The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow is already rife with controversy, but when a Lao athlete is accused of murder, it escalates into a full blown international incident. In the twelfth entry to the series, Dr. Siri Paiboun and his quirky team of misfits are on the case in a city and country foreign to them, yet familiar in its corruption of justice.
Colin Cotterill is the author of eleven other books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series- The Coroner's Lunch, Thirty-Three Teeth, Disco for the Departed, Anarchy and Old Dogs, Curse of the Pogo Stick, The Merry Misogynist, Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, Slash and Burn, The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, Six and a Half Deadly Sins and I Shot the Buddha. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and five deranged dogs.
Praise for The Rat-Catchers' Olympics
"Hilarious."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Cotterill has a gift for tempering bad stuff—specifically, the
baffling and chaotic political climate of communism circa 1980—with
gently ironic humor and frequent doses of slightly kooky occultism.
His books are thus a welcome balm for our own current baffling and
chaotic political climate."
—The Seattle Times
"Very entertaining."
—WYSO, Ohio Public Radio
"The book ends with a rat-catching competition that is as bizarre
as Dr. Siri’s wacky sense of humor. This is a unique series."
—Dayton Daily News
"The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering,
convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series
will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your
household are sound asleep."
—BookPage, Top Pick
Praise for the Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries
"Dazzling."
—The New York Times Book Review
“Terrifically entertaining.”
—The Seattle Times
"Unpredictable . . . Tragically funny and magically sublime."
─Entertainment Weekly
"You get a real feeling for what Laos was like in the '70s. The
humor is wonderful, too."
─New York Post
"The Dr. Siri books are by turns laugh-out-loud funny, sobering,
convoluted, historical and endlessly entertaining . . . This series
will have you reading (and laughing) well after most people in your
household are sound asleep."
—BookPage, Top Pick
"Along with a mystery that boils over into an international
incident, Cotterill gives readers a wonderful re-creation of the
1980 Moscow Olympic Village and the preparations for the Games
themselves."
—Booklist, Starred Review
"Cotterill's twisty mystery plot will entertain readers while his
cast of eccentric characters charms."
—Shelf-Awareness
“Cotterill excels in the portrayal of potentially serious and
momentous topics with lighthearted humor, imbuing his characters
with grace and empathy.”
—BookPage, Top Pick in Mystery
“Stunning . . . This series offers unfailingly satisfying reading .
. . bursting with caustic wit and adventurous spirit.”
—Booklist, Starred Review
"Crackles with humor and overflows with eccentric characters. Droll
chapter titles add an extra soupcon of mirth."
—Kirkus Reviews
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