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Summoned to take up her estranged father’s post as a medical examiner, surgeon Emily Hartford discovers home is where the bodies are buried in this “intense, riveting mystery” debut (Library Journal)

Recently engaged and deeply ensconced in her third year of surgical residency in Chicago, Emily Hartford gets a shock when she’s 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’s 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. Expertly written and sharply plotted, The Coroner is a perfect mystery read for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Julia Spencer Fleming.

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Dornbush's debut is an intense, riveting mystery...Readers of Lisa Black's books written as Elizabeth Becka will enjoy this tale.
--Library Journal starred review

"If you like small town mysteries, twisty reads or books by Lisa Black or Patricia Cornwell, you'll love The Coroner."
--Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Shallow Grave

Fast-paced and riveting, The Coroner by Jennifer Dornbush is filled with surprises, authentic detail and memorable characters. Well done!"
--Carla Neggers, New York Times bestselling author of Thief's Mark

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 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Jennifer Graeser Dornbush is the daughter of a medical examiner, who has had decades of on-site experience in death investigation and 360 hours of forensic training through the Forensic Science Academy. Jennifer uses these experiences to pen crime fiction for film and TV. Jennifer is also member of Sisters in Crime and hosts webinars on crime writing through Writer's Digest.

--This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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ASIN : B079LH6C6V
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books (7 August 2018)
Language : English
File size : 2051 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 334 pages

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A little romance, mystery, crime and a hard to pick villain

Reviewed in Australia on 16 August 2018

Newly engaged, Dr. Emily Hartford has nearly completed her medical studies when she learns her father has had a heart attack and has to return home. Her father has been the local coroner for years and she has many happy memories of her earlier years accompanying him on his call outs.
Although engaged to a doctor from a well to do family Nick is her first love. Now the town sheriff, he has never stopped loving her.
When a young rising equestrian star is murdered Emily steps in to help using her medical skills to uncover the murderer. In doing so emotions surface which never really went away as well as an unresolved issue from the past.
The author is the daughter of a real medical examiner drawing on personal experience and memories to write this book. The ending left me wanting to know more and eager for a sequel.
This book has a little romance, mystery, crime and a hard to pick villain (the last person I thought of). My favourite parts included details on the coroner/autopsy/medical side of things.
Emily was my favourite character. She had a lot of personality traits I admire.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free digital copy of the book in return for an honest review.

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randy harris

Great read.

Reviewed in Canada on 3 September 2018

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Very well written and keeps the reader’s interest and attention.

Gail Graeser

Suspenseful, Well-written, A Very Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on 10 August 2018

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Okay, I may be a bit prejudiced about this book because the author Jennifer Graeser Dornbush is my daughter, but then again maybe not. If you want a suspenseful, can't put the book down read, then you are going to love this story. Jennifer has a way of keeping you in suspense about what is going to come next. She also has a way of providing you with little clues along the way so that you think you have it all figured out "who done it" to suddenly turn the tables on you so you find out that it was someone you never thought could have "done it". Add a little romance, add some terrifying moments, add some really good story writing skills, and what you have is a fantastic book that you can't put down until you just have to find out how it ends, only to be left hanging because the second book to this series has not yet come out to actually know how it is all going to turn out. Stay tuned and watch for the sequel to The Coroner coming sometime soon. Good job Jennifer! You know I love your writing.

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SMPSF

This should be filed under Cozy Mysteries

Reviewed in the United States on 29 March 2019

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Because it was NOT filed under Cozy Mysteries, I thought I was going to get a real, live who-done-it. Maybe with a smart but troubled detective. Some fun twists, perhaps. Nope. None of that. A young equestrian is found dead. The local medical examiner had a heart attack so, naturally, his estranged daughter who happens to be a surgeon shows up and takes over the ME job for her dad! But wait, her former love interest is now the town's sheriff. But wait, she's got a lame surgeon boyfriend with a meddling mother from hell who is planning the entire wedding for the couple [who we already can guess are going to split up real, real soon]. And that's the love triangle! Since there's only one murder, I guess the author had to figure out how to up the ante with action. Thus, we are entertained with horse abuse. There is a short lesson in the evil way about how to get horses to perform in dressage....I didn't need to know this nor do I care...but when a writer runs out of plot, I guess it's any port in the storm.
I kept with this book because I wanted to see how easily the female protagonist gives up her medical career in Chicago to settle with the sheriff and a small town medical examiner practice. So easy.
Not so easy to digest is the weird thing with her mother's death 15 years prior. And why she fled her small town, her father, the love interest, etc. And why her father didn't investigate his own wife's death. This is not explained well nor does it add much to the story. In fact, the whole thing hangs like a bag of moldy laundry all over this story. It doesn't smell right and you can't get rid of it. If anybody can explain the ending, you have my admiration.

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Patricia Bradley

Page-turner!

Reviewed in the United States on 27 August 2018

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Warning!! Once you start reading The Coroner you will not want to put it down! I let everything slide so I could see how it ended. Dornbush's characters from Nick and Emily to her father and his new wife are well-drawn. The mystery kept me guessing until the very end. Dornbush is so knowledgeable when it comes to investigations and she writes with authority. Besides the mystery, there are relationships that have to be sorted out, and not just the love interest. If you enjoy a good mystery and suspense along with romance thrown in, you'll enjoy The Coroner.

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Debbie

Excellent story! Fantastic characters! Buy this book!

Reviewed in the United States on 2 September 2018

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Back after many years in the small town she grew up in, Emily must come to grips with her past and the present that is unfolding before her eyes. In an effort to help her ill father, who is the local coroner, she performs an autopsy and the results of the autopsy draw her further into a local mystery. She must also delve into her relationships with her fiancé, her ex-boyfriend, her childhood best friend and her estranged father. As Emily seeks to solve the mystery, she learns more and more about herself! From the minute I started reading this book, I didn’t want to put it down. Buy it! You won’t be disappointed!

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