Killed at the Whim of a Hat
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781623652005 (1623652006)
Publish date: September 3rd 2013
Publisher: Quercus
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Mystery,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Jimm Juree (#1)
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Book 1 in the Jimm Juree seriesThis delightful first entry into a new series is set in southern Thailand and focuses on Jimm Juree, an eccentric 34 year old woman, who desperately wants to become a senior crime reporter. In a public oration course in college, Jimm has studied the speaking style of P...
How can one not love a book with such a title...I really adore this inventive and imaginative writer who has opened my eyes up to SE Asia with quirky, interesting characters. Fab
The Book Report: Jimm Juree, female crime reporter/editrix in waiting, leaves heavily urban and crime-ridden Chiang Mai, Thailand (ideal for her chosen trade, eh?), when her scatty, pre-dementia-sufferer mother (called "Mair" which means Mama throughout the book) decides to sell the family home and ...
Page 15 and I'm already loving it. I'll miss Dr. Siri, but this has much potential! Many laughs-outloud. And the Dubya gaffes as the headers for each chapter are much funnier now that he is out of office.