Killed at the Whim of a Hat: A Jimm Juree Mystery: 1 (Jimm Juree Mysteries 1)

The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling critically acclaimed author of The Coroners Lunch. With worldwide critical acclaim Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded cult favorite crime writers today. Now with this new series starting with Killed at the Whim of a Hat Cotterill is poised to break into the mainstream. Set in present day rural Thailand Cotterill is as sharp and witty yet more engaging and charming than ever before. . Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail with a somewhat eccentric family―a mother who might be drifting mentally; a grandfather―a retired cop―who rarely talks; a younger brother obsessed with body-building and a transgendered former beauty pageant queen former older brother. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand shes convinced her career―maybe her life―is over. So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies one of them wearing a hat is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmers field Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered with the temples monk and nun the only suspects. . Suddenly Jimms 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 inexplicable events it will take luck perseverance and the help of her entire family.. One of Library Journals Best Mystery Books of 2011