups. To cite but one minor example, the word "yuppie" wasn't even heard around New York and London until roughly 1982-83, so it certainly was not going to be heard around Vientane in 1980. A careful reading might turn up a few other references more appropriate to 2000 than 1980. We also have to accustom ourselves to social norms and customs of a Southeast Asia of nearly 40 years ago. The appropriate way to interact with Down's syndrome humans might seem antiquated, and the notion of recognizing the rights of non-human animals might seem astonishing to some in 1980s Laos. But we can forgive Cotterill all this and more, because the story is told with such heart and humor.
I recently complained about the low ratio of laughs per page to be found in many 21st-century novels that purport to be comic. Don't Eat Me certainly isn't a humor novel first and foremost, but it's a romping mystery that never fails to be droll. That might be enough to bring me back to the tales of Dr. Siri Paiboun again and again.
August 10, 2021
I truly appreciate Colin Cotterill's ability to weave some serious topics into this delightfully different series set in Laos. In this story, he highlights the cruelty of human trafficking and the wildlife trade.
Quotes that caught my ears:
"The Lao were poor and poor people are easily seduced. It was one of the many problems new Chief Inspector Phosy had on his plate."
"The old fellow [Dr. Siri Paiboun] attracted crises like ants to a greasy pork sausage. But, as they stared at the magnificent beast that stood in the center of the room they could both feel the moths of darkness fluttering out of their lives."
"She'd have us eating watercress baguettes and drinking frog-eye juice into eternity. The healthiest fossils on the planet."
"Her voice was a cigarette growl from deep in her throat."
""If I can have one one one ... wish this day, it is that we all stop comparing the size of our brains and learn to see the size of each other's hearts." Even the evening cicadas had fallen silent.”
Quotes that caught my ears:
"The Lao were poor and poor people are easily seduced. It was one of the many problems new Chief Inspector Phosy had on his plate."
"The old fellow [Dr. Siri Paiboun] attracted crises like ants to a greasy pork sausage. But, as they stared at the magnificent beast that stood in the center of the room they could both feel the moths of darkness fluttering out of their lives."
"She'd have us eating watercress baguettes and drinking frog-eye juice into eternity. The healthiest fossils on the planet."
"Her voice was a cigarette growl from deep in her throat."
""If I can have one one one ... wish this day, it is that we all stop comparing the size of our brains and learn to see the size of each other's hearts." Even the evening cicadas had fallen silent.”
August 9, 2019
I've enjoyed the Dr Siri series till now. The first half was the usual tongue-in-cheek writing of a broken Communist Laos, Dr Siri and his friends, a new scheme and a murder. Unlike previous books the focus is on Inspector Phosy which worked till a long winded trial which seemed like a lot of padding and an author who is starting to run out of ideas.
January 10, 2024
Vielleicht hätte ich mit dem 1. Band anfangen sollen um einen besseren Zugang dazu zu bekommen.
Der namensgebende Dr. Siri glänzte durch Abwesenheit und wenn er denn mal vor kam, wollte er seinen Film drehen und hatte mit dem Fall sehr wenig zu tun.
An sich ein spannendes Thema mit dem illegalen Tierhandel und dem Setting der 70er Jahre in Laos.
Das Buch konnte mir auf jeden Fall das Land Laos, dessen Kultur und Konflikt mit dem Nachbar Thailand näher bringen.
Der namensgebende Dr. Siri glänzte durch Abwesenheit und wenn er denn mal vor kam, wollte er seinen Film drehen und hatte mit dem Fall sehr wenig zu tun.
An sich ein spannendes Thema mit dem illegalen Tierhandel und dem Setting der 70er Jahre in Laos.
Das Buch konnte mir auf jeden Fall das Land Laos, dessen Kultur und Konflikt mit dem Nachbar Thailand näher bringen.
August 27, 2018
I did not enjoy reading this book. It was not that the writing was bad; it was more than adequate, up to Colin Cotterill's usual standards. It was not that I didn't like the characters; Dr. Siri Paiboun and his merry band of disrupters in mid-1970s Laos are among my favorite characters in today's fiction and they were all present here, although Dr. Siri was much less prominent than he is in many of the books in the series. No, my problem with the book was its subject matter.
I don't have many rules about what I will or won't read. I tend to be pretty eclectic in my choice of reading materials. But there are a few things that I try to avoid, simply because reading about them is so painful for me. Chief among these subjects are the torture, murder, and trafficking of animals and children. It is such crimes that are at the heart of Don't Eat Me.
