A Life to Kill

In "A Life to Kill," the seventh entry in Matthew Hall's acclaimed Coroner Jenny Cooper series, a desperate search unfolds when nineteen-year-old Private Pete 'Skippy' Lyons is abducted just hours before the British troops' return from Helmand. As families in Highcliffe anxiously await their loved ones, a patrol meant to rescue him faces devastation, leading to questions about military secrecy and the circumstances surrounding the abduction. Coroner Jenny Cooper must navigate a web of hidden truths and military power to uncover what really happened, all while confronting the town's own concealed secrets. The series has enjoyed adaptation into a successful television show titled "Coroner."