Jimm misses her former life, and is cheered to read about the mysterious discovery of a van found buried under a palm tree plantation up north, the skeletal bodies of a driver and passenger included.
Siri Paiboun series, presents a complex, captivating narrative, interposed with fascinating flashes of Bangkok 2010's gritty screenplay, as the two intertwined tales of a Thailand in deep conflict begin to meet in the middle.Review: Set in present day Thailand, Colin Cotterill introduces a new (series?) character in Jimm Juree, a former crime reporter who has moved from the city with her Mother and siblings to help run the Gulf Bay Lovely Resort and Restaurant along the country's remote southern coast, in Killed at the Whim of a Hat. But does that mean its story can never be told? Colin Cotterill, author of the award-winning Dr. Who would make a movie like this and not release it, and why? Feeling a powerful calling to solve the mystery of Bangkok 2010, Supot journeys deep into the Thai countryside and discovers a curse around the motion picture, one that keeps Bangkok 2010 from ever being viewed. But nobody else has ever heard of the movie, the director, the actors, or any of the crew. Bangkok 2010 is a dystopian film set in a Thailand run by chauvinistic Security Council officers-and Supot and Ali, immediately obsessed, agree it's the most brilliant Thai movie they've ever seen. These cinephiles adore the charisma of the old Western stars, particularly the actresses, and bemoan the state of modern Thai cinema-until a mysterious cassette, entitled Bangkok 2010, arrives at Ali's store.
e only bright light in his life is watching classic movies with his best friend, Ali, the owner of a video store.
An enchanting new standalone novel from CWA Dagger winner Colin Cotterill, set in Bangkok- a mystery without a crime, where the line between fact and fiction blurs, and nothing is as simple as it appears Thailand, 1996- Supot, a postman with the Royal Thai Mail, hates his job.
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