You can't say I wasn't forewarned. The prologue features a young woman locked in a crate with starving civets with predictable results. When all that is left of the woman - essentially her skeleton - is later found propped up next to a monument in Vientiane, that is the starting point of the mystery that Siri and his coterie must solve.
The investigation, commanded by the new head of police Inspector Phosy, leads rather quickly to discovery of a major operation of trafficking in exotic animals, animals that are brutalized in captivity, a large percentage of them ending up dead before they reach their supposed destinations. There's also a side operation in the trafficking of young children for the sex trade. They are treated no better than the animals.
Phosy, in his new job, has been hard at work trying to root out corruption in the police force. He's fired people, put some in prison, and is hiring new people whom he can trust (he hopes) as quickly as he can. Now he has this huge investigation to conduct with a force that is, at most, half reliable.
Of course, he also has his volunteer force, the Siriacs. They save the day, as they always do.
A parallel plot line has Siri and his old friend Civilai coming into possession of a modern movie camera, which neither knows how to operate, and planning to film a Laotian version of War and Peace, which will, of course, win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
I read this series for the humor and there are usually plenty of laughs or at least smiles and chuckles engendered by the plots. Not so much this time. Indeed, with such a serious main subject, the usual humor might have seemed a bit offputting. In a heartfelt afterword, the author offers more perspective on animal and human trafficking in Southeast Asia. It's a topic that he is obviously passionate about and is trying to do his bit to bring to the world's attention. I salute him for that. Still, I could not find this book as enjoyable a read as the Siri books usually are. Truth is, I rushed through it as fast as I could.
I don't have many rules about what I will or won't read. I tend to be pretty eclectic in my choice of reading materials. But there are a few things that I try to avoid, simply because reading about them is so painful for me. Chief among these subjects are the torture, murder, and trafficking of animals and children. It is such crimes that are at the heart of Don't Eat Me.
You can't say I wasn't forewarned. The prologue features a young woman locked in a crate with starving civets with predictable results. When all that is left of the woman - essentially her skeleton - is later found propped up next to a monument in Vientiane, that is the starting point of the mystery that Siri and his coterie must solve.
The investigation, commanded by the new head of police Inspector Phosy, leads rather quickly to discovery of a major operation of trafficking in exotic animals, animals that are brutalized in captivity, a large percentage of them ending up dead before they reach their supposed destinations. There's also a side operation in the trafficking of young children for the sex trade. They are treated no better than the animals.
Phosy, in his new job, has been hard at work trying to root out corruption in the police force. He's fired people, put some in prison, and is hiring new people whom he can trust (he hopes) as quickly as he can. Now he has this huge investigation to conduct with a force that is, at most, half reliable.
Of course, he also has his volunteer force, the Siriacs. They save the day, as they always do.
A parallel plot line has Siri and his old friend Civilai coming into possession of a modern movie camera, which neither knows how to operate, and planning to film a Laotian version of War and Peace, which will, of course, win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
I read this series for the humor and there are usually plenty of laughs or at least smiles and chuckles engendered by the plots. Not so much this time. Indeed, with such a serious main subject, the usual humor might have seemed a bit offputting. In a heartfelt afterword, the author offers more perspective on animal and human trafficking in Southeast Asia. It's a topic that he is obviously passionate about and is trying to do his bit to bring to the world's attention. I salute him for that. Still, I could not find this book as enjoyable a read as the Siri books usually are. Truth is, I rushed through it as fast as I could.
June 17, 2018
Mercy! A new Dr. Siri Paiboun is coming August 14 2018!!! Never soon enough for me!
And then a miracle occurred! My buddy from B&N was just at Book Expo and snagged me an Advance Readers Copy of the book. It arrived in the mail today. I'm starting it today!
Page 5... I'm laughing out loud!
Just finished the advance copy and of course I loved it. There are so many really good things and really bad things that happen to our favorite characters. The underlying theme was the appalling trade in wild animals or their parts. If you can't stand to read about the mistreatment of animals, be forewarned. My favorite sub-plot followed Dr. Siri and Civilai in their purchase of a Panavision Panaflex Gold movie camera which had fallen off the back of a truck while the Hollywood crew was filming The Deer Hunter in northern Thailand, and their subsequent plans to film a Laotian version of Tolstoy's War and Peace!
