New York: Soho, May 2015. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Good+ book in a Fine jacket. Spine cocked. Lower front corner bumped. Red remainder dot to bottom edge. Interior pristine. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Not clipped. 242 pages.

Laos, 1979: Dr. Siri Paiboun, the twice-retired ex-National Coroner of Laos, receives an unmarked package in the mail. Inside is a hand-woven pha sin, a colorful traditional skirt worn by women in certain northern Lao tribes. A lovely present, but who sent it to him, and why? And, more importantly, why is there a severed human finger stitched into the sin's lining? Siri is convinced someone is trying to send him a message, and won't let the matter rest until he's figured it out. He finagles himself and his wife a trip up north to the province where the sin was made, not realizing they are embarking on a deadly scavenger hunt. Meanwhile, the northern Lao border is about to erupt into violence. China is at odds with Vietnam over the ongoing war in Cambodia, and the Chinese army is rumored to be poised at the Lao border, waiting to invade one or another of the erstwhile allies. The murder of two village chiefs is about to escalate into an international incident--and Dr. Siri and his entourage are walking right into the heart of the conflict.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000002928
Title: Six and a Half Deadly Sins (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery, 10)
Author: Colin Cotterill
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1616955589
ISBN 13: 9781616955588
Publisher: Soho
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: May 2015
Pages: 242
Size: 8vo
Keywords: fiction, historical, medical, mystery, suspense, amateur sleuth, Laos, Lao, Siri Paiboun, coroners, physicians, older people, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Bookseller catalogs: Laos; Fiction; Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Crime; Asia;

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