The Disappeared is the second thrilling instalment in Matthew Hall's gripping, CWA Gold Dagger shortlisted Coroner Jenny Cooper series, from the creator of BBC One's Keeping Faith.Two missing students. One sinister cover-up. Two young British students, Nazim Jamal and Rafi Hassan vanish without a trace. The police tell their parents that the boys had been under surveillance, that it was likely they left the country to pursue their dangerous new ideals. Seven years later, Nazim's grief-stricken mother is still unconvinced. Jenny Cooper is her last hope. Jenny is finally beginning to settle into her role as Coroner for the Severn Valley; the ghosts of her past that threatened to topple her, banished to the sidelines once more. But as the inquest into Nazim's disappearance gets underway, the stink of corruption and conspiracy becomes clear . . . As the pressure from above increases, a code of silence is imposed on the inquest and events begin to spiral out of all control, pushing Jenny to breaking point. For how could she have known that by unravelling the mysteries of the disappeared, she would begin to unearth her own buried secrets?The Disappeared is followed by the third book in the Coroner Jenny Cooper series, The Redeemed.The Jenny Cooper novels have been adapted into a hit TV series, Coroner, made for CBC and NBC Universal starring Serinda Swan and Roger Cross.
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Another investigation by Coroner Jenny Cooper, a fearless yet human heroine and the last hope for the unjustly killed. Matthew Hall's novels have been adapted into the hit TV series, Coroner.
Fasten your seatbelts for a quality thriller . . . Hall's Gold Dagger-nominated books, quite simply, get better each time. Part of it is the former barrister and TV producer's ability to structure and deliver a thriller that has you keep turning the pages. But Hall is also a hit upon a genuinely fascinating aspect of the justice system . . . The most compelling element of Hall's books, however, is Cooper herself . . . It is wonderful stuff, chillingly plausible
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Who will speak for the dead? There is only one woman brave enough.Newly divorced and separated from her only child, Jenny Cooper trades her job as a hard-pressed family lawyer for the position of Severn Vale Coroner, hoping to rebuild her shattered life. But peace is the last thing she finds. Her very first case in the first book in the series, The Coroner, is that of a young teenage boy found hanged in a privately run prison. Jenny’s fight for justice pits her against the full might of a legal and political Establishment determined not to let the truth get in the way of business. A tough, yet often vulnerable force of nature determined to give voice to the voiceless, Jenny risks her safety and her sanity to bring the darkest secrets into the light.Jenny’s investigations take her into the worlds of terrorism, religious cults, international aviation and to the battlefields of Afghanistan. A fearless yet human heroine in the mould of Erin Brokovitch, Jenny is the last hope for the unjustly killed and those left behind. The Coroner Jenny Cooper series by Matthew Hall has been adapted into a hit TV series, Coroner, made for CBC and NBC Universal starring Serinda Swan and Roger Cross.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780330458375
Publisert
2013-01-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
306 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

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Biographical note

Matthew (formerly M. R.) Hall is a screenwriter and producer and former criminal barrister, a profession he left due to a constitutional inability to prosecute. Educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Worcester College, Oxford, he lives in the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire with his wife, journalist Patricia Carswell, and two sons. Aside from writing, his main passion is the preservation and planting of woodland. In his spare moments, he is mostly to be found amongst trees. His books in the Coroner Jenny Cooper series include The Coroner, The Disappeared, The Redeemed, The Flight, The Chosen Dead, The Burning and A Life to Kill.