The Reluctant Coroner

Name: The Reluctant Coroner
Rating: 4.544554233551025 (202 reviews)

Paul Austin Ardoin

Oct 2018 · Pax Ardsen

4.5

202 reviews

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Enjoy this free hardboiled coroner series starter by USA TODAY bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin

"Think Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich, but with darker twists and more biting social commentary. A five-star thriller!"

—John Ling, USA Today Bestselling Author

Blood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved.

Fenway Stevenson doesn't want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But the death of her mother draws her back home—and the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy. As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father's oil company, will Fenway uncover the truth before family bonds become deadly?

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The Reluctant Coroner is the first novel in the acclaimed hard boiled Fenway Stevenson Mystery series, ideal for fans of LJ Ross, Anne Shilolo, Willow Rose, and Blake Banner.

KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, biracial female coroner investigator, medical examiner thriller, former nurse solves murders, estranged father, hard boiled mystery, Santa Barbara mystery.

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4.5

202 reviews

T Stephens

June 28, 2020

In The Reluctant Coroner, daughter Fenway must choose between making her mark and pleasing her influential father. She's unprepared for her latest challenge, but she won't let that -- or her silly shoes -- get in her way. I enjoyed the twists and turns as suspect after suspect surfaced. The author kept me guessing. In the end, the case was solved, but Fenway's future remains a mystery. Book 2, here I come!

18 people found this review helpful

sakrishnan S A Krishnan

August 13, 2020

Enjoyable mystery. Fenway is new to town and she takes up the job of the coroner and the catch is that the previous coroner had been killed. Fenway’s character and the town she comes into has been etched very well by the author. Her relationship with the town and its people was unique despite the position she held there. Then the mystery itself was complicated with enough twists and turns all the way through. Enjoyed reading it.

4 people found this review helpful

Rick McLauchlan

March 10, 2021

The Accused Coroner by Paul Austin Ardoin is a great book that catches your interest from the very beginning. Who is setting her up? Why is the coroner charged with murder? The twists and turns continue right up to the very end. Will she stay out of jail long enough to prove her innocence? The character development is excellent. At the end of the book, the characters are all described with who they are and how they relate to everyone. With so many characters involved, this guide keeps them all straight! Love the story and the writing style.

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About the author

Paul Austin Ardoin is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and The Woodhead & Becker Mysteries. Ardoin has published fiction and = essays in the anthologies Turning the Tide, The Paths We Tread, 12 Shots, Bottomfish and Sweet Fancy Moses, and articles about computer security in Channel Futures, California Computer News and European Communications. A graduate of University of California at Santa Barbara with a B.A. in creative writing, Paul lives with his wife and a menagerie of animals.

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