Dr Siri Paiboun has been despatched to the country's north where a mummified arm has appeared protruding from a concrete path laid in front of the President's new mansion. Dr Siri's disinterment and autopsy of the body attached to the arm provide some grisly surprises but it is his gifts as a shaman...

Dr Siri Paiboun has been despatched to the country's north where a mummified arm has appeared protruding from a concrete path laid in front of the President's new mansion. Dr Siri's disinterment and autopsy of the body attached to the arm provide some grisly surprises but it is his gifts as a shaman that him on the trail of the killer.