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Shallow Graves

My Life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

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Shallow Graves

By: Ray Fysh
Narrated by: Michael Chance
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 Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author

The murder of Sarah Payne, Adam the Thames Torso, the London bombings, the Night Stalker and the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko... The solving of all these cases can be linked to one man: Ray Fysh, a Charlton Athletic fan from Woolwich, a natural raconteur and also one of the finest forensic detectives the country has ever seen.

Ray began work for the Met Police in the 1970s when forensic investigation was seen as little more than a geeky side show, only in existence to confirm or eliminate evidence. But by the mid 90s Ray and his team had made huge progress in their field, contributing to the UK becoming a world-leading innovator in forensic techniques, with Ray himself being named as Special Adviser to the Forensic Science Service. As the SA, Ray worked alongside Senior Investigating Officers from day one of a case, directing his team to identify forensic opportunities and harvest case-cracking clues.

As Ray looks back over his career at the cases he worked on, the reader is given unparalleled insight into the highs and lows of an astonishing career, the historic classist snobbery of the Met and the stunning realities of crime and forensics©2022 Ray Fysh (P)2022 Bonnier Books UK Crime Law Social Sciences True Crime Forensics Murder Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Absolutely loved this book. Extremely fascinating and well narrated. Didn't want it to end

5*

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I don't think I've got through an audiobook as quickly as I did this one. I couldn't 'put it down' (digitally speaking)! It's fantastically well written and the narrator is excellent. The stories are tragic and horrifying, and what makes it worse is knowing that the service Ray and his colleagues provided is no longer available. That is an utter travesty, but not a surprise given everything else has been privatised.

I listen to A LOT of true crime, but this is up there with the best of them. Thank you for your service and your stories Mr Fysh!!

Fantastic

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Good listen and interesting stories, good to hear how the forensic lab works, I’ve given it four stars as i have to agree with some of the other reviews, Ray Fysh coming across as being full of his own self importance, very much “I” did this, “I” done that, rarely says “we”

Overall a great listen but…

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The perfect book for anyone interested in Forensic science and true crime. Highly recommended and very impressive.

Fantastic Listening

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I liked the technical detail and the lack of personal soul searching which is So Often present in books of this genre, inserted at the behest of the publishers I am sure. So here is a factual but readable book which Is very enjoyable to listen too.

Lots of technical detail accessibly explained.

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Good narration and explanation of technical points make for a fascinating listen. Great book and worth a go.

G re at factual listen

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really enjoyed the narration of this book. Many interesting stories about some of Britain's biggest cases.

interesting listen

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captivating from start to finish. loved every minute of this book. an insight into the very interesting work of Ray Fysh.
Highly recommended.

Highly recommended one of the best audiobooks yet

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Fantastically listening and hats off to Ray Fysh! A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable audio book

All of it was fascinating

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The whole book was great, enjoyed the chapters being cases with a narrative running through it, well written and great narration

Great narration and story

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