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Traces

The memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator

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By: Patricia Wiltshire
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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'Engrossing, emotionally honest and forensically fascinating' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes

In Traces, Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where nature and crime are intertwined.

She'll take you searching for bodies of loved ones - through woodlands, along hedgerows, field-edges, and through plantations - solving time since death, and disposal of remains, from ditches to living rooms. She will give you glimpses of her own history: her loves, her losses, and the narrow little valley in Wales where she first woke up to the wonders of the natural world. Pat will show you how her work with a microscope reveals tell-tale traces of the world around us, and how these have taken suspects of the darkest criminal activities to court.

From flowers, fungi, tree trunks to car pedals, walking boots, carpets, and corpses' hair, Traces is a fascinating, unique, and utterly compelling audiobook on life, death, and one's indelible link with nature. Law Nature & Ecology Professionals & Academics Science Science & Technology Social Sciences True Crime Crime Forensics
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When I finished the book, it felt as if I had lost a friend. This remarkable scientist revealed a world so fascinating in such a captivating style, that I could not stop listening to it. It must me a delight to share her life.

Fascinating and captivating

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maybe the narrator could have made the author sound less arrogant..? Otherwise a very interesting listen.

Very interesting but

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Author came across as arrogant. Put me off, couldn’t listen after chapter 5. Even though interesting topic.

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