Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily
Mail
with a somewhat eccentric family—a mother who might be
drifting mentally; a grandfather—a retired cop—who rarely
talks; a younger brother obsessed with body-building, and a
transgendered, former beauty pageant queen, former older
brother. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural
village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she’s convinced
her
career—maybe her life—is over. So when a van containing the
skeletal remains of two hippies, one of them wearing a hat,
is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmer’s field, Jimm is
thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist
temple is
viciously murdered, with the temple’s monk and nun the only
suspects.
Suddenly Jimm’s new life becomes somewhat more
promising—and a lot more deadly. And if Jimm is to make the
most of this opportunity, and unravel the mysteries that
underlie
these inexplicable events, it will take luck, perseverance,
and the
help of her entire family.