The Innocent

ASIN B00AER8286 moved to the most recent editionWhen Coroner Jenny Cooper narrowly escapes death in a freak accident, she finds herself propelled back to traumatic events ten years in her past... We meet Jenny in the thick of her former career as a hard-working family lawyer. When one of her clients, fourteen-year-old Natasha, dies tragically under the wheels of a train, Jenny finds herself falsely accused of being responsible. Betrayed by her colleagues and pursued by the police, Jenny faces the fight of her life to prevent herself falling victim to a gross injustice. A gripping, moving short court-room drama, The Innocent is a fantastic introduction to M. R. Hall's Coroner Jenny Cooper crime series. Includes the opening chapters of M. R. Hall's stunning new novel The Chosen Dead.