Cold Blood

In prose as effortless as a snake's progress, Richard Kerridge has written a wry, wise and refreshingly understated memoir

Patrick Barkham, Guardian

Cold Blood casts an unexpected but beautiful love-light across ordinary England, and its uncaring reptiles and amphibians

Tim Dee, Observer

Subtle and meditative, lyrical and passionate

Gavin Francis

Simply wonderful…the natural history book I have been waiting for

Brett Westwood

A mix of memoir, science writing and humn to nature, this will propel Kerridge into the pantheon of great 21st-century nature writers. He tells the story of his fascination with reptiles and explains what it is to be cold blooded.

Patrick Neale, The Bookseller

[A] perceptive memoir...Cold Blood is proof that an early infatuation with the natural world can lead to a lifetime of wonder

Barbara Kiser, nature

Perceptive and original... Kerridge writes vividly of the natural world

Gerard Henderson, Daily Express

As a memoir, Cold Blood has the feel of a minor classic. It is exquisite. As a piece of nature writing, it is also rich, subtle and shot through with quiet passion

James McConnachie, Sunday Times

[A] perceptive memoir... Cold Blood is proof that an early infatuation with the natural world can lead to a lifetime of wonder

Pete Dommett, BBC Wildlife