When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she s hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of Marshall himself? Jenny s curiosity is aroused. Why was Marshall behaving so strangely before he died? What injustice was he planning to uncover? And what caused his abrupt change of...

Nazim Jamal and Rafi Hassan vanished without a trace. The police revealed that the students had been under surveillance, and that it was likely they left the country to pursue their dangerous ideals. Seven years later, Nazim's grief-stricken mother is still unconvinced. Could coroner Jenny Cooper hold the key to the disappearance?

The body of a dead man is discovered in a cemetery in Bristol, the sign of the cross gouged into his flesh. At first it seems to coroner Jenny Cooper that it's suicide. Then a young priest arrives, entreating Jenny to hold an inquest into the death of Eva Donaldson, a political campaigner whose past life continued to haunt her.

Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of masculinities and sexualities in the twenty-first century.

Essence of Diplomacy explores the essential, timeless features of diplomacy, drawing on the historical record of over three millennia. In their effort at making international relations (IR) theory relevant to diplomacy, and diplomacy relevant to IR theory, the authors identify three essential dimensions of diplomacy: communication, representation and the reproduction of international society.