The surprise appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path leading to the President's new mansion has caused an understandable degree of embarrassment. Dr Siri finds himself despatched to discretely disinter the body attached to the arm, identify it and determine the cause of death.
Reluctant national coroner, confused psychic and disheartened communist, Dr Siri Paiboun, gets on down in this third instalment of the wittiest and most inventive crime series in print.