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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
by Richard Shepherd
★★★★★/★★★★★
Book Review: Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd
Positives
🔬Absolutely fascinating subject matter
🔬Written in a sensitive, but no nonsense way
The non fiction novel was written by Dr Richard Shepherd, arguably one of the UK's top and most well known forensic pathologists. This is a well-written, informative and captivating book which I devoured; in part due to my fascination with the subject matter but also because of how well written the book is.
Initially we meet Dr Shepherd as a young man starting out, and we see everything from his first post mortem, to his first time giving evidence at Court, to his first child being born. The book is set out almost on a case by case basis; where Dr Shepherd takes us through a very small selection of the approximate 23,000 post-mortems that he has carried out.
I found the evolution of the profession fascinating; so much has changed over what is a relatively short period of time and Dr Shepherd definitely comes across as someone who wants to move ahead with the times; his forward thinking within the novel can be seen in processes that are we now consider the norm; including his research into the restraining of prisoners.
I have read numerous novels based around forensic pathology, both as works of fiction and non-fiction, and I have to say that this is definitely one of my favourites. His writing style comes across as sensitive but factual; and I would highly recommend this book with an interest in the subject matter.
Book Review: Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd
Positives
🔬Absolutely fascinating subject matter
🔬Written in a sensitive, but no nonsense way
The non fiction novel was written by Dr Richard Shepherd, arguably one of the UK's top and most well known forensic pathologists. This is a well-written, informative and captivating book which I devoured; in part due to my fascination with the subject matter but also because of how well written the book is.
Initially we meet Dr Shepherd as a young man starting out, and we see everything from his first post mortem, to his first time giving evidence at Court, to his first child being born. The book is set out almost on a case by case basis; where Dr Shepherd takes us through a very small selection of the approximate 23,000 post-mortems that he has carried out.
I found the evolution of the profession fascinating; so much has changed over what is a relatively short period of time and Dr Shepherd definitely comes across as someone who wants to move ahead with the times; his forward thinking within the novel can be seen in processes that are we now consider the norm; including his research into the restraining of prisoners.
I have read numerous novels based around forensic pathology, both as works of fiction and non-fiction, and I have to say that this is definitely one of my favourites. His writing style comes across as sensitive but factual; and I would highly recommend this book with an interest in the subject matter.