Reviews of novels by M R Hall

Read what the Press have to say about The Coroner, The Disappeared and The Redeemed - the first three books by M R Hall in the Jenny Cooper series.

'Breathlessly enjoyable'
The Times

'A substantial and satisfying novel that adroitly combines the personal
and the political into an engrossing narrative that is ultimately about international paranoia'
Daily Express

'It’s a tribute to the author’s skill that I read this books supposing it to be autobiographical … He really gets under the skin of his heroine … outstandingly interesting'
Literary Review

'...accomplished and challenging.'
The Independent
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‘A hypnotic piece of work’
Barry Forshaw, The Independent

‘An excellent and compelling detective drama’
Daily Mail

‘A substantial and satisfying novel which adroitly combines the personal and political into an engrossing narrative’
The Independent

‘Hall shows with aplomb that a coroner is just as able to become a detective (and, in this case, advance into the world of spooks) as the forensic pathologists of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs’
Sunday Times Culture

‘A gripping tale of a mother’s courage …’
The Independent
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'...relevant and unnerving.'
USA Today
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‘… intelligent and intricate, and grips from beginning to end.’
Woman and Home

‘This big, well-executed debut novel by screenwriter and producer M R Hall has meaty characters and a chewy plot in the Lynda La Plante style’
Guardian

‘…strongly characterized, The Coroner hold attention from the first to the last.’
Daily Express

‘A fast paced debut thriller’
The Times

‘M R Hall … writes convincingly and compellingly of the difficulties facing anybody who cares to challenge a crushing and often corrupt system in an attempt to establish the truth.’
Daily Mail

‘A brilliant, original and gripping crime novel – I can’t wait for M R Hall’s next one!’
Sophie Hannah

'‘Unputdonwnable debut introducing a fantastic feisty and convincingly flawed heroine’
Woman and Home Magazine

‘With its strong, likeable heroine and gritty themes, this is a compelling debut’
Sainsbury’s Magazine

‘A gripping debut novel.’
Daily Express

‘… a dark pleasure to read.’
Law Society Gazette

‘Perhaps it'll do for coroners' courts what CSI did for forensic science.’
The Observer

Full marks to Hall … he's come up with a highly-original central character who allows him to take a refreshingly-new slant on the crime fiction genre. I reckon she's (Jenny Cooper) going to be around for quite some time.’
Yorkshire Evening Post

‘M R Hall has created a wonderful heroine in a genre we haven’t seen before.’
Lynda La Plante