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Unnatural Causes Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Dr Richard Shepherd (Author, Narrator), Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)

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Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.

'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak....'

He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.

He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating 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 disasters, '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.

Written and narrated by Dr Richard Shepherd, 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.

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Listening Length	11 hours and 46 minutes
Author	Dr Richard Shepherd
Narrator	Dr Richard Shepherd
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	20 September 2018
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07GY2NKQC
Best Sellers Rank	870 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Forensic Science Law 1 in Forensic Psychology (Books) 1 in Forensic Science (Books)

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Very good in parts. Too little pathology and too much Jen

Reviewed in Australia on 15 November 2018

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Quite a readable book. Dr Shepherd had some extremely interesting cases. Unfortunately large parts of the book were devoted to his family life and should have been subtitled "My life with Jen"

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Dave

a story of a families journey through life. Not a lot different from many others.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 December 2020

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started off O.K but then descended into a families struggle with life and work pressures not a lot different to many other families, Except that he had an important job at the start which he held all through the story line. The rest of the family all ended up with important careers in their own fields, I thought the book title was misleading and the story nothing special.

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MEW

Better than brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on 17 September 2020

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I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It deserves 10 stars. Subject matter utterly educational. Writing superb. I learned new facts from every paragraph. Simply could not put it down. Thank you Dr Richard for making such a magnificent effort of documenting your career as a Forensic Pathologist. I am in awe.

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All about humanity

Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2020

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Once upon a time I too harboured an ambition to be like Dr Shepherd. I then saw medicine take me in another direction and I have no regrets given his description of how forensic pathology has gone.
He does not say it in so many words, but this book is all about humanity, our connectness and how we are diminished by another’s death (to paraphrase Donne).

Well done Dr Shepherd.

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Julia

No real gore no schmulch just superbly written and narrated.

Reviewed in Australia on 29 June 2019

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I loved this. Great voice to listen to. So many cases I remember being main news when I was younger. Very interesting. Made you realise that politics are everywhere.

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Interesting for True crime fans

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2020

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Well written, very interesting for us folk who read a lot of true crimes. Gives us an inside to the poor health professions who have to deal with these unfortunate victims of crime

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KiwiJu

Highly recommended!

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2019

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Accessible, educational, and completely fascinating. Dr Shepherd explains his work as a forensic pathologist in a very readable way. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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Toni E. Hoffman

Interesting read

Reviewed in Australia on 6 March 2020

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Very much enjoyed this book, loved the drs honesty , insight and sense of humour, a tough job but a respectful dr, well written

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Joanne

A bit of self indulgent writing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2019

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So I had this book recommended to me by another medical colleague who raved about 'the honesty' and openness of the author and this juxtaposition with his scientific insight and knowledge. I have to say that I found his writing smug and somewhat arrogant in that he seemed always to have thought about critical difficulties ahead of them happening such as "I remember thinking to myself at the time of Rachel Nickell's death that it was unlikely that Colin Stagg was the murderer" but then doing nothing about it. Additionally, he seemed to get certain things absolutely wrong. The Sally Clarke case was the tipping point for me where Shepherd speaks highly about the now very discredited work of Prof Roy Meadows and others yet says next to nothing about the fact that Sally Clarke's conviction was overturned because their work was nonsense! He bemoans the fact that they were unlucky and how any professional would have made the same call, but this just sounds like an unwillingness to consider that they were plain wrong to me!

If you want a book that pretends to be a casebook on a Forensic Pathologist's work, and you don't mind having to wade through some padding, this might be worth a shot. If you find it a bit tedious to have to read someone's opinions on matters through the lens of a white middle class male who is clearly very pro establishment and doesn't want to question or even consider what the alternative might be, steer clear.

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Chris S

Excellent, a most surprising page turner

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2018

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I heard about this book when Jeremy Vine interviewed Richard Shepherd on his Radio 2 programme and was blown away by the discussion, so I immediately ordered a copy - what a good decision that was. Knowing very little about forensic pathology - apart from what I'd picked up on BBC TV's Silent Witness! - this is so well written that it all made perfect sense.
When considered from a biographical perspective, about someone I'd never heard of before, it was a fascinating and very touching read.
And it's a genuine 'page turner'. I have no idea how he managed to write this, let alone make it so fascinating, but whether you like adventure, biography, crime, pathos, anecdote, or just good writing, I highly recommend it.

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A compulsive read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2018

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This is the endearingly honest biography of a man who has spent his life cutting up dead people to find out how they died. Difficult to read in parts, Doctor Shepherd's professionalism and his evident passion for his job make this book fascinating rather than macabre.

He talks about his more famous cases - Diana, Hungerford, 9/11, ISIS attacks, Shipman - but also about the minutiae of routine deaths. His own struggle to handle the impact of seeing so many terrible things (which eventually lead to PTSD) is sensitively discussed.
I was educated, entertained and fascinated. I would recommend this highly to everyone.

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Brilliant Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2018

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Having had the pleasure of assisting you with note taking during my time in the police, you have always been a pleasure to work for. Nothing is too much trouble for you. You and your wife are very highly thought of by both myself and former colleagues. I wish you all the best.

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S. Shearston

Boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2019

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Pedestrian style, padded with a boring marriage. Maybe four or five interesting cases, covered in a couple of pages each and off we go back to a humourless home.

Plenty of judgemental observations on other professionals, but not acceptable when directed at the author.

I have worked in mortuaries and can identify with some aspects of the narrative, but there is so much more that can be described in depth. I learnt nothing of forensic pathology from this book.

He learns to fly, but we discover nothing much about it. He argues with his wife (or rather, he doesn't) and then goes to work, which he manages to make boring.

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