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Dr. Kep Woodhead is a brilliant, irascible forensic toxicologist with a dark past. Bernadette Becker is a disgraced federal investigator with one last chance. They're both assigned to a strange poisoning case: a graduate student has been found dead in a 15th-century chapel, a needle filled with a controversial hallucinogen sticking out of his arm. The professor, the president of the fishery association, the leader of an animal-rights group, even the...
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In the midst of Acting Coroner Fenway Stevenson's reelection campaign, the body of a successful business owner is found in a pedestrian underpass-and she discovers that her young, hated stepmother is the prime suspect. As if that's not bad enough, further digging only exposes a money-laundering scheme that could implicate dozens of residents in the coastal town she calls home.
Each clue she uncovers puts her in more danger. After an attempt on her...
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Buried secrets. A dead celebrity. Just in time for Christmas. Days before the town's annual Christmas Parade, an up-and-coming online celebrity chef is found dead in a mountain cabin. As Coroner Fenway Stevenson investigates, she uncovers the chef's dark past, a war brewing between local farms, and a hidden identity that could put her in grave danger Can Fenway unmask the murderer before she becomes the next victim?
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A dead defendant. A court in lockdown. And a murderer in the room. Coroner Fenway Stevenson is worried. Her father is on trial for murder. A huge conspiracy is wrecking the coastal town she calls home. And she's finally dating the sheriff after his divorce is finalized. But with two gunshots in a crowded courtroom, everything changes. Thirteen people and a dead body and the doors are locked. As the hours tick by, one thing becomes clear: the killer...
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A secret society. A missing body. A town torn in two. This story takes place between the events of The Accused Coroner (Book Seven of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries) and The Offside Coroner (Book Eight). When a member of a secret society is found dead in the local temple, Coroner Fenway Stevenson finds herself embroiled in an underground world where no one plays by the rules. The society leader turns hostile, the dead body goes missing, and an embezzlement...
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The local cops say suicide. Woodhead and Becker say homicide. And now there's a target on their backs.Case analyst Bernadette Becker uses the investigation of an apparent suicide as cover to chase down a new lead on an old case. But someone is chasing her too-and she's not the only one in danger.When the suicide begins to look like a murder, Becker and her partner, the intelligent but infuriating Dr. Kep Woodhead, follow the clues-and Kep's keen sense...
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This book was originally published under the title EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN in March 2022. A con man's death two weeks before his wedding holds only one clue-a peculiar green discoloration in his mouth. Federal investigators Bernadette Becker and Dr. Kep Woodhead must join forces again to untangle the baffling evidence. Only they find their search for justice muddied by an old crime and complicated by a local cop with his own agenda. When the victim's...
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A body lies in the penthouse of a five-star hotel. Its secrets could destroy her. Fenway Stevenson's nemesis is now mayor, and her boyfriend is a new private eye. But the latest murder victim in her seaside town could unleash her hidden past. With her father's oil company on the brink of disaster, Fenway finds herself walking a thin line between what she believes and where the evidence points. Can she uncover the truth before the town explodes?
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A beloved mayor. A seedy motel room. One baffling murder.
The bizarre circumstances of Fenway Stevenson's latest case as county coroner drag her to the center of one very dangerous game. With one suspect in custody, an attempt on the life of the key witness leads to her disappearance and more unanswered questions. Fenway must race to solve the mystery before anyone else dies while also juggling a contentious election and her overbearing father's meddling.
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On the run. Accused of murder. And nowhere to go. Stuck in an unfamiliar city, Coroner Fenway Stevenson finds herself accused of a murder she didn't commit-but all the evidence points in her direction. With the help of unlikely allies, she stays one step ahead of her pursuers, but for how long? Fenway uncovers evidence not only about the victim, but her own mother's secret life. As the bodies pile up and the suspect list begins to unravel, will Fenway...
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An angry ex-wife. A rich mistress. And a dead body in a storage unit.Coroner Fenway Stevenson opens her boyfriend's storage unit-and discovers a corpse wrapped in an expensive Persian rug. There's no shortage of suspects: the dead man's girlfriend, the bitter ex, the sneaky co-worker.But then Fenway uncovers a drug scheme that threatens to tear apart her idyllic California beach town-if the tropical storm bearing down on the county doesn't wreck it...
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Enjoy the second set of three novels in this hardboiled coroner series by bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin! "If you love page-turning, unputdownable mysteries, then Ardoin is the real deal." -Mark Stay, host of The Bestseller Experiment podcast Blood is thicker than oil-until murder is involved!The collection includes the Books 4-6 of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries:The Upstaged Coroner: The local university's Shakespeare troupe already...
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A coach, a protégé-and a scandal that turns deadly. A fancy dinner date with her boyfriend turns into Coroner Fenway Stevenson's worst nightmare. Sucked into investigating a wife accused of adultery, Fenway finds herself caught in the crossfire when the head coach for a professional soccer team ends up with his skull bashed in. As scandal engulfs the team, Fenway tries to protect the prime suspect. Can Fenway find the killer before the body count...
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