Killed at the Whim of a Hat

AFTER YEARS OF WORLDWIDE CRITICAL acclaim, Colin Cotterill has become one of the most highly regarded crime writers today. Now, introducing a new series, new characters, and a new setting, Cotterill is back, as sharp and witty as ever, even more engaging and charming than before.

Jimm Juree, the ambitious backup crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail, has a somewhat eccentric family. Her mother, a strong yet gentle matriarch, might be drifting mentally; her grandfather is a retired cop who rarely talks; her younger brother is obsessed with body-building; and Jimm's older brother is now a transgendered, former beauty pageant queen.

When Jimm's mother sells the family home and relocates, and Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of southern Thailand, she is convinced her career-maybe even her life—is over. So when a van containing the inexplicable skeletal remains of two vintage-era hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is unearthed in a local farmer's field, Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter, an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the temple's monk and nun the only suspects.

Suddenly Jimm's new life becomes somewhat more promising, and a lot more deadly.

And if Jimm is to make the most of this opportunity, and unravel the mysteries that underlie these peculiar events, it will take luck, perseverance, and the help of her entire family.

From the award-winning author of The Coroner's Lunch comes a compelling and engrossing novel of crime, of justice, of small towns, and of family.

Book is in excellent pre-loved condition.