From a purely selfish view of things, I would wish that Dr. Siri would continue to enter my life annually until I no longer exist.
And then a miracle occurred! My buddy from B&N was just at Book Expo and snagged me an Advance Readers Copy of the book. It arrived in the mail today. I'm starting it today!
Page 5... I'm laughing out loud!
Just finished the advance copy and of course I loved it. There are so many really good things and really bad things that happen to our favorite characters. The underlying theme was the appalling trade in wild animals or their parts. If you can't stand to read about the mistreatment of animals, be forewarned. My favorite sub-plot followed Dr. Siri and Civilai in their purchase of a Panavision Panaflex Gold movie camera which had fallen off the back of a truck while the Hollywood crew was filming The Deer Hunter in northern Thailand, and their subsequent plans to film a Laotian version of Tolstoy's War and Peace!
From a purely selfish view of things, I would wish that Dr. Siri would continue to enter my life annually until I no longer exist.
October 9, 2018
4 stars
Dr Siri and his Laos "Scooby gang" are back at work helping to solve the death of a young woman trapped in a crate who looks to have been eaten. A ghastly murder to begin this mystery.
I have become very fond of this series. The characters are wonderful and while there are crimes, there is also some humor to be found. I do not want to add too much to the storyline as Colin Cotterill uses this book to make a strong conservation statement that is very significant.
Dr Siri and his Laos "Scooby gang" are back at work helping to solve the death of a young woman trapped in a crate who looks to have been eaten. A ghastly murder to begin this mystery.
I have become very fond of this series. The characters are wonderful and while there are crimes, there is also some humor to be found. I do not want to add too much to the storyline as Colin Cotterill uses this book to make a strong conservation statement that is very significant.
September 4, 2018
As I finished this book I had the first day of the Kavanaugh hearing on in the background. It was an interesting convolution if the nature of justice and democracy.
August 5, 2019
I have been a huge fan of the Dr. Siri Paiboun books. This one was a big disappointment to me. As the series has gone on I think that Cotterill has tried to find new plots with Siri in different roles. I miss the Siri who worked in the morgue.
There was also a scene that, without giving spoilers, was a farce. It was so ridiculously farcical though that it became ridiculous.
Cotterill also does a good job of teaching his readers about Laos and that area of the world in each book. In this title there was much about the tragic transport of animals, and animal parts. He adds some titles after the story for further reading. It revealed many current day horrors. It is a tragedy indeed. However, I felt that it was a bit heavy in this type of read. Yet, where does one draw the line?
There was also a scene that, without giving spoilers, was a farce. It was so ridiculously farcical though that it became ridiculous.
Cotterill also does a good job of teaching his readers about Laos and that area of the world in each book. In this title there was much about the tragic transport of animals, and animal parts. He adds some titles after the story for further reading. It revealed many current day horrors. It is a tragedy indeed. However, I felt that it was a bit heavy in this type of read. Yet, where does one draw the line?
November 15, 2020
The best Dr. Siri installment yet. Brilliant conclusion and the concluding pargraphs and context were perfection. This is one of the most original mystery series available and would be of interest to anyone with an adventurous, traveler’s spirit. I have learned so much about Laos, the culture, history and regional politics by reading this series and then following up on bits that intrigued me. It is just exceptional,
August 28, 2023
Endlich wieder eine gute Dr. Siri Story mit Tiefe und einen wichtigen Thema. Vielschichtig, spannend und knüpft qualitativ endlich wieder an die ersten Bände an.
August 31, 2018
Don’t Eat Me opens with a harrowing scene, a woman going in and out of consciousness counting the eyes of the starving animals caged with her, waiting for her to weaken so they can devour her. Investigating her death, Chief Inspector Phosy discovers animal trafficking and judicial corruption. With the assistance of Dr. Siri and friends, her murder investigation brings them all into serious jeopardy, including a trial charging Inspector Phosy of corruption. It’s a complex, full plot with many twists and turns.
Don’t Eat Me is the thirteenth in the Dr. Siri series, one of my favorite mystery series of all time. I seldom go to book readings or author meet and greets. I went to listen to Tess Gerritson read from “Harvest” at Powell’s Books, but mainly because we were in an AOL book group together and she asked for moral support as it was her first book. Colin Cotterill is the first and only author I went to listen read purely because I am such a fan…and it was way out in Beaverton, too! This is just to let you know how much I love this series and love his books because sadly, this book was a disappointment.
