{"title":"Books by Professor Dame Sue Black","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781529176605","title":"Written In Bone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Gripping from the start, \u003c\/i\u003eWritten in Bone\u003ci\u003e is superb'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of \u003c\/i\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black' \u003c\/b\u003e- Val McDermid, author of \u003c\/i\u003eStill Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Macabre, authoritative and fascinating.' \u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of us has a tale to tell. What we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently for months, years, sometimes centuries, until a forensic anthropologist is called upon to decipher it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of this information is easily understood, some holds its secrets tight and needs scientific cajoling to be released. But by carefully piecing together the evidence, the facts of a life can be rebuilt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimb by limb, case by case - some criminal, some historical, some unaccountably bizarre - Sue Black reconstructs with intimate sensitivity and compassion the hidden stories in what we leave behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Sue Black:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Sue Black has a rare ability to make blood and bones come alive.  A marvellous writer. \u003c\/i\u003eRuth Davidson, SMP\u003cbr\u003e'The corpse whisperer ... Is it okay for Black, or us, to enjoy this quite so much?'\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating' - Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eGripping' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moving' - \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Engrossing' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206183649458,"sku":"9781529176605","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529176605.jpg?v=1786022333"},{"product_id":"9781784162818","title":"All That Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly gripping'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Fascinating'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Moving'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Engrossing'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sue Black confronts death every day. As a 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and examining what her life and work has taught her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part memoir, part science, part meditation on death, her book is compassionate, surprisingly funny, and it will make you think about death in a new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUE BLACK'S NEW BOOK, \u003ci\u003eWRITTEN IN BONE\u003c\/i\u003e, IS OUT NOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isn't. I found it invigorating!' \u003cb\u003e(Andrew Marr, \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 4 'Start the Week'\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Black's 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 \"as much about life as about death\"' \u003cb\u003e(PD Smith \u003ci\u003eGuardian)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An engrossing memoir . . . an affecting mix of personal and professional'\u003ci\u003e (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Financial Times)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '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' \u003cb\u003e(Rowan Williams, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'For someone whose job is identifying corpses, Sue Black is a cheerful soul . . . \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains \u003c\/i\u003efeels like every episode of 'Silent Witness', pre-fictionalised. Except, you know, really good' \u003cb\u003e(Helen Rumbelow, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305155604853,"sku":"9781784162818","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781784162818_ae766954-ffbc-47de-ba4c-07ec4c38c5d4.jpg?v=1786026074"},{"product_id":"9781529960877","title":"An Expert Witness","description":"Sue Black, the UK’s leading forensic scientist, has forty years’ experience analysing criminal case evidence. And acting as an expert witness, over the same period she has repeatedly put her research and reputation on the line, all in the name of justice.   Now in An Expert Witness she puts forensic science itself on trial. From nineteenth-century poisonings to modern sex crimes, the first identification techniques to the possibilities provided by artificial intelligence, Sue traces the evolution of forensics. She shows how the scientist sits in a fraught but critical relationship with both our law enforcers and the Law. And she reminds us that while there have been huge leaps forward – the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, Sue’s own vein identification research – there are also cases like Andrew Malkinson, wrongly convicted and imprisoned for seventeen years, which demonstrate the horror when mistakes are made.   In the third book of a trilogy that includes All That Remains and Written in Bone, Sue uses shocking landmark cases to tell the story of forensic science: In which cases did justice prevail? Why do things go wrong? What should we fight to preserve? And why does this book mark the end to a key part of her extraordinary career.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369010475381,"sku":"9781529960877","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529960877_06f79d8d-4365-4c94-b248-b048e9a71fc9.jpg?v=1786023130"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-professor-dame-sue-black.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}