Unflinching' THE TIMES 'A finely-crafted detective story' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Enlightening, strangely uplifting' DAILY MAIL 'Fascinating' DAILY EXPRESS _________ Dr Richard Shepherd, a medical detective and Britain's top forensic pathologist, shares twenty-four of his most intriguing, enlightening and never-before-told cases. Arguably the good stuff is in the first half as he starts to switch focus from the cases to himself as the book winds up. Dr Shepherd has the ability to intertwine scientific facts and personal anecdotes to create a context for every case and story. But the honesty of not everything having an ending that ties up all the pieces is realistic, this isn't fiction. Some cases are so famous that it invited all sorts of conspiracy theories like the case with Dr David Kelly, but Dr Shepard supported the attending forensic pathologist’s conclusion as well as explanation to debunk the conspiracy theories.

And again, his lyrical descriptions of the inside of the human body are astonishing: he even finds cancer beautiful. But some of my favourite parts of this book were the most personal ones - I think he's really struck the balance just right.The doctor's counter argument was that the boy could have stumbled off, disorientated by the fumes, and tried to get help. He has the ability to examine himself and other people with the same forensic eye that he applies to corpses – one of the many reasons why his books, though by definition morbid, feel so life-enhancing. The author tends to play detective, criticize the police and make very old school statements about nutrition in particular.

Dodatkowo statystyki, procesy zachodzące w organizmie czy wpływ konkretnych substancji w konkretnych dawkach na zdrowie. I particularly liked how he explained that he didn’t always do the right thing or make the right decisions to stay healthy and he’s had a number of health scares and he’s human after all. It's much more than medical history, it is the story of modern life, the unique challenges each age presents, and our response to these maladies, why we choose to ignore the obvious implications until it's too late. Cigarettes were found nearby, which the police presumed he had smoked before his death but were later found to have Amelia's DNA on them. The theme of the seven ages makes it more memorable as it delivers a long but entertaining lesson on the subject of ageing.Nothing was found, and Dr Shepherd discovered that parents were professionals, living in a middle-class area with no evidence of drinking or drug abuse in the home.

While the same mud and pollen from the murder scene was found on Clare's mum's trainers, this could not be used as evidence as the park was nearby their home and Clare's mother could have easily gone to visit with her daughter. While the inspector wished to take the case against the couple forward, the CPS did not feel it was sufficient. Decomposition of the body had left many unanswered questions, also limiting the ability of toxicologists to identify any poison in his system. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd.

Shepherd also offers advice on how to avoid ending up on his slab prematurely, but endearingly admits to an inability to follow it himself: he made his prostate cancer worse by ignoring the symptoms – he was “too busy to have cancer” – and admits to developing a serious drinking problem during lockdown. That first book was more of a biography threaded through strange or controversial cases worked on by this pathologist. He gives us more stories from his fascinating occupation as a forensic pathologist and has split the book to cover different age groups. In 2013, Scotland Yard said the 31-year-old, a brilliant mathematician who worked for the intelligence agency GCHQ, probably died by accident after getting into the bag on his own. has always scared me, but in the final chapter, Dr Shepherd, whose beliefs and ideas about this terrifying process are remarkably insightful, managed to dispel some of my fears.