I wasn't sure about this book at first - I don't really find a Medical Examiner/Coroner's job a very interesting one.  But I was running low on reading material and starting to panic.

Not a bad start to a series. Interesting blend of humour and drama.  Most of the humor is of the slapstick variety and almost always at Mattie's expense.  I hate to even use these most over used words in cozy mysterydom but those humorous moments were a bit Stephanie Plum-ish.  There.  But that doesn't mean "Stephanie Plum move over"!!!  I'm just saying the type of humor in these scenes is similar.

All the characters are interesting and likeable and the murder mystery was well done.  That's more than enough for me to read the next one.