THE CORONER: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 11701207B17069
English Summary/英文概要： Newly appointed Coroner, Jenny Cooper, doesn’t quite fit the mould: forty-two, attractive and struggling to recover from a painful divorce. When she takes over the antiquated office of her recently deceased predecessor, Harry Marshall, she discovers that his two final cases left many questions unanswered. Danny Wills is the youngest child to have died in a juvenile prison. Marshall’s hastily conducted inquest returned a verdict of suicide, but the jury were denied vital evidence. When Jenny looks again at the case, she uncovers a disturbing trail of facts connecting the boy’s death to that of a fifteen-year-old prostitute and a web of political and corporate corruption.
In a story mixing legal suspense and investigative thriller, Jenny is pushed to her limits and beyond in an uncompromising quest for the truth
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個小鎮律師Jenny Cooper被任命到英國另一個偏遠城鎮擔任法醫，原本希望在這不受打擾的環境裡好好修養因離婚所帶來的傷痛，沒想到來到此地後，因為前任已故的法醫Harry Marshall所遺留下來未解的命案及此城鎮隱藏的秘辛，反而讓她又重新活了起來！
一個被監禁的小男孩Danny Wills突然慘遭殺害； 一位年輕的妓女離奇自殺；這兩個似乎不相關的案件，在Jenny調查的過程中，卻意外牽扯出與Harry Marshall的死因有關…(VL)
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售：
UK & US: Macmillan
Brazil: Record;
Germany: Goldmann; pre-empted offer
Holland: Bruna; pre-empted offer
Italy: Sperling & Kupfer;
Poland: Amber;
Sweden: Damm. “A brilliant, original and gripping crime novel - I can’t wait for MR Hall’s next one”---Sophie Hannah（英國暢銷驚悚小說家）
Brilliant!
About the Author/作者介绍： M.R. Hall studied law at Oxford and became a criminal barrister at the age of twenty-three. He practised for several years in London, both prosecuting and defending, but became increasingly disillusioned with the failure of the criminal justice system to deal with offenders in a humane or constructive manner. In his late twenties he realised a long-held ambition and became a full time screenwriter.
His work has included episodes of ITV’s KAVANAGH QC (starring John Thaw), WING AND A PRAYER an original series for which he was nominated for a BAFTA in 1998, SCARLET PIMPERNEL, and several episodes of DALZIEL AND PASCOE for BBC1 (winning a Midlands RTS award for the latter).
In 2005 he co-created and wrote 12 episodes of the BBC1 series NEW STREET LAW (starring John Hannah), which has been nominated for an RTS award. He is currently creating and writing a major new series for BBC1 and has recently completed an adaptation of Paul Gallico’s FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS for feature film production.
M.R. Hall牛津大學法學院畢業，在23歲時就考取律師執照，開始在倫敦擔任犯罪訴訟律師，經過幾年的實務經驗後，將其對偵辦案件的經驗及法律的專業轉換成活生活的文字及劇本，不僅成為英國家喻戶曉的劇作家（曾為BBC編寫過如：《狄埃爾與巴仕可 ） Dalziel and Pascoe 等），此次新作的推出更可看出其不凡的寫作功力。
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