An absolutely brilliant book. I really recommend it:
By Richard ShepherdTHE TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
One of the most captivating books I have read in a long time. Gripping, a moving page-turner. A book I could not put down' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR (2018)
The Book:
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.
He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including 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 disaster, '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. 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.
Thoughtful, revealing, chilling and always unputdownable, if you liked All That Remains, War Doctor and This is Going to Hurt you'll love this.
The Book Book Reviewed:
The dead don’t hide the truth and they certainly never lie. Though the dead can clearly speak.
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, who solves the mysteries of unexplained and sudden death. He's a detective in his own right. And he has one, ultimate and pressing question to answer: How did this person die?
Unnatural Causes is an unputdownable record of an extraordinary life, a unique insight into a remarkable profession, and above all a powerful and supportive demonstration to lives cut short.
Dr Shepherd has faced serial killers, natural catastrophes, 'perfect murders' and freak accidents, all in the quest of the truth. And while he's been involved in some of the most high-profiled complicated cases of recent times, it's often the less difficult ones that prove to have the more hidden genders.
Well-known encounters prove the most perplexing, fascinating and even curious. In or out of the public eye, his evidence has put killers behind bars, freed the innocent and turned open-and-shut cases on their heads. But a life in death, bearing witness to some of humanity's dimmest corners, exacts a price and Shepherd doesn't cringe from counting the cost to him and his family.
One of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time. Engrossing, a haunting page-turner. Yet again another book that I could not put down.