9 Best memoir books like The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp

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The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

4.19

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and b…

If you liked the memoir plot in The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Did You Ever Have a Family

By: Bill Clegg

3.79

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about… read more

Similar categories in Bill Clegg's Did You Ever Have a Family book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
"I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore."

-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family

"The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned."

-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family

"[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it."

-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family

"[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code."

-Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family

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2. Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes

By: Emily Craig , Emily Craig

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Teasing Secrets from the Deadis a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the mos… read more

Similar categories in Emily Craig's Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science

3. Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

By: William M. Bass , Jon Jefferson

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention … read more

Similar categories in William M. Bass's Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • true crime
  • medical
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science

4. The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone

By: Charity Norman

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Girl meets boy. They fall in love, and they marry. For thirty years they share one another's lives.… read more

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5. Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: And Other Life (and Death) Lessons from the Front Lines of Forensics

By: Dana Kollmann

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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6. Written on the Skin

By: Liz Porter

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A crime scene investigator notes the tiny indentations on the fragments of a tin can identified at … read more

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7. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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8. Take Two

By: Danielle Hawkins

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant, funny new novel from the bestselling, beloved Danielle Hawkins'Take Two is that rare a… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Hawkins's Take Two book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

Similar categories in Charity Norman's Remember Me book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • crime
  • contemporary
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10. 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

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
"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

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11. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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12. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator by Patricia Wiltshire

13. Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator

By: Patricia Wiltshire

3.60

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where natu… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wiltshire's Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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14. 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

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's The Seven Ages of Death book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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15. The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

4.19

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and b… read more

Similar categories in Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • science
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16. 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

Similar categories in Kate Marshall's Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

Similar categories in Pippa Latour's The Last Secret Agent book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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18. No Life for a Lady

By: Hannah Dolby

4.05

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

It's remarkable how men react when women break the rules... but the people of Hastings are about to… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Dolby's No Life for a Lady book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Going Under

By: Sonia Henry

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A darkly funny and sexy novel that blows the lid off the medical profession and life inside a hospi… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Henry's Going Under book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • medical
  • medicine
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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20. Missing Persons

By: Steve Braunias

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Twelve extraordinary tales of a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand's award-winning mas… read more

Similar categories in Steve Braunias's Missing Persons book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother by Ineke Meredith

21. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

By: Ineke Meredith

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more

Similar categories in Ineke Meredith's On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother book and Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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3.79

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John Boyne

4.33

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4.13

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Leah Purcell

4.11

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