A review by thuglibrarian
The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by John Bateson

Ken Holmes spent 4 decades being a coroner in Marin County, Ca. and has a myriad of stories to tell. Author John Bateson tells how Holmes has worked in a wealthy community, but one that has a big problem with drug overdoses and deaths due to alcoholism. There is also the many suicides from those who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Readers will appreciate the honest, yet reverent way that the author approaches the important job of coroner, minus the gory details.