'Utterly gripping' - The Guardian 'Fascