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Hugely entertaining. I laughed, I cried, I laughed harder.
When two skeletons are found buried in a Volkswagen van, Jimm's life gets more interesting—and more dangerous. Excerpts from Reviews
“Cotterill’s excellent first in a new series . . . combines a wry narrative voice with an appealing picture of a world unfamiliar to most Americans.”
—Publishers Weekly
"A compassionate and funny crime mystery, just a bit dark around the edges, and well wise to the ways of the world"
—The Euro Crime
“Cotterill understands people and writes subtle humor like a master.”
—Library Journal
“Cotterill’s sense of humor is really what drives this."
—Audiobook Heaven
“May be the
best new international mystery series since the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.”—Booklist
“An affirmation that the universal language of nutty families is spoken everywhere"—Charlotte Observer
Killed at the Whim of a Hat (2011, Jimm Juree #1)
Big-City Crime Reporter Goes to Beach. Stays.
The Jimm Juree Series by Colin Cotterill
Kudos to Colin Cotterill for creating a Thai female hero who is feisty, funny, ingenious, loving, tough and not on the game. Highly recommended to those looking for a stylishly well-written, funny mystery in an exotic setting.
Relocated against her will to the Thai boonies, Jimm is slowly sliding into depression. She perks up when two skeletons are discovered at the wheel of a buried VW van.Granddad, There's a Head on the Beach (2012, Jimm Juree #2)
Coming in June 2012. Can't wait!
Jimm finds a severed head on the beach and sets off with Granddpa, a retired cop, to get the scoop.
WHO IS JIMM JUREE?
Funny Thai Yuppie Facing Reversal of Fortune
Jimm Juree, almost award-winning reporter, is forced to give up her career on the crime beat at a big-city newspaper and move to rural Thailand to help run the new family business, a ramshackle motel on the beach. At first, she spends most of her time cleaning fish and wondering how her life had gone so far wrong, but then, the bodies start piling up. . .
The World According to Jimm
“I wanted to go to an English-speaking country but they were all full so they sent me to Australia,” Jimm says of the year she spent studying abroad. “By the time I’d worked out what they were saying it was time to come home.”
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