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All That Remains

All That Remains

A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving CrimesBlack, Sue

All That Remains

Length11h 40m

About this audiobook

Book of the Year, Saltire Literary Awards A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the MonthFor fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, Kathy Reichs, and CSI shows, a renowned forensic scientist on death and mortality.Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller readers, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all.Cutting through hype, romanticism, and cliché, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one's death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. She uses key cases to reveal how forensic science has developed and what her work has taught her about human nature.Acclaimed by bestselling crime writers and fellow scientists alike, All That Remains is neither sad nor macabre. While Professor Black tells of tragedy, she also infuses her stories with a wicked sense of humor and much common sense.

Identity

Crime

Mystery

Grief

Hidden Identity

Psychological

Family

Exploration

Detective

Healing

Audiobook details

GenreTrue Crime

Length11 hrs 40 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateNov 3, 2020

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11: Silent teachers

129: The body mutilated (pt. 2)

22: Our cells and ourselves (pt. 1)

1310: Kosovo (pt. 1)

32: Our cells and ourselves (pt. 2)

1410: Kosovo (pt. 2)

43: Death in the family

1511: When disaster strikes

54: Death up close and personal

1612: Fate, fear and phobias (pt. 1)

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65: Ashes to ashes

1712: Fate, fear and phobias (pt. 2)

76: Dem bones

1813: An ideal solution

87: Not forgotten

19Epilogue

98: Invenerunt corpus – body found! (pt. 1)

20The man from Balmore

108: Invenerunt corpus – body found! (pt. 2)

21Acknowledgements

119: The body mutilated (pt. 1)

22Index

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