So, for me, I enjoyed Don’t Eat Me but then, I was happy to catch up on what’s happening to these characters I have come to love. I loved catching up with Siri and Civilaii’s friendship, Phosy and Dtui’s marriage and their daughter Malee, Geung’s romance and of course, Daeng’s noodle shop. All the beloved characters were there and we got caught up over several meals at the noodle shop.
However, as I read this, I realized the book would be incoherent to anyone who had not read the rest of the series. So much of what happened is dependent on knowing the characters’ history and character. This was also one of the more unlikely of the Dr. Siri books, and yes, that includes the ones with ghosts helping to solve the mysteries. So, all I can say is if you love Dr. Siri you will like Don’t Eat Me. If you are new to Dr. Siri, read “The Coroner’s Lunch” and the rest of the series. They are a revelation of wit and humor and reveal a whole new world and worldview. They are wonderful and having read the other books, Don’t Eat Me will make perfect sense.
I also must say, I value Colin Cotterill’s commitment to justice for not just the people of Laos, but for animals. This book tackles the issue of animal and people trafficking. Colin Cotterill also is bringing books to Laos and funding a teacher training program.
Don’t Eat Me at Soho Press
Colin Cotterill author site
★★★
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Don’t Eat Me is the thirteenth in the Dr. Siri series, one of my favorite mystery series of all time. I seldom go to book readings or author meet and greets. I went to listen to Tess Gerritson read from “Harvest” at Powell’s Books, but mainly because we were in an AOL book group together and she asked for moral support as it was her first book. Colin Cotterill is the first and only author I went to listen read purely because I am such a fan…and it was way out in Beaverton, too! This is just to let you know how much I love this series and love his books because sadly, this book was a disappointment.
So, for me, I enjoyed Don’t Eat Me but then, I was happy to catch up on what’s happening to these characters I have come to love. I loved catching up with Siri and Civilaii’s friendship, Phosy and Dtui’s marriage and their daughter Malee, Geung’s romance and of course, Daeng’s noodle shop. All the beloved characters were there and we got caught up over several meals at the noodle shop.
However, as I read this, I realized the book would be incoherent to anyone who had not read the rest of the series. So much of what happened is dependent on knowing the characters’ history and character. This was also one of the more unlikely of the Dr. Siri books, and yes, that includes the ones with ghosts helping to solve the mysteries. So, all I can say is if you love Dr. Siri you will like Don’t Eat Me. If you are new to Dr. Siri, read “The Coroner’s Lunch” and the rest of the series. They are a revelation of wit and humor and reveal a whole new world and worldview. They are wonderful and having read the other books, Don’t Eat Me will make perfect sense.
I also must say, I value Colin Cotterill’s commitment to justice for not just the people of Laos, but for animals. This book tackles the issue of animal and people trafficking. Colin Cotterill also is bringing books to Laos and funding a teacher training program.
Don’t Eat Me at Soho Press
Colin Cotterill author site
★★★
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August 2, 2019
I have been saving this one because it was the last of the brilliant Dr Siri series. It has been my 'go-to' series after a particularly heavy or dark read book when I needed cheering up. I always finished with a smile on my face.
Happily an addition has just been published and has taken the place of Dont Eat Me on my shelves.
Dont Eat Me is a bit more serious than its predecessors and a lot (but not all) of the light hearted banter is missing. In its place is a more meticulous story of how Dr Siri and his friends help Chief Inspector Phosy to investigate the circumstances which lead to the discovery of a skeletal body in the city centre beneath its only working lamp.
The investigation turns up a dark secret of Lao's trade but also a major series defining surprise awaits them all.
Definitely more excitment than in other books but I am glad to say that by the end I had the smile back.
Happily an addition has just been published and has taken the place of Dont Eat Me on my shelves.
Dont Eat Me is a bit more serious than its predecessors and a lot (but not all) of the light hearted banter is missing. In its place is a more meticulous story of how Dr Siri and his friends help Chief Inspector Phosy to investigate the circumstances which lead to the discovery of a skeletal body in the city centre beneath its only working lamp.
The investigation turns up a dark secret of Lao's trade but also a major series defining surprise awaits them all.
Definitely more excitment than in other books but I am glad to say that by the end I had the smile back.
