<p>Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.</p> <p>'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak....'</p> <p>He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.</p> <p>He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre, the Princess Diana inquiry, and 9/11.</p> <p>He has faced serial killers, natural disasters, 'perfect murders' and freak accidents.</p> <p>His evidence has put killers behind bars, freed the innocent and turned open-and-shut cases on their heads.</p> <p>Yet all this has come at a huge personal cost.</p> <p>Written and narrated by Dr Richard Shepherd, <i>Unnatural Causes </i>tells the story of not only the cases and bodies that have haunted him the most, but also how to live a life steeped in death.</p> <p></p>