BOOK CLUB

2nd Wednesday of the month, every month!

Want to join? Simply read the book, RSVP, and show up for an evening of literary discussion.

Arrive from 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

The April book is The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill which is the first in the Dr Siri series.

Laos, 1976. The monarchy has been deposed, the Communist Pathet Lao have taken over. Most of the educated class has fled, but Dr Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor remains. And so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner, despite having no training, equipment, experience or even inclination for the job. But the job's not that bad and Siri quickly settles into a routine. But when the wife of a party leader turns up dead and the bodies of tortured Vietnamese soldiers start bobbing to the surface of a Laotian lake, all eyes turn to Siri. Faced with official cover-ups and an emerging international crisis, the doctor enlists old friends, village shamans, forest spirits, dream visits from the dead - and even the occasional bit of medical deduction - to solve the crimes.

RSVP and any pre- or post- Book Club dinner bookings to reception@unionclub.co.uk