Curse of the Pogo Stick
The Dr. Siri Investigations, Book 5

In Vientiane, Laos, a boobytrapped corpse intended for Dr. Siri, the national coroner, has been delivered to the morgue. In his absence, only Nurse Dtuis intervention saves the lives of the morgue attendants, visiting doctors, and Madame Daeng, Dr. Siris fiance. On his way back from a Communist Party meeting in the north, Dr. Siri is kidnapped by seven female Hmong villagers under the direction of the village elder so that he willin the guise of Yeh Ming, the thousandyearold shaman with whom he shares his bodyexorcise the headmans daughter, whose soul is possessed by a demon, and lift the curse of the pogo stick.