How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine

As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a forensic scientist. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes.

FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS. VATS OF ACID. PICKLED BODY PARTS.

Not the usual tools of trade, but for Chief Forensic Medical Scientist Derek and Forensic Secretary Pauline they were just part of a normal day in the office inside the world-famous Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London.

Derek has played a pivotal role in investigating some of the UK’s most high-profile mass disasters and murder cases. Derek’s innovative work on murder cases, in particular, has seen him credited as a pioneer of forensic medical science, after developing ground-breaking techniques that make it easier to secure a conviction and also identify a serial killer.

Warmly recalled and brilliantly told, these intriguing revelations will open your eyes to the dark world inhabited by those who investigate death and murder (typically most horrid), and unveil the secrets of how each case is solved.

• Forensic pathology memoirs have proved to be incredibly popular recently, including Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd (over 100k tcm) who will provide a foreword.
• Other comparable titles include All That Remains by Professor Sue Black (over 58k tcm) and Stiff by Mary Roach (20k tcm).
• This will be forensic science’s answer to Adam Kay, an often humorous but tender account of the fragility of human lives.
• Derek and Pauline’s unique relationship will be of great interest to the press and they are willing to support a broad media campaign.

Competition: Unnatural Causes;All That Remains;Traces;When The Dogs Don’t Bark;The Prison Doctor;This Is Going To Hurt;Beyond The Tape;Smoke Gets In Your Eyes;Stiff. by Dr Richard Shepherd;Sue Black;Marie Cassidy;Adam Kay;Caitlin Doughty;Mary Roach;Dr Amanda Brown;Christopher-Berry Dee