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The Coroner

by M.R. Hall · 2009

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A vulnerable boy hangs himself inside a young offenders' centre. A teenage girl is found dead of a heroin overdose. Then, after dealing with these two cases, Coroner Harry Marshall suddenly dies, apparently from natural causes. Jenny Cooper is his replacement & she is puzzled by Marshall's strange behaviour just before his death.

Genre
crimeBritish mysterymysterythriller
Setting
2000sEngland
Audience
adult
Length
long · 422 pages

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