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Unnatural Causes

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What to expect

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

Critics Review

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

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Dr Richard Shepherd
Narrator Richard Shepherd
Duration 11 hours and 46 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405930192
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Forensic medicine, Memoirs, Pathology, Sociology: death and dying, True crime
Availability AU, GB, IE, US
Rating
5.0 (2 reviews)
Narration
5.0 (2 reviews)

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