December 20, 2022
The 13th entry in the long and very enjoyable "Dr. Siri Paiboun" series from Colin Cotteril. This time out, the skeletonized body of a young girl leads Siri, Civilai, Madame Daeng and Senior Police Inspector Phosy into a maze of corruption centering on the illegal trade in native Lao animal species. In the midst of all this, Mr. Geung and his girlfriend, both afflicted with Down syndrome, want to get married, and Siri and Civilai try to make a movie -- if they c an figure out how to turn on the camera. On top of all this, of Siri's oldest antagonists turns out to be far more evil than anyone had suspected -- and is complicit in all the corruption. Plenty of action and thrills, and some memorably evil bad guys. Siri gets some assistance -- though not very much -- from the deceased Auntie Bpoo. Again, I can't recommend this series highly enough. But it's best to start with the first one.
Oh -- and who says "Don't eat me"? Well, you won't believe me, so I'll let you learn that for yourself.
Oh -- and who says "Don't eat me"? Well, you won't believe me, so I'll let you learn that for yourself.
July 5, 2020
At last a decent read after several lacklustre choices. Going in I was a bit wary, as some of this series has been less than stellar, but I devoured it in almost a sitting. Very little woo-woo and a lot more plot than some instalments, which is all to the good. It read a great deal less like a made-for-TV drama series ("cue the commercial!") and more like your actual novel. My only complaint is the way the title was patched onto the very, very end. You can see the join. Also, in 1980 high-fiving each other wasn't even a big thing in America, much less Laos. Civilai responds to one of Siri's exploits with the word "Champion"--who knew he was from Yorkshire?
There are no exotic endangered animals where I live in S. Europe, but all governments everywhere apparently rubber-stamp sanitary certificates for animals as a source of quick revenue, which explains the preponderance of puppy and kitten mills in our "enlightened" day and age.
There are no exotic endangered animals where I live in S. Europe, but all governments everywhere apparently rubber-stamp sanitary certificates for animals as a source of quick revenue, which explains the preponderance of puppy and kitten mills in our "enlightened" day and age.
October 24, 2018
I just wanted you and to know if we had any more time
“All right,” said Civilai, “this is what we do. We take notes. They’ll go through the screenplay and suggest alterations here and there. We’ll nod, write things down, and generally agree with them. Where possible, without lessening the thrust of our project, we’ll incorporate
“All right,” said Civilai, “this is what we do. We take notes. They’ll go through the screenplay and suggest alterations here and there. We’ll nod, write things down, and generally agree with them. Where possible, without lessening the thrust of our project, we’ll incorporate
December 30, 2018
One of the more serious books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series. This one deals with animal trafficking and briefly with human trafficking. It also features less of the usual main characters and less of the wry humor. All that said, I enjoyed it. Cotterill manages to snag and keep my interest with each book.
July 29, 2019
The usual zany,lovable characters,a well constructed mystery,a long awaited comeuppance and,superbly interwoven,several thought provoking issues. The last paragraph merits a standing ovation. Wonderful.
May 6, 2025
I know some people are going to complain that Dr. Siri was hardly in this book, which is part of his eponymous series; yet it seems unreasonable that he should always be at the center of everything, considering he is retired and in his mid-seventies and that there are so many other, equally colorful, likable and interesting characters.
November 30, 2023
Another solid and sweet tale.
October 28, 2023
This Dr. Siri mystery is funny and ridiculous on one level as the cast of characters are up to their usual antics, including Dr. Siri and Civilai trying to make a Hollywood movie. On another level, though, Colin Cotterill uses this story to bring awareness to the serious moral issue of the animal trade (both legal and illegal) in Southeast Asia. At one point, Dr. Siri wonders “why was a tiger worth more than a sheep?” Also, there is an emphasis at times on the importance of equality in communist philosophy, even as the communist government in Laos continues to be filled with both corruption and incompetence. Inspector Phosy also learns a lesson about the importance of collaboration and delegating as he often tries to solve this case on his own. Nurse Dtui reminds him, “A thousand ants could move a tree branch, but none would attempt it alone.” It’s both an entertaining and educational trip to Madame Daeng’s noodle shop and all the intrigue around Vientiane that Cotterill splendidly creates over and over again.
October 25, 2018
I read this a great review of this book, and decided to try it for something completely different, light and entertaining, plus informative. Though I don't read many mysteries, I really enjoyed it and would read another one in the series when I'm looking for something fun.
