Priscilla Masters: The Cliff’s Edge Murders
Coroner Martha Gunn #8
When I started this book, which is set in the UK, I had to look up exactly what a Coroner does as it’s a position we don’t have in the US. In the UK it’s a judicial office, and the coroner works with the police in an investigation of a sudden and suspicious death, rendering a verdict on the type of death at an inquest. So many of us have read mysteries containing an inquest – Rebecca being a famous example – that the whole concept was not completely mysterious. As this book has a Coroner as its main character, the research was handy, and it allowed me to understand that the central character, Coroner Martha Gunn, has a close and working relationship with the police.