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The Natural History of Crime
- Case Studies in Death and the Clues Nature Leaves Behind
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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AS SEEN IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE UK'S NO.1 FORENSIC ECOLOGIST LOOKS AT HER MOST HIGH-PROFILE AND INTERESTING CASES...
'I love puzzles, and finding answers is the only truly enjoyable part of what I do.'
Professor Patricia Wiltshire is a forensic ecologist, her days spent at crime scenes collecting samples, standing over dead bodies in a mortuary, or looking down her microscope for evidence.
Working at the interface of where the criminal and natural world interact, Patricia has been involved in some of the most high-profile murder cases. Now, through a study of her most infamous, and fascinating cases - including the murder of Sarah Payne, and the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - Patricia will show us how she finds the answers to some of the worst crimes imaginable. Not only does she help the police solve crimes and give answers to the most bemusing circumstances, she can help to exonerate the innocent and enable confessions from the guilty.
In The Natural History of Crime we join Patricia in putting the puzzle together, teasing the evidence out of her cases and showing us all how life and death have always been, and always will be, intertwined. Nature has given us a messy, imperfect world, but her job is to help make sense of it when we need it to most.
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- Louise Drayton
- 28-04-24
Writer’s work is always compelling
Narrator’s voice is incredibly irritating unfortunately. The last book by this author was read by whom it was written. So much better.
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- Caron Clark
- 07-04-24
A brilliant listen!
A great book, full of interesting information about crimes even if you are not normally interested in plants and fauna. I didn’t realise how important these can be.
The narrater had a lovely welsh lilt which added to the pleasure of the book. The author came across as super intelligent and delightfully dotty!
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- Holly
- 09-04-24
excellent listen.
thoroughly enjoyed this book. fascinating how pollen, grains spores etc are used forensically to determine all sorts of things.
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- elizsheba
- 16-03-24
Thank you
For a very interesting book.
I am sorry that despite all vast knowledge and skills women like Patricia have still to prove their worth and be subjected to chauvinistic attitudes.
It is also upsetting that the system of police investigation and barristers work can not be trusted completely - because of the amount of mistakes, bad education, bias and simple laziness.
I hope the author has a school of forensic scientists or at least one pupil.
It s also vey touching how she loves her cat.
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