Recently engaged and in her third year of surgical residency in Chicago, Emily Hartford gets a shock when she's called home to Freeport, MI, the small town she fled a decade ago after the death of her mother. Her father, the local medical examiner, has had a massive heart attack and Emily is needed 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 denial of the seriousness of his condition. He insists Emily 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 quickly discovers that the girl was murdered. Before she knows it, she's pulled deeper into the case and closer to her father--and to Nick. When Emily herself is threatened, she must race to catch the killer before he strikes again.

"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