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Against all expectations Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant chief coroner to the Lao People's Republic, has enjoyed his first five months in office.
Now, as hot-season nights close in, Siri is ordered away from Laos' steamy capital of Vientiane, on a Matter of National Security, to Luang Prabang, the former Laotian royal capital.
Meanwhile, in his absence, savaged bodies are piling up in the Vientiane morgue. Is it the missing black bear from the hotel, or could it be a weretiger? Siri's trusty assistant Nurse Dtui goes snooping but, unlike her boss, the spirits aren't looking out for her...
