The Coroner

The Coroner
ISBN-10
0330458361
ISBN-13
9780330458368
Series
The Coroner
Category
Fiction
Pages
464
Language
English
Published
2013-01-31
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Author
M. R. Hall

Description

Perhaps she had been too swift to imagine a conspiracy, too easily swept up in the emotion of a teenager's shocking death. Snapping her briefcase shut, she made a decision to go about her investigation in as detached and professional a manner as she could. She was the coroner, an impartial, clear-headed, determined investigator of the truth... -- back cover.

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