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<\/a>Dr. Siri Paiboun<\/strong>, pathologist and Communist:<\/p>\nExpat writer Colin Cotterill was born in England but lives and works in Southeast Asia, writing mysteries about Dr. Paiboun, the only pathologist working under the Lao People\u2019s Revolutionary Party. Siri is a grimly practical old man, having loyally staffed jungle hideouts during the party\u2019s early days, only to become disillusioned by layers of government bureaucracy. He communicates with the spirit world around the edges of the murders he investigates, keeping one foot in his rural upbringing and the other in Laos\u2019 glorious Communist future. The first title in this series is \u201cThe Coroner\u2019s Lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Author Cotterill\u2019s female sleuth is young and sarcastic, forsaking the urban newspaper career she loved to keep the family business afloat. While helping run her mom\u2019s shabby seaside hotel in Maprao, Thailand, Jimm encounters an entire Volkswagen van buried beneath a local farmer\u2019s field. How did it get there, and who are the people inside? Find out in the first book of the Jimm Juree series, \u201cKilled at the Whim of a Hat.\u201d<\/p>\n Author Tarquin Hall\u2019s gourmandizing gumshoe gains most of his salary from performing background checks on prospective brides and grooms. But this bread-and-butter job leads to more exciting fare as Vish becomes an expert in vanishing housemaids, killings by goddesses, and other hazards occurring in the Punjab. \u201cThe Case of the Missing Servant\u201d launched Vish Puri\u2019s fictional career.<\/p>\n The Leduc mysteries by Cara Black take place in the 20 arrondissements, or municipal districts, of Paris. Aim\u00e9e is a Sorbonne graduate with a Parisian sense of style who is mentored by her godfather, a police commissaire. In the course of the first novel, Aim\u00e9e switches from white-collar forensics to murder investigation when a client becomes the victim of a hate crime. Fifty years of wartime secrets will come to light in \u201cMurder in the Marais.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>Jimm Juree<\/strong>, unemployed journalist and glorified chambermaid:<\/p>\n<\/a>Vish Puri<\/strong>, big eater and India\u2019s \u201cmost private investigator\u201d:<\/p>\n<\/a>Aim\u00e9e Leduc<\/strong>, master of computer forensics \u2014 and cop\u2019s daughter:<\/p>\n