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Summoned from her promising surgical career first to her estranged father’s bedside and then to his post as medical examiner when his small town needs urgent help with a suspicious death, Emily Hartford discovers home is where the bodies are in this pitch-perfect mystery debut.
Recently engaged and deeply ensconced in her third year of surgical residency in Chicago, Emily Hartford gets a shock when she is called home to Freeport, Michigan, the small town she fled a decade ago after the death of her mother. Her estranged father, the local medical examiner, has had a massive heart attack, and Emily is needed urgently to help with his recovery.
Not sure what to expect, Emily races home, blowing the only stoplight at the center of town and getting pulled over by her former high school love, now sheriff, Nick Larson. At the hospital, she finds her father in near total denial of the seriousness of his condition. He insists that the best thing Emily can do to help him is to take on the autopsy of a senator’s teen daughter whose sudden, unexplained death has just rocked the sleepy town.
Reluctantly agreeing to help her father and Nick, Emily gets down to work, only to discover that the girl was murdered. The autopsy reminds her of her many hours in the morgue with her father when she was a young teen―a time which inspired her love of medicine. Before she knows it, she is pulled deeper into the case and closer to her father and to Nick―much to the dismay of her big-city fiancé.
When a threat is made to Emily herself, she must race to catch the killer before he strikes again.
The Coroner, expertly written and sharply plotted, is perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Julia Spencer Fleming.
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"I really enjoyed The Coroner. Lots of medical examiner type details, so if you get grossed out easily, this wouldn't be the book for you. I will be searching for more books by this author. The story kept my attention and I listened to it quickly! Great read!"
— Julie (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Authentic forensic details testify to the author’s knowledge of the subject as the daughter of a medical examiner…An intense, riveting mystery that combines the coziness of small-town familiarity with the sobering reality of drugs and murder.”
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“Emily is strong and competent, vulnerable and kind…Add a twisty plot, romance, and family drama and the result is this satisfying first-in-a-series mystery.”
— Dawn Eastman, author of Unnatural Causes -
“If you like small town mysteries, twisty reads, or books by Lisa Black or Patricia Cornwell, you’ll love The Coroner.”
— Karen Harper, author of American Duchess -
“Fast-paced and riveting, The Coronor by Jennifer Dornbush is filled with surprises, authentic detail, and memorable characters. Well done!”
— Carla Neggers, author of Imposter’s Lure
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An Audible.com bestseller in Fiction
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A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in British Detectives
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An Audible Pick of This Month's Top 5 Audiobooks
The Coroner Listener Reviews
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Deborah, 12/21/2018
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" I have purchased about 5 audio books so far,It gives you a small glimmer into a coroner`s work Not only that but the chapters are short which makes it perfect for car rides and walking to class GREAT BOOK! If you are on the fence DO IT! If you're not on the fence DO IT ANYWAY! "
— Ian, 12/20/2018
About Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
Jennifer Graeser Dornbush works as a screenwriter, author, speaker, and forensic specialist. She has developed film and TV projects, is the author of numerous books, and frequently speaks around the world on crime fiction and forensics. She and her family divide their time between Upper Michigan and Arizona.