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When the Dogs Don't Bark

A Forensic Scientist's Search for the Truth

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When the Dogs Don't Bark

By: Professor Angela Gallop
Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
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Kathy Reichs meets Fragile Lives in this fascinating and compelling memoir from the UK's most eminent forensic scientist and some of the most fascinating criminal investigations she has worked on.

'Finding the right answers is what forensic science is all about. What often matters even more, however, is asking the right questions.'

Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific evidence. With ever-more sophisticated and powerful techniques at their disposal, forensic scientists have an unprecedented ability to help solve even the most complex cases.

Angela Gallop has been a forensic scientist for over 40 years. After joining the Forensic Science Service, the first crime scene she attended was for a case involving the Yorkshire Ripper. As well as working on a wide range of cases in many countries around the world, she is now the most sought-after forensic scientist in the UK, where she has helped solve numerous high-profile cases, including the investigation that finally absolved the Cardiff Three, the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path murders and the killings of Stephen Lawrence, Damilola Taylor, Rachel Nickell and Roberto Calvi.

From the crime scene to the courtroom, When the Dogs Don't Bark is the remarkable story of a life spent searching for the truth.

©2019 Professor Angela Gallop (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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A wonderful and engaging insight into the world of forensic science. I have been recommending this book to anyone who will listen!

Absolutely fascinating

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If you are interested in forensics and real crime cases of the last 40 yrs this is a great listen into the real world of forensics, correct processes, and how it has advanced to present day including the review of high profile cases in UK.

Very interesting and informative

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This is an interesting book, however the narrator spoiled it a bit for me as she constantly swallows and you can hear her lips smacking and clearly gets very dry reading the book. It was a little off putting but the book is interesting nonetheless.

Narrator spoiled it

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This book is engaging. The author is obviously a very intelligent and dedicated forensic scientist but story telling is not one of her strong suits. There are vignettes of fascinating aspects of forensics but infuriatingly certain chapters end with things like "I can't remember the outcome of the case" or "but other things were to come into play that changed everything". Not enough detail is given to the reader to research the cases themselves and sometimes the "other things" that came into play are never referenced again within the book. There is also a very annoying habit throughout the book of the author referencing cases that are yet to come. For example, in chapter 26 the Damilola Taylor case is mentioned numerous times but this case is not discussed until Chapter 27. Perhaps the editor was out sick that day. This haphazard approach to detail and continuity does little to underscore what the book's main point is: that detail is everything. The last four chapters are interesting; an insight into the more business-oriented aspects of the author's career - I liked these chapters as there was great detail in them and it's interesting to get an insight into the business mind of this accomplished scientist. I wish the other chapters had this much focus and detail.

At times engaging but sometimes infuriating

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A very listenable description of a life spent in forensic investigation, including the changing technical innovations and the challenges and threats to the cause of justice in our cost driven world.

A must read if you believe in the importance of justice

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Lot of effort had gone in to this book. Despite my interest and curiosity in anything true crime I I found it extremely boring.

Not that great not that bad

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This was a brilliant book, quite possibly the best book of its type. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with an interest in forensic science or historic crime scenes

Fantastic

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For a topic that’s not a happy one, the audio made it enjoyable. Easy to listen too, good narration

Enjoyed this one!

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A well-written and very interesting listen. Every so often I'd check to see how far I'd got through and be pleasantly surprised to see a large number of chapters remaining. Very long but interesting and highly detailed

An interesting listen

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I found this book to be both interesting and in equal measures boring. The lessons of being a good forensic scientist were repeated in nearly every chapter sometimes more than once. I really struggled to finish it as it got bogged down in too much detail, great if I was studying to be a forensic scientist but alas I just wanted to be entertained.

Good in parts

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