killed at the whim of a hat by colin cotterill

Granddad Jah: honest traffic cop retired broke and grumpy – Tommy Lee Jones Jimm: feisty 35 year-old Thai journalist – Salma Hayek with padding So, once again I’ll have to wait for the American version and stick a few white guys in there. This blog's editor always lumbers me with this MY BOOK THE MOVIE homework knowing full well I’ve exhausted all the bankable Asian actors in Hollywood. Here he shares some ideas about casting the leads in an adaptation of his new novel, Killed at the Whim of a Hat: He’s won the Dilys and a CWA Dagger, and has been a finalist for several other awards. Cotterill and his wife live in a small fishing village on the Gulf of Siam in Southern Thailand.

and Japan before he started training teachers in Thailand. 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.Born in London, Colin Cotterill has worked as teacher in Israel, Australia, the U.S. Suddenly Jimm's new life becomes somewhat more promising-and a lot more deadly. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the temple's monk and nun the only suspects. So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmer's field, Jimm is thrilled. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she's convinced her career-maybe her life-is over. 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. Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before. Now, with this new series, starting with Killed at the Whim of a Hat, Cotterill is poised to break into the mainstream.

With worldwide critical acclaim, Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded 'cult favorite' crime writers today.

The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Coroner's Lunch

Killed at the whim of a hat by colin cotterill