Compare The Coroner (coroner #1) by Matthew Hall, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

The first gripping installment in Matthew Hall's twice CWA Gold Dagger-nominated Coroner Jenny Cooper series. Soon to be a CBC Television Original Drama, Coroner, starring Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, and Ehren Kassam. When those in power hide the truth, she risks everything to reveal it. 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 a young boy in custody 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?In the face of powerful and sinister forces determined to keep both the truth hidden and the troublesome coroner in check, Jenny embarks on a lonely and dangerous one-woman crusade for justice which threatens not only her career but also her sanity. | The Coroner (coroner #1) by Matthew Hall, Paperback | Indigo Chapters