The Courtroom Coroner

Paul Austin Ardoin

May 2020 · Fenway Stevenson Mysteries Book 5 · Pax Ardsen

About this ebook

Enjoy this locked-room thriller from USA TODAY Bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin

"A suspenseful closed-room murder mystery. Ardoin masterfully crafts an edge-of-your-seat novel with the perfect balance of intrigue, drama, and humor."

--C.B. Samet, four-time award-winning author

A dead defendant. A court in lockdown. And a murderer in the room.

Coroner Fenway Stevenson is distraught. Not only is her father on trial for murder, but a huge conspiracy is wrecking the coastal town she calls home.

And with two gunshots in a crowded courtroom, everything changes.

A dead body. Thirteen people. A set of locked doors. As the hours tick by, one thing becomes clear: the killer is still in the courtroom and will stop at nothing to ensure the truth never comes out.

With nothing but a fingerprint kit, an Ethernet cable, and her wits, can Fenway catch the killer before becoming a victim herself?

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The Courtroom Coroner is the fifth book in the bestselling hard-boiled Fenway Stevenson Mysteries series.

KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, female coroner, medical examiner, medical thriller, former nurse solves murders, estranged father, hard boiled mystery, brozy, courthouse murder, locked room mystery, legal thriller, strong woman sleuth, interracial romance mystery, political thriller, conspiracy murder, Santa Barbara crime fiction, similar author to Leslie Wolfe, LJ Ross, Willow Rose, Blake Banner, Tom Fowler, Jeff Carson, TJ Jones

Ratings and reviews

I started this series from the beginning with book 1 then read book 2 then skipped to 5 which I normally don't do but boy am I glad I did. Definitely the best book in the series so far! Full of courtroom drama suspense and action. It was almost like having 6 books in one with all the little side stories being told. And the ending...My God my heart stopped when Fenway's Dad took the bullet. Want to read the next book now but I'm going to be patient and go back to book 3.

I must say one of the best set of books I have ever been privy to read it is rivoting and keeps you on edge throughout the whole series I began this series 3 days ago and have now read all 5 of these books I can hardly wait for the next book to see what fenway gets herself mixed up in this one was very rivoting I couldnt wait to get t io the end just because i wanted to see if i was right about which character was the bad one I however did not expect the ending to be what it was I was actually shocked!! an excellent read by this author YOU HAVE TO GET THIS WHOLE SERIES to appreciate the characters and the scenes in the book itself Paul Austin Ardoin out done himself with these books ! I cant think odf any higher praise fdor thisset Good work Paul ardoin please do not make us wait to long for the next fenway book!! from bookl 1 right through to 5 they just keep getting better and better

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About the author

Paul Austin Ardoin is a California native and the author of the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries. A graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.A. in creative writing, Ardoin has published short fiction and humorous essays in the anthologies Bottomfish and Sweet Fancy Moses, and articles about computer security in California Computer News and European Communications. When he's not writing novels or trying to save the world through better computer security, Paul plays keyboards in a dance rock band. He lives in the Sacramento area with his wife, two teenagers, and a menagerie of animals.