The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death

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In the vein of Dr. Judy Melinek’s Working Stiff, an account of the hair-raising and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California all over his four decades on the job—from high-profile deaths to serial killers, to Golden Gate Bridge suicides.

Marin County, California is a study in contradictions. Its natural beauty attracts thousands of visitors once a year, yet the county also is home to San Quentin Prison, one of the crucial oldest and largest penitentiaries in the country. Marin ranks in the top one percent of counties nationwide in relation to affluence and overall health, yet it’s far above the norm in drug overdoses and alcoholism, and accommodates a large percentage of suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Ken Holmes worked in the Marin County Coroner’s Place of job for thirty-six years, starting as a death investigator and ending as the three-term, elected coroner. As he grew into the job—which is different from what is depicted on tv—Holmes learned various skills, from finding hidden clues at death scenes, interviewing witnesses effectively, managing bystanders and reporters, preparing testimony for court to notifying families of a death with sensitivity and compassion. He also learned about different kinds of firearms, all types of drugs—prescription and illegal—and about certain unexpected and potentially fatal phenomena such as autoeroticism.

Complete with poignant anecdotes, The Education of a Coroner provides a firsthand and fascinating glimpse into the day by day life of a public servant whose work is dark and mysterious yet necessary for society to function.

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