“Jeany Park provides a great range in portraying Jimm, her eccentric family, the police, and other characters. This will appeal to those who enjoy mysteries set in exotic locations and books featuring clever female protagonists and cozy fans.”
      —Library Journal [starred review] and Best of the Year Selection

“Park’s performance proves as entertaining as it is charming.”
      —Publishers Weekly

“Cotterill’s sense of humor is really what drives this. . . . Jeany Park was a good choice for the narration. . . . Her light, satirical tone matches that of the book perfectly.”
      —Audiobook Heaven

“A beautifully crafted look at life with a Thai twist. . . . Cotterill’s language is musical, with an offbeat cadence. . . . A solid plot runs neck and neck with the plain and simple joy of . . . a crackerjack narrative filled with droll humor and small asides that are never throwaways.”
      —BookPage

“Cotterill understands people and writes subtle humor like a master.”
      —Library Journal [HC starred review]

“May be the best new international mystery series since the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.”
      —Booklist [starred review]

“An affirmation that the universal language of nutty families is spoken everywhere.”
      —Charlotte Observer

Born in London, COLIN COTTERILL worked as teacher in Israel, Australia, the U.S. and Japan before he started training teachers in Thailand. Cotterill and his wife live in a small fishing village on the Gulf of Siam in Southern Thailand. He’s won the Dilys and a CWA Dagger award.