The Coroner of Cedar Hollow

Dr. Claire Bennett lost her license, her career, and her name in Brookfield. In Cedar Hollow, a small town that has been without a coroner for three months, she finds the only medical work open to someone without a license: looking at the dead and telling the truth about how they got that way. When feed-store owner George Harlow is found dead at his desk, the sheriff, the mayor, and the funeral director all want a quick natural ruling. Bennett looks — and finds what does not fit a heart attack. Refusing to sign a lie costs her the town's comfort and wins her something better: a second chance, and a carpenter named Jonah Hale who loves her plainly, without strategy. The Coroner of Cedar Hollow is Book 2 of The Corvanta Trilogy.