Colin Cotterill

About the Author

Colin Cotterill is an author and cartoonist. He was born in London in 1952, and trained as a Physical Education teacher, before setting off on a world tour that hasn't ended yet. Along the way, he has held various teaching positions in Israel, Australia, the U. S., Japan, and Southeast Asia. He show more would eventually become involved in child protection, and it was his work with trafficked children that motivated him to write his first novel, The Night Bastard. The reaction was so positive that he decided to take time off and write full-time. Two of his subsequent novels are child-protection based: Evil in the Land Without, and Pool and its role in Asian Communism. Cotterill may be best known as the author of the Dr. Siri Paiboun series, set in the People's Democratic Republic of Laos. Titles in the series include: Six and a Half Deadly Sins, the Woman Who Wouldn't Die, Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, The Merry Misogynist, Thirty-Three Teeth and The Coroner's Lunch. He also pens the Jim Jurree series, set in southern Thailand. Titles in this series include: The Axe Factor, Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach and Killed at the Whim of a Hat. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Image credit: Roy Hamric

Series

Dr. Siri Paiboun

Jimm Juree

Jimm Juree Case Files

Works by Colin Cotterill

Popular Recent

The Coroner's Lunch (2004) 1,708 copies

Thirty-Three Teeth (2005) 855 copies

Disco for the Departed (2006) 635 copies

Anarchy and Old Dogs (2007) 589 copies

Curse of the Pogo Stick (2008) 491 copies

Killed at the Whim of a Hat (2011) 451 copies

The Merry Misogynist (2009) 423 copies

Love Songs From a Shallow Grave (2010) 354 copies

Slash and Burn (2011) 314 copies

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (2013) 269 copies

Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach (2012) 224 copies

Six and a Half Deadly Sins (2015) 205 copies

I Shot the Buddha (2016) 168 copies

The Axe Factor (2013) 129 copies

The Rat Catchers' Olympics (2017) 129 copies

Don't Eat Me (2018) 102 copies

The Second Biggest Nothing (2019) 81 copies

The Delightful Life of a Suicide Pilot (2020) 79 copies

The Motion Picture Teller (2023) 66 copies

Ageing Disgracefully (2009) 21 copies

The Amok Runners (2016) 20 copies

Evil in the Land Without (2003) 16 copies

Hidden Genders (2012) 16 copies

Bleeding in Black and White (2015) 13 copies

Number One: The Funeral Photographer (2017) 11 copies

Pool and its Role in Asian Communism (2005) 11 copies

Number Two: When You Wish Upon a Star (2017) 5 copies

Number Three: Highway Robbery (2017) 5 copies

Number Four: The Zero Finger Option (2018) 4 copies

Number Seven: Sex on the Beach (2018) 4 copies

Number Ten: Tom Tom (2019) 3 copies

Number Twelve: Lost Property (2019) 3 copies

Number Eleven: Whale Vomit (2019) 3 copies

Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery Collection, Books 1-7 (2011) 3 copies

Number Eight: Smelly Man (2018) 3 copies

Number Six: Spay With Me (2018) 3 copies

Number Five: Trash (2018) 3 copies

Number Nine: Maprao Syndrome (2019) 2 copies

The Mysterious Case of the Unwritten Short Story [short comic] 1 copy

2009 1 copy

Ethel and Joan go to Phuket (2013) 1 copy

Thailand Triptychs (2016) — Author — 1 copy

The Night Bastard (2000) 1 copy

Surpricicles (2021) 1 copy

There's Something Different About Delila (2021) 1 copy

Average Alan (2013) 1 copy

Disco for the departed 1 copy

Coroner's lunch, The 1 copy

Dr. Siri und das sitzende Skelett: Dr. Siri ermittelt 13 - Kriminalroman (2023) 1 copy

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Associated Works

A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2011) — Contributor, some editions — 538 copies

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers (2017) — Contributor — 127 copies

Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (2006) — Contributor — 64 copies

The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, Volume II (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies

The Orwell Brigade (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Cotterill, Col
Birthdate: 1952-10-02
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Australia
Birthplace: Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Israel
Australia
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Japan
Chiang Mai, Thailand (show all 7)
Laos
Occupations: physical education instructor
teacher (primary school)
crime writer
cartoonist
Organizations: ECPAT

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The Coroner's Lunch (A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery… by Colin Cotterill

Not very engaging characters

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kakadoo202 | 139 other reviews | Mar 26, 2024 |

The Rat Catchers' Olympics (A Dr. Siri Paiboun… by Colin Cotterill

Enjoyable
I think the author struggles a bit as the series continues to come up with plausible situations for his elderly characters to become involved with, but they remain interesting and fun.
The supernatural elements get more play as the series continues, from not being sure he housed a spirit to occassionally vanishing into the spirit world is a long journey, and those who are just coming in to the series now would probably find it puzzling. Olympic setting was nice, added a feeling of camaraderie and hopefulness, though it was the olympics that the western democracies gave a pass to.
All in all, a fairly standard addition to the series… (more)

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cspiwak | 6 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

I Shot the Buddha (A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery Book 11) by Colin Cotterill

A perhaps somewhat atypical entry in the series, as it deals with the supernatural more fully than any of the previous installments. Still has the mix of humor, culture and suspense that make the series a winner

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cspiwak | 8 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

The woman who wouldn't die by Colin Cotterill

I was so glad to see another Dr. Siri book, the way he ended the last one I wasn't sure he'd continue. As always the mystery is a bit of an excuse to enjoy the company of the usual round of characters in the fascinating surroundings of Laos

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cspiwak | 18 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

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