All That Remains

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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

Critics Review

One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isnu2019t. I found it invigorating!
BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week'
Blacku2019s utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology manages to be surprisingly life-affirming. As she herself says, it is u201cas much about life as about deathu201d.
Guardian
An engrossing memoir ... an affecting mix of the personal and professional.
Financial Times
A model of how to write about the effect of human evil without losing either objectivity or sensitivity ... Heartening and anything but morbid... Leaves you thinking about what kind of human qualities you value, what kinds of people you actually want to be with.
New Statesman
For someone whose job is identifying corpses, Sue Black is a cheerful soul ... All That Remains feels like every episode of Silent Witness, pre-fictionalized. Except, you know, really good.
The Times
This fascinating look by a world-leading forensic scientist at what the dead can tell us is a real eye-opener... Sue Black must be one of the most unusual people in Britainu2026 extraordinaryu2026part meditation, part popular science and part memoir...the book offers a close-up and startlingly clear view of a subject that makes most of us look away.
Sunday Times
The real thing here is not the cause of death, but the nature of the life. Black is genuinely moving about the respect we should have for the dead u2026 There is much to admire in this book.
Scotsman
Poignant and thoughtprovokingu2026 it is the booku2019s humanity which will connect with readers.
Scottish Daily Mail
Let [Sue Black] take you by the hand and lead you on a journey which will inspire your awe and devotion u2026 A wonderful surprise of a book.
The Tablet
Most of us are terrified of death, but Sue Black shows us that death is in fact a wondrous process, intimately tied with life itself. Written with warmth and humanity, All That Remains reveals her life among the dead, who can surely count her as their best friend.
Tess Gerritsen

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