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Cynric Temple-Camp.
Cause of death :true stories of death and murder from a New Zealand pathologist
329 pages.
Cover subtitle: True stories of death and murder from a New Zealand pathologist.Contents: The makings of a pathologist -- The exhumation -- The naked woman -- A tale of two publicans -- A touch of madness -- Drug mule -- The devil comes to town -- In the arms of ecstasy -- Trouble with the babysitter -- The circumstances of death -- The smallest speck of evidence -- Accidents, accidents, accidents -- Questionable evidence? -- Victims of a disaster -- Dangerous elements -- The Privy Council and beyond.
Summary: Forensic and coronial pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp lifts the lid on some of the most fascinating cases he's worked on during his 30-year career as a corpse investigator. Told with great skill, full of suspense, cliff-hangers and bizarre and surprising twists in the narrative, most of the examinations are at crime scenes, and there's a real sense of adventure as Dr Temple-Camp heads off, often in the middle of the night, into the unknown. A forensic pathologist is, in Dr Temple-Camp's own words: 'Someone who cuts up the dead to find out why they died'. Dr Temple-Camp's stories of spontaneous combustion, a gruesome murder right beneath the control tower at Christchurch Airport, a mysterious death in an historic homestead, rare diseases, drug-mules, devil-worshippers, cot-deaths, landmark cases, and exhumations will shock and entertain, make you squirm but also occasionally pull at the heartstrings.