Unnatural Causes. Notes of a Forensic Expert: High-Profile Murders, Horrifying Terrorist Attacks, and Complicated Cases

About the Author

Richard Shepherd is the leading forensic expert in the UK, with over 40 years of experience and around 23,000 autopsies performed. He has been recognized as the chief expert on knives because he can determine from a wound what kind of cold weapon was used.


Features of the Book

1) Description of high-profile cases that everyone is curious about, plus new facts about them (the death of Princess Diana, the September 11 attacks, serial killer cases).
2) Description of an interesting, shocking, and unconventional profession.
3) Every reader will follow the cases along with the author, gradually uncovering the truth.
4) A bestseller in the UK, recognized by The Times as the main book of 2018.


What need does the book fulfill?

1) Interest in criminal cases, investigations, the desire to know the truth.
2) Learn about how forensic experts work and what happens in the first hours after a tragedy.
3) Interest in the author's personality.
4) Finding new insights for medical university students.


Expert's Review

«Dr. Richard Shepherd's book is unique in that it is the first to show readers the work of a forensic expert in the UK, its nuances, problems, and merits. Participation in the examination of crime scenes, working in the autopsy room, investigating high-profile cases including those involving mass human casualties, is all discussed by the author in a professional and very detailed manner, and his biography running throughout the work makes the book even more interesting. The book will be of interest to forensic experts who will find much in common with the work of domestic forensic experts, pathologists, as well as anyone interested in this subject matter». — Alexey Reshetun, forensic expert at the Moscow Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination, author of the book «Autopsy Will Show: Notes of an Enthusiastic Forensic Expert» and the blog mossudmed.livejournal.com