TOTEM The must-read of 2026
"A wonderfully written and exceptionally well-timed eco-thriller"
Irish Independent
She’s a high-flying city lawyer.
He’s from the backwoods. Their fated meeting changes everything...
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Matthew has written seven books in the Jenny Cooper Coroner series. Other books include The Black Art of Killing and Totem.
Keeping Faith is the winner of best writer, best composer and best actress categories in the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2018.
Coroner is a major TV series set in Canada, inspired by Mathew Hall's best-selling Jenny Cooper Coroner series of books.
Matthew lives on the border of England and Wales where he spent much of his childhood and most of his adult life.
He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Worcester College, Oxford from where he graduated in law.
After several years in practice as a barrister in London he began his writing career with episodes of the hit ITV show, Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw.
His first original series, Wing and a Prayer, was nominated for a BAFTA in the best series category. In a screenwriting career spanning 30 years he has written over 60 hours of prime- time UK drama winning several awards including a BAFTA Cymru in 2018 for Keeping Faith.
Matthew's debut novel, The Coroner, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger in 2009 as was his fourth novel, The Flight, in 2012.
In a new departure, his latest novel, Totem, is set largely in British Columbia and promises to be the first in a series featuring lawyer, Jessie Cunningham.
