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All That Remains

bySue Black, Sue Black (Read by)

A Life in Death

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of All That Remains by Professor Sue Black, read by the author.

Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All that Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her.

Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sue’s book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel. Our own death will remain a great unknown. But as an expert witness from the final frontier, Sue Black is the wisest, most reassuring, most compelling of guides.

‘Dame Sue Black writes about life and death with great tenderness but no nonsense, with impeccable science lucidly explained, and with moral depths humanely navigated, so that we can all feel better about the path we must all inevitably follow. I am genuinely glad I read this book.’ – Lee Child

‘Compelling, brave and extremely accessible... A must for anyone who thinks about the basics of living and dying. And there are jokes as well.’ – Rachel Joyce

One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isn’t. I found it invigorating!

Andrew Marr, BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week'

About Sue Black

Professor Dame Sue Black is one of the world’s leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. She is also the President of John’s College, Oxford and previously Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University and past President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. From 2003 to 2018 she was Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee.
She was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team's work in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo, and she was one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami to provide assistance in identifying the dead. Sue was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to forensic anthropology. She was inducted to the Order of the Thistle in Edinburgh on 3 July 2024.
She is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-wining Sunday Times bestsellers All That Remains and Written in Bone.
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  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • ISBN: 9781473559257
  • Length: 720 minutes
  • Price: £12.00
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