Killed at the Whim of a Hat
On sale
3rd March 2011
Price: £9.99
‘A compassionate and funny crime mystery, just a bit dark around the edges, and well wise to the ways of the world’ Euro Crime
When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she’s convinced her career is over. Her journalism will surely dwindle to reports on the annual monsoon-induced floods, for what crimes could possibly happen in such an out-of-the-way place?
A local palm oil plantation owner and his worker are excavating a well. They dig down six feet and hit metal. It turns out to be the roof of an old Volkswagen combi, which, once unearthed, is found to contain two skeletons – one of them wearing a hat.
A monk is murdered in Lang Suan, the nearest town. There is apparently no motive for the killing and no suspects are found. But there are odd connections between this killing and several others. Suddenly Jimm’s new life becomes somewhat more promising – and a great deal more dangerous.
READERS ARE LOVING THE FIRST IN THE JIMM JUREE SERIES:
‘Witty and entertaining’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A ripping good whodunnit’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Brilliant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Pure reading pleasure’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she’s convinced her career is over. Her journalism will surely dwindle to reports on the annual monsoon-induced floods, for what crimes could possibly happen in such an out-of-the-way place?
A local palm oil plantation owner and his worker are excavating a well. They dig down six feet and hit metal. It turns out to be the roof of an old Volkswagen combi, which, once unearthed, is found to contain two skeletons – one of them wearing a hat.
A monk is murdered in Lang Suan, the nearest town. There is apparently no motive for the killing and no suspects are found. But there are odd connections between this killing and several others. Suddenly Jimm’s new life becomes somewhat more promising – and a great deal more dangerous.
READERS ARE LOVING THE FIRST IN THE JIMM JUREE SERIES:
‘Witty and entertaining’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A ripping good whodunnit’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Brilliant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Pure reading pleasure’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Reviews
'The first of what promises to be an exotic, colourful crime series' Financial Times
'Cotterill's fiction has been compared to Alexander McCall Smith's… It is far more complex and perceptive' Independent
'The Jimm Juree series is off to at least as good a start as the Dr. Siri one was. It has the potential to be even better' Janet Maslin, New York Times
'Outstanding series debut… Cotterill understands people and writes subtle humour like a master' Library Journal