The Coroner: Investigating sudden death by Derrick Hand & Janet Fife-Yeomans

'When the phone rings in the middle of the night,
it is usually bad news. When the phone rings in the 
middle of the night and you are the State Coroner,
it is invariably someone else's bad news ...'

The Coroner offers a fascinating insight into the daily work of Derrick
Hand, who investigated the death of Michael Hutchence, led the inquiry 
into the Threadbo disaster, sent the killers of Anita Cobby to trial and
presided over the court hearings in the wake of the police shooting
of French photographer Roni Levi at Bondi.

Derrick Hand was NSW State Coroner for many years. In The Coroner
we travel with him behind the scenes of his investigations and discover
how he pieces together the puzzles thrown up by suspicious deaths and
helps to bring some of Australia's most notorious murderers to justice.

This remarkable narrative reveals a principled, compassionate man,
who is often under immense pressure to perform, both in the courtroom
and at the scene of violent death. With fascinating insights into forensic
science and the workings of the court and criminal justice system,
The Coroner's story of an ordinary man in an extraordinary job will
hold your attention to the very last sentence.

Derrick Hand has worked for
47 years in the court system,
the last five as NSW State
Coroner. He retired in 2000,
The Coroner is his story.

Genres: Nonfiction - Australia - True Crime - Biography - Reference
Condition: Good
Published: First published in 2004 by ABC Books. Reprinted November 2004.
Pages: 227
ISBN: 0733313256
Weight: 355g