Jenny Cooper Sparknotes
Jenny Cooper is the featured character in the Jenny Cooper series of novels by British novelist and screenwriter M.R. Hall. The first novel in the series that featured Cooper was The Coroner hat was first published in 2012. The series of novels are generally within the mystery thriller genre.
When we are first introduced to Jenny Cooper she has just been appointed the coroner for the Severn Vale District. Cooper is recovering from a messy divorce, and is hoping the job would help her forget the events of her just ended marriage. But Marshall Harry the previous holder of the office never told her about the trail of buried evidence and dark files she would have to deal with.
Getting down to work to investigate the premature death of her predecessor …show more content…
The vulnerable coroner is now on a dangerous and lone one-woman crusade to try to uncover some hidden truths and expose the killers of her predecessor. All the strain is taking its toll not only on her sanity but is also negatively affecting how she is doing her job. What follows is a gripping investigative thriller that shows why M.R Hall got shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award two times.
JENNY COOPER AWARDS:
The Jenny Cooper series of novels made the shortlist for the 20009 Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for the first novel in the series “The Coroner”. The third novels in the series, The Flight also made the shortlist for the 2012 Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger Award.
BEST JENNY COOPER BOOKS:
The first novel in the series is no doubt one of the best that M.R Hall has even penned in the Jenny Cooper mystery series. A girl overdoses on heroin while a teenage boy hangs himself at a juvenile detention center. Soon after Corner Harry Marshall that was in charge of the two cases dies mysteriously – his death declared to be from natural causes. But Jenny Copper is not buying the story. Marshall had been behaving strangely just before his case and he believes there is more to his death than meets the
When we are first introduced to Jenny Cooper she has just been appointed the coroner for the Severn Vale District. Cooper is recovering from a messy divorce, and is hoping the job would help her forget the events of her just ended marriage. But Marshall Harry the previous holder of the office never told her about the trail of buried evidence and dark files she would have to deal with.
Getting down to work to investigate the premature death of her predecessor …show more content…
The vulnerable coroner is now on a dangerous and lone one-woman crusade to try to uncover some hidden truths and expose the killers of her predecessor. All the strain is taking its toll not only on her sanity but is also negatively affecting how she is doing her job. What follows is a gripping investigative thriller that shows why M.R Hall got shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award two times.
JENNY COOPER AWARDS:
The Jenny Cooper series of novels made the shortlist for the 20009 Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for the first novel in the series “The Coroner”. The third novels in the series, The Flight also made the shortlist for the 2012 Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger Award.
BEST JENNY COOPER BOOKS:
The first novel in the series is no doubt one of the best that M.R Hall has even penned in the Jenny Cooper mystery series. A girl overdoses on heroin while a teenage boy hangs himself at a juvenile detention center. Soon after Corner Harry Marshall that was in charge of the two cases dies mysteriously – his death declared to be from natural causes. But Jenny Copper is not buying the story. Marshall had been behaving strangely just before his case and he believes there is more to his death than meets the