Unnatural Causes, Richard Shepherd
Unnatural Causes, Richard Shepherd
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Unnatural Causes
The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Author: Richard Shepherd

Narrator: Richard Shepherd

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 09/20/2018


Synopsis

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.

'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'

He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.
He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre, the Princess Diana inquiry, and 9/11.
He has faced serial killers, natural disasters, 'perfect murders' and freak accidents.
His evidence has put killers behind bars, freed the innocent, and turned open-and-shut cases on their heads.
Yet all this has come at a huge personal cost.

Written and narrated by Dr Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes tells the story of not only the cases and bodies that have haunted him the most, but also how to live a life steeped in death.

'Puts the reader at his elbow as he wields the scalpel' Guardian

'Fascinating, gruesome yet engrossing' Richard and Judy, Daily Express

'Fascinating, insightful, candid, compassionate' Obersver

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on August 29, 2018

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. When I saw this on Netgalley, I was intrigued. I was already reading a book on the concept of death and what comes after for bodies (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers) so I was fascinated to read about the work of a pathologis......more

Goodreads review by Anna on February 14, 2019

Unnatural Causes suffers from a misleading blurb; this book wasn't written to share some of the science behind forensic pathology, but as a kind of therapy for the author as he nears retirement. That's not what I signed up for and why it gets two stars. I bought the book because I was interested in l......more


Quotes

Unnatural Causes gives a sense of the toll that dealing with so many dead bodies takes. It's a very human book that looks at the cases he has been involved with, from the Hungerford massacre to the murder of Stephen Lawrence The Times (Books of the Year, 2018)

An unputdownable record of an extraordinary life 100 sizzling summer books, Daily Mail

One of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time. Engrossing, a haunting page-turner. A book I could not put down The Times

Fabulous . . . The UK's top pathologist investigating high-profile deaths such as that of Diana, Princess of Wales The Sunday Post

Puts the reader at his elbow as he wields the scalpel Guardian

Insightful, candid and compassionate Observer

Fascinating, gruesome yet engrossing Richard and Judy, Daily Express

Heart-wrenchingly honest Professor Sue Black, author of All That Remains

Darkly fascinating Daily Mirror

A deeply mesmerising memoir of forensic pathology. Human and fascinating Nigella Lawson