Hardback: "I'm a coroner. I spend my life laying things to rest..."
When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she's hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence.
Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of Marshall himself?
Jenny's curiosity is aroused.
Why was Marshall behaving so strangely before he died?
What injustice was he planning to uncover?
And what caused his abrupt change of heart?
Perhaps she had been too swift to imagine a conspiracy, too easily swept up in the emotion of a teenager's shocking death?
In the face of powerful and sinister forces determined to keep both the truth hidden and the troublesome coroner in check, Jenny, the coroner, an impartial, clear-headed, determined investigator of the truth, embarks on a lonely and dangerous one-woman crusade for justice which threatens not only her career but also her sanity.
About the author: M R Hall is a screenwriter, producer and former criminal barrister. The Coroner (2009) is his first novel and was nominated for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger in the best novel category. Educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Worcester College, Oxford, he lives in Monmouthshire with his wife and two sons. Aside from writing, his main passion is the preservation and planting of woodland. In his spare moments, he is mostly to be found amongst trees.
Other books in the Jenny Cooper series are
The Disappeared (2010)
The Redeemed (2011)
The Flight (2012)
The Innocent (2012) - a free Kindle edition
Hall introduces his protagonist, coroner Jenny Cooper and his debut:
Rating: 5/5
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