What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry
By: Ben Cave
4.26
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind
By: Katherine Ramsland , None
4.14
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
The defendant told the jury that he did not kill girlfriend. He "did," however, admit to dismemberi… read more
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2. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue
By: Peter Everett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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3. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases
By: Ray Fysh
4.34
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author The murder of Sarah Payne, Ad… read more
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4. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey
By: Wendy Joseph
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more
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5. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
By: Richard Shepherd
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more
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"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
6. What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert
By: Peter Faulding
3.59
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping a… read more
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7. Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist
By: Ed Patrick
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching a… read more
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8. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here
By: Benji Waterhouse
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more
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9. No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective
By: Jess McDonald
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
'Probably the most important book on the state of British policing you'll ever read' Graham Bartlet… read more
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10. In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist
By: Sohom Das
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that h… read more
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11. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry
By: Ben Cave
4.26
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more
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12. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
By: Kerry Daynes
4.03
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more
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"There is no them and us, it is just us."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
13. And How Does That Make You Feel?: Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Therapy
By: Joshua Fletcher
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the closed door of the therapist's office? Psychotherapi… read more
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14. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
By: Gwen Adshead
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more
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15. The Seven Ages of Death
By: Richard Shepherd
4.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Conducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine … read more
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16. The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails
By: Vanessa Frake
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Se… read more
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17. Jak człowiek staje się mordercą. Mroczne opowieści psychiatry sądowego
By: Richard Taylor
3.94
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Ker… read more
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18. What Lies Buried: A forensic psychologist's true stories of madness, the bad and the misunderstood
By: Kerry Daynes
4.35
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
Kerry Daynes, leading forensic psychologist, opens up the case files of some of her most perplexing… read more
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19. Stitched Up
By: Shahed Yousaf
4.18
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists? Told from the inside out, th… read more
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20. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life
By: Kate Marshall
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more
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21. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories
By: Chris Atkins
4.34
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more
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22. When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster
By: Lucy Easthope
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK's leading authority on recovering from disaster. She's the one th… read more
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23. Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care
By: Jim Down
4.36
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' - Adam KayIn these stor… read more
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24. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison
By: Alex South
4.52
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h… read more
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25. I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies: The Curious Encounters of a Forensic Psychiatrist
By: Rhona Morrison
3.82
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and… read more
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26. Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.
By: Rebecca Myers
3.97
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he want… read more
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27. To Hunt a Killer: How I Brought Melanie Road’s Murderer to Justice
By: Julie Mackay
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
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28. Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence
By: Taj Nathan
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
' Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much about law as it is about minds' … read more
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29. A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and despair
By: Belinda Black
4.49
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and o… read more
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30. Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion
By: Jonathan Levi and Emma French
3.59
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
HMP Wakefield. 'Monster Mansion'. Hell to be inside. Almost impossible to escape. This prison has s… read more
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