I was lucky enough to meet Jennifer Dornbush on the Seymour Agency writers cruise last February. The lady knows her stuff when it comes to forensics and writing it accurately in fiction. When I saw her novel offered on the Daily Deal at Audible, I had to grab it.
Just wish I had listened to this book SOONER!
Dr. Emily Hartford is on her way up in her career and personal life, surgery resident, engaged to an incredible guy on her birthday -- but part of her "birthday present" includes a call from the small town where she grew up. Where her estranged father has just had a heart attack. And where the boy she left behind, Sheriff Nick Larson, is dealing with the death of a high school girl.
After 12 years away, Emily has to go home, where some things haven't changed, and other things have in a big way. She picks up with old friends as if she never went away, and the pain and silence surrounding her mother's death are still standing between her and her father. Budget and time considerations and small town politics push Emily into agreeing to fill in for her father, the coroner, to handle the girl's autopsy. This starts an avalanche of discoveries and changes in her life, and the lives of those around her. The simple autopsy turns into a murder investigation. Emily is forced to face things about herself and the town and people she left behind -- and her life is set on a rapid course of changes.
I know TV is filled with crime scene and forensics shows, with a coroner as a vital part of the cast, but ... dang, this would make a great TV show.
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