The 4th book in the series featuring Coroner Jenny Cooper, following "The Coroner, The Disappeared" and "The Redeemed". When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary, Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane, and is drawn into the fate of a 10 year old girl, whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his. "The Coroner" sold nearly 100,000 copies.