«This book holds within its pages the story of a life told with honesty, and this is partly why it is such a pleasure to read. A fascinating autobiography. Unputdownable.»

Live Ribble Valley

«A unique insight into a remarkable profession»

The Times

«His experiences, from morgue to court, are sometimes gruesome, always gripping»

Sunday Mirror

«The true crime book of the year; a thoughtful, revealing, chilling and bizarre record of an extraordinary life and profession»

Visit Norwich

«He recounts experiences in a gripping memoir that melds the personal and professional»

The People

«Must Read»

Daily Mail

«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

«Partly an autobiography, but also a love letter to pathology. It's dignified and graceful and painfully honest about the human and emotional cost of so much time with the dead. Insightful, moving and mesmerising»

Marylebone Journal

«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

«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

«A brilliantly written and compelling account of a medical detective who has worked on many appalling crimes and human tragedies»

Woman's Weekly

«Medical science books are rarely as gripping as Unnatural Causes. It's grimly fascinating, and I suspect I'll read it at least twice.»

Evening Standard