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

Written by Derek Tremain and Pauline Tremain

Narrated by John Sackville and Kim Hicks

As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a pathologist told by experts in the field. 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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jan 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9780008404901

Reviews for How to Solve a Murder

[Beth · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fascinating! If you have a morbid curiosity for how life works behing the scenes of forensic pathology then this is the book for you! Derek's chapters were especially interesting - that's where all the real gory/morbid stuff is happening. I found myself getting a little bit bored during Pauline's chapters as they seemed to be more about her life rather than the job, but overall the whole thing was really interesting.