Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness (40 page)
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Authors: David Casarett
Tags: #Adult, #Mystery & Detective, #Cozy, #Fiction, #Police Procedural, #Mystery, #Traditional, #Amateur Sleuth, #Urban, #Thailand, #cozy mystery, #Contemporary, #International Mystery & Crime, #Women Sleuths
“The most recent disappearance? The one a week ago? It was an American woman. From San Francisco.”
“And?”
“And she was in this very hospital for several days, before she checked out, apparently against her physician’s advice.”
“What was she in the hospital for?”
Wiriya shook his head. “I don’t know. I don’t have access to those records. But you, I suppose, could—”
“I could do nothing of the sort. Looking up the medical records of a patient? What if the hospitalization was not related? That would be a breach of privacy.”
Wiriya looked down, suitably chastened. “Of course, of course. I only asked because… well… I thought it might be a simple matter.”
And of course he asked because her explorations of medical records were what had helped them to catch the last murderer. But not this time. At least, not yet.
“Do you know where she went?”
Wiriya reached into the chest pocket of his suit and removed a folded piece of paper. He smoothed it on the desk and slid it toward her.
On the paper in uneven letters in smudged blue ink was a name: Sharon McPhiller.
And: Nong Chom Village, San Sai District.
Then: The Peaceful Inn of Last Resort.
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CONTENTS
- COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- WELCOME
- DEDICATION
- WAN JAN: MONDAY
- WAN ANG KAAN: TUESDAY
- WAN PUT: WEDNESDAY
- CHAPTER 11: A BRIEF BUT ILLUMINATING CONVERSATION
- CHAPTER 12: THE STRANGE EPIDEMIC OF FAIR SKIN
- CHAPTER 13: ANOTHER ASPIRING DETECTIVE
- CHAPTER 14: THE VALUE OF CHOIE IN HANDLING SURPRISING NEWS
- CHAPTER 15: A REPORT FROM THE CHIANG MAI MEDICAL RECORDS CRICKET LEAGUE
- CHAPTER 16: A HIGHLY INEFFICIENT WAY TO CATCH A CRIMINAL
- CHAPTER 17: SABAI SABAI!
- CHAPTER 11: A BRIEF BUT ILLUMINATING CONVERSATION
- WAN PAREUHATSABORDEE: THURSDAY
- WAN SUK: FRIDAY
- WAN SAO: SATURDAY
- CHAPTER 31: NOT SOMEONE YOU WOULD EVER EXPECT TO COMMIT A CRIME
- CHAPTER 32: THE POWER OF GOOD NEWS
- CHAPTER 33: AN ANTICIPATED DEATH THAT IS NEVERTHELESS UNEXPECTED
- CHAPTER 34: A HUNCH
- CHAPTER 35: THE ELEPHANT’S MIND IS THE MAHOUT’S MIND
- CHAPTER 36: ONE MUST ALWAYS NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF POWER
- CHAPTER 37: WHEN DEATH DOES NOT BRING PEACE
- CHAPTER 38: GIVE MEN EXACTLY WHAT THEY EXPECT
- CHAPTER 39: THE PROTECTION OF JAI DEE
- CHAPTER 40: LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
- CHAPTER 31: NOT SOMEONE YOU WOULD EVER EXPECT TO COMMIT A CRIME
- WAN AATIT: SUNDAY
- WAN JAN: MONDAY
- EPILOGUE: A SMALL GIFT TO THE BOON LOTT ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- MEET THE AUTHOR
- ALSO BY DAVID CASARETT, M.D.
- A PREVIEW OF
MERCY AT THE PEACEFUL INN OF LAST RESORT - NEWSLETTERS
- COPYRIGHT
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by David Casarett, M.D.
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Mercy at the Peaceful Inn of Last Resort
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: IT IS KNOWN THAT POISON IS OFTEN A WOMAN’S METHOD
CHAPTER 2: THE TRAGEDY OF THE AMERICANS
CHAPTER 3: THE ETHICAL RIGHTS OF A BAREFOOT VISITOR
CHAPTER 4: THE YIM SOO SMILE OF THE FEMALE SEX
CHAPTER 5: THE SADNESS OF HALF A HOUSE
CHAPTER 6: THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BUTTERFLY PEAFLOWER TEA
CHAPTER 7: THE AMERICANS’ STRANGE DESIRE FOR CONTROL
CHAPTER 8: TOMORROW IS NOT USUALLY ANOTHER DAY
CHAPTER 9: THE CONSIDERABLE BENEFITS OF A MATCHMAKER FOR THE SHY PERSON
CHAPTER 10: THE LIMITED PATIENCE OF MANGOES
CHAPTER 11: A BRIEF BUT ILLUMINATING CONVERSATION
CHAPTER 12: THE STRANGE EPIDEMIC OF FAIR SKIN
CHAPTER 13: ANOTHER ASPIRING DETECTIVE
CHAPTER 14: THE VALUE OF CHOIE IN HANDLING SURPRISING NEWS
CHAPTER 15: A REPORT FROM THE CHIANG MAI MEDICAL RECORDS CRICKET LEAGUE
CHAPTER 16: A HIGHLY INEFFICIENT WAY TO CATCH A CRIMINAL
CHAPTER 17: SABAI SABAI!
WAN PAREUHATSABORDEE: THURSDAY
CHAPTER 18: WHAT WILL HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN
CHAPTER 19: THE JAI DEE DETECTIVE
CHAPTER 20: THE VERY LOW PRICE OF GENUINE HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 21: THE $30 RAMBUTAN
CHAPTER 22: THE CASE OF THE FROWNING DURIAN
CHAPTER 23: ONE SHOULD NOT BLAME FRUIT FOR OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS
CHAPTER 24: THE LEAPING PEN
CHAPTER 25: THE NATIONAL THAI SLOGAN
CHAPTER 26: A VERY SAD SITUATION
CHAPTER 27: THE IMPATIENCE OF STEPPING-STONES
CHAPTER 28: THE HOUSE OF ROOSTER HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 29: LOVE IS THE EXPRESSION OF SIMPLICITY IN EMOTION
CHAPTER 30: THE POISONER’S ART
CHAPTER 31: NOT SOMEONE YOU WOULD EVER EXPECT TO COMMIT A CRIME
CHAPTER 32: THE POWER OF GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER 33: AN ANTICIPATED DEATH THAT IS NEVERTHELESS UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER 34: A HUNCH
CHAPTER 35: THE ELEPHANT’S MIND IS THE MAHOUT’S MIND
CHAPTER 36: ONE MUST ALWAYS NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF POWER
CHAPTER 37: WHEN DEATH DOES NOT BRING PEACE
CHAPTER 38: GIVE MEN EXACTLY WHAT THEY EXPECT
CHAPTER 39: THE PROTECTION OF JAI DEE
CHAPTER 40: LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
CHAPTER 41: AN ELEPHANT APOLOGIZES
CHAPTER 42: HOW TO CARE FOR AN AGED CAR
EPILOGUE: A SMALL GIFT TO THE BOON LOTT ELEPHANT SANCTUARY