Number One: The Funeral Photographer

By: Colin Cotterill

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The Funeral Photographer was the first in a series of Colin Cotterill short stories written between 2017 and 2019 featuring his female news reporter and amateur detective, Jimm Juree. Fans of Jimm know her from the four novels where, with the help of the members of her strange family, she usually solves the crime.

In this story, Jimm, exiled from the north of Thailand and only just surviving in the south, finds a new career by accident using her old camera. Being Jimm, a crime is never far away. What is the secret in an old man’s death and funeral regarding the takeover of local farmers’ land by a large agribusiness?

Move over Miss Marple, Jimm Juree does it for the 21st Century.

Surprise!

My first experience with AI narration was quite negative, but I find Colin Cotterill's works so entertaining. So I listened to the preview and that seemed OK, so thought I'd give it a try, though will still listen to previews as I do with human narrators. I couldn't believe AI narration had improved so much. I'm perfectly willing to listen to to the rest of the Jimm Juree series if somebody would punch up thaf AI machine again. I already have all the Dr. Siri series, thank you very much.