Education
Hall was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and, Oxford (1985-1988) where he graduated in law. He was called to the Bar in 1990 and practised as a barrister at 5, King"s Bench Walk before becoming a full-time writer in 1995.
( When Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates the fata...)
When Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates the fatal plunge of a man from a motorway bridge, she little suspects that it has any connection with the sudden death of a friend’s 13 year old daughter from a deadly strain of meningitis. But as Jenny pieces together the dead man’s last days, she’s drawn into a mystery whose dark ripples stretch across continents and back through decades. In an investigation which will take her into the sinister realms of unbridled human ambition and corrupt scientific endeavor, Jenny is soon forced to risk the love and lives of those closest to her, as a deadly race to uncover the truth begins.
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( When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale Distr...)
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 heart? In the face of powerful and sinister forces determined to keep both the truth hidden and the troublesome coroner in check, Jenny embarks on a lonely and dangerous one-woman crusade for justice which threatens not only her career but also her sanity.
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(A MOTHER’S ONLY CHILD. A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. A SEARCH ...)
A MOTHER’S ONLY CHILD. A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH THAT COULD COST JENNY COOPER HER JOB—AND MAYBE HER LIFE. SEVERN VALE DISTRICT CORONER JENNY COOPER signed up for the job imagining a quiet life in the English countryside—a chance to repair her relationship with her college-age son and to conquer a frightening addiction to pills that emerged in the wake of her painful divorce. But then Amira Jamal shows up at her office demanding an inquest. Seven years ago, Jamal’s son vanished along with his friend, and the boys, both Muslim university students, have now been officially declared dead. As Jenny begins to investigate their disappearance, she discovers a deepening mystery that appears to involve not only British Security Services but also a shady American agent, an unidentified body, and a missing nuclear scientist. In the face of determined resistance from an Establishment that would prefer the grim truth remain buried, Jenny must fight to control her own inner demons and to bring unspeakable crimes to justice.
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Hall was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and, Oxford (1985-1988) where he graduated in law. He was called to the Bar in 1990 and practised as a barrister at 5, King"s Bench Walk before becoming a full-time writer in 1995.
He is sometimes credited as M. R. Hall. He began his television career writing episodes of Kavanagh Queen's Counsel. In 1996/7 he created and wrote the legal series Wing and a Prayer which ran for two seasons and was the first drama production aired by the newly formed Channel 5. The series was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts in the best television series category in 1997.
Hall"s other screen credits include episodes of BBC1"s Dalziel and Pascoe, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Life Support and Holby City.
Independent Television credits include episodes of A&East, Foyle"s War, Blue Murder and the 2003 television film Loving You. He was the co-creator and lead writer of the BBC1 series New Street Law which aired in 2006/7.
Together with the screenwriter and novelist G. F. Newman he founded the production company One Eyed Dog, most notable for producing Judge John Deed for BBC1. Hall is the son of classical musician Ian Rex Hall formerly of the Philharmonia Orchestra and writer Rebecca Hughes-Hall.
They have two sons.
( When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale Distr...)
( When Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates the fata...)
(A MOTHER’S ONLY CHILD. A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. A SEARCH ...)