April 28, 2023
This thirteenth entry in the Siri series is a nice demonstration that sometimes 13 is a lucky number: from a technical point of view this is an admirable return to form and may well be the most successful novel in the series up to this point. Instead of juggling several apparently unrelated murder mysteries simultaneously -- something that Cotterill admittedly can do with consummate skill -- he focuses on just one, developing the plot with a rigorous and (even for him) unusual degree of complexity. In fact, of all the Siri novels up to this point, this one comes closest in procedure to the kind of detective novel (dare one call it "classical"?) as developed by its greatest writers. Oh, and while Siri has momentary encounters with the supernatural (and so, for that matter, does Geung), those encounter play no role whatsoever in either solving the mystery or effecting the last-minute rescue. In fact, the one really significant supernatural encounter -- the one implied by the novel's title -- is awfully sweet.
Oh, and I disagree with those who deplore the relatively small role of Dr. Siri in this one. Sometimes it's nice to see the other characters in the foreground; certainly that's better than having them constantly lurking two-dimensionally in the background. (Poor Madam Nong, for instance, whose name Cotterill even gets wrong in a couple of the Siri novels!) I for one liked observing Phosy as he negotiated between his "frontier justice" side and his "play by the book" side, the latter especially remarkable because, as Cotterill points out, there was no book, the Lao PDR not yet having adopted a corpus of laws.
Trivial complaints that ought to have been resolved by a good copy editor (I read an "advance uncopyedited edition") although we all know that if copy editors still exist, few of them have the time, inclination, or language skills to actually do anything, so I suspect the final edition is typographically identical. In terms of the Lao scene Cotterill slips only once, namely when he has Phosy refer to Houay Xai, to which he was supposedly escaping, as "a province in the middle of nowhere" when in fact it's a town in Bokeo province situated on the Mekong across from Thailand and thus an eminently suitable springboard for fleeing the country. But I suspect this is more of a clumsy formulation than a demonstration of ignorance.
One last thing: Mr. Cotterill, I appreciate your concern for animal welfare, but that only makes me want to ask: What did ever happen to Judge Haeng's cat?
Oh, and I disagree with those who deplore the relatively small role of Dr. Siri in this one. Sometimes it's nice to see the other characters in the foreground; certainly that's better than having them constantly lurking two-dimensionally in the background. (Poor Madam Nong, for instance, whose name Cotterill even gets wrong in a couple of the Siri novels!) I for one liked observing Phosy as he negotiated between his "frontier justice" side and his "play by the book" side, the latter especially remarkable because, as Cotterill points out, there was no book, the Lao PDR not yet having adopted a corpus of laws.
Trivial complaints that ought to have been resolved by a good copy editor (I read an "advance uncopyedited edition") although we all know that if copy editors still exist, few of them have the time, inclination, or language skills to actually do anything, so I suspect the final edition is typographically identical. In terms of the Lao scene Cotterill slips only once, namely when he has Phosy refer to Houay Xai, to which he was supposedly escaping, as "a province in the middle of nowhere" when in fact it's a town in Bokeo province situated on the Mekong across from Thailand and thus an eminently suitable springboard for fleeing the country. But I suspect this is more of a clumsy formulation than a demonstration of ignorance.
One last thing: Mr. Cotterill, I appreciate your concern for animal welfare, but that only makes me want to ask: What did ever happen to Judge Haeng's cat?
July 3, 2020
‘Life sped by in Vientiane like a Volkswagen van on blocks.’
Dr Siri Paiboun, the former national coroner of Laos, and his friend Civilai want to make a movie. They have a film camera, which they’ve managed to purchase and smuggle into the country, and they have a plan. But there are two problems: the first is learning how to operate the camera, the second is obtaining script approval from the Ministry of Culture.
‘Every elderly person deserved a period of insanity to combat the boredom of decay.’
But things suddenly get complicated (they always do in a Dr Siri novel). A woman’s skeleton is found in a public place: who put it there, and how did the woman die?
Inspector Phosy investigates. Nurse Dtui helps, and so does Dr Siri. They establish quickly that the woman’s death was comparatively recent, and it seems that small animals have been gnawing at her bones. Their search for more information leads them to uncover illegal animal trafficking and corruption.
‘We only blackmail you if we think you’re wandering off the path of righteousness and into the brambles of evil.’
Everyone gets involved: Madame Daeng, Mr Geung and his girlfriend, and many of those who frequent Madame Daeng’s noodle shop. Dr Siri infrequently (but annoyingly) vanishes when his spirits take over. It takes him a little while to understand the message(s) being delivered, but fortunately he gets there eventually. Just as well, because Inspector Phosy is charged with corruption and he needs all the help he can get.
This is the thirteenth instalment in the Dr Siri Paiboun series, and while I didn’t enjoy this one as much as most of the others, the series is worth reading (in order, because character development and backstory are important).
Mr Cotterill tackles the uncomfortable but important issues of animal and people trafficking in this novel. But the last word really belongs to Mr Geung:
‘… wish this day, is that we all stop comparing the size of our brains and learn to see the size of each other’s hearts.’ (Well said, Mr Geung!)
I now have the fourteenth book in the series to read.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Dr Siri Paiboun, the former national coroner of Laos, and his friend Civilai want to make a movie. They have a film camera, which they’ve managed to purchase and smuggle into the country, and they have a plan. But there are two problems: the first is learning how to operate the camera, the second is obtaining script approval from the Ministry of Culture.
‘Every elderly person deserved a period of insanity to combat the boredom of decay.’
But things suddenly get complicated (they always do in a Dr Siri novel). A woman’s skeleton is found in a public place: who put it there, and how did the woman die?
Inspector Phosy investigates. Nurse Dtui helps, and so does Dr Siri. They establish quickly that the woman’s death was comparatively recent, and it seems that small animals have been gnawing at her bones. Their search for more information leads them to uncover illegal animal trafficking and corruption.
‘We only blackmail you if we think you’re wandering off the path of righteousness and into the brambles of evil.’
Everyone gets involved: Madame Daeng, Mr Geung and his girlfriend, and many of those who frequent Madame Daeng’s noodle shop. Dr Siri infrequently (but annoyingly) vanishes when his spirits take over. It takes him a little while to understand the message(s) being delivered, but fortunately he gets there eventually. Just as well, because Inspector Phosy is charged with corruption and he needs all the help he can get.
This is the thirteenth instalment in the Dr Siri Paiboun series, and while I didn’t enjoy this one as much as most of the others, the series is worth reading (in order, because character development and backstory are important).
Mr Cotterill tackles the uncomfortable but important issues of animal and people trafficking in this novel. But the last word really belongs to Mr Geung:
‘… wish this day, is that we all stop comparing the size of our brains and learn to see the size of each other’s hearts.’ (Well said, Mr Geung!)
I now have the fourteenth book in the series to read.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
August 26, 2020
Don't Eat Me is book 13 in the Dr Siri Paiboun mystery series - a fun, quirky crime series set in Laos.
An unknown woman’s skeleton is discovered in a very open area, on a reasonably busy street - as if she were meant to be found. What makes this skeleton especially unusual, other than the obvious, is that the skeleton shows signs of having been gnawed to the bone. During the investigation into the skeleton, a black market business in the animal trade is uncovered,
Rather than delegate the case, newly promoted Senior Police Inspector Phosey Vongvichai chooses to handle this case himself. With the assistance of his friends, including newly-retired national coroner Dr Siri Paiboun and members of his former staff, Phosey attempts to unravel the mystery. What none of them could possibly know is that there are forces working to ensure the investigations failure.
"A thousand ants could move a tree branch, but none would attempt it alone.”
I have read the entire series on audiobooks, and have enjoyed every one. Don’t Eat Me has been one of my favorites as it takes some unusual turns and offers a unique ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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An unknown woman’s skeleton is discovered in a very open area, on a reasonably busy street - as if she were meant to be found. What makes this skeleton especially unusual, other than the obvious, is that the skeleton shows signs of having been gnawed to the bone. During the investigation into the skeleton, a black market business in the animal trade is uncovered,
Rather than delegate the case, newly promoted Senior Police Inspector Phosey Vongvichai chooses to handle this case himself. With the assistance of his friends, including newly-retired national coroner Dr Siri Paiboun and members of his former staff, Phosey attempts to unravel the mystery. What none of them could possibly know is that there are forces working to ensure the investigations failure.
"A thousand ants could move a tree branch, but none would attempt it alone.”
I have read the entire series on audiobooks, and have enjoyed every one. Don’t Eat Me has been one of my favorites as it takes some unusual turns and offers a unique ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For more book reviews and recommendations follow me on Instagram at #emptynestreader and on Goodreads and facebook.
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