The Incumbent Coroner

"If you love page-turning, unputdownable mysteries, then Ardoin is the real deal." 

  --Mark Stay, host of The Bestseller Experiment podcast

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 an upcoming election and her overbearing father’s meddling.

As summer temperatures rise, so do the stakes. What will Fenway have to sacrifice to ensure the safety of everyone in her idyllic coastal town?

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The Incumbent Coroner is the bestselling follow-up to The Reluctant Coroner, the first Fenway Stevenson mystery, full of twists and turns.

"With murder, mayhem, kidnappings, crooked businessmen, and conspiracies, this book has a lot to love." --C.B. Samet, Evvy Award Winner, author of the Dr. Whyte Adventure Series

For fansideal for fans of LJ Ross, Anne Shilolo, Willow Rose, and Blake Banner.

KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, biracial female coroner investigator, medical examiner thriller, former nurse solves murders, estranged father, hard boiled mystery, Santa Barbara mystery, brozy, political thriller, conspiracy murder, Santa Barbara crime fiction.