Bridge of Sighs

For those not familiar with this series, Martha Gunn is a coroner in a small town close to the River Severn. The coroner is an official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths. In such a small village, one would not expect sudden death outside of the elderly and sickly. Today, Martha i......more

I thought I would try something new, a coroner-focused crime book set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury. This is the 7th book in the series. Parts of it are good, parts of it fail to stand up to common sense. There are three deaths in this tale, and Martha the Coroner seems to have a notion they ar......more

"People do not move on. They move to a different place dragging their baggage behind them like wheelie suitcases and bearing their scars." Two inexplicable suicides have coroner Martha Gunn working overtime. The first, young and beautiful Gina Marconi, a 36-year-old barrister who was due to be marrie......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Severn House Publishing for an e-galley of this novel. 3.5 stars rounded down I have read several other books in the Coroner Martha Gunn series and have enjoyed them. This seventh book of that series was harder for me to continue to read because I don't like reading stories......more

Nice to have a new book in this series. Martha Gunn, coroner for Shrewsbury, has a problem on her hands. Two people have apparently committed suicide, leaving no note and no one can understand why. One, Olivia Marconi, is a successful barrister; and the second, Patrick Elson, is an intelligent 12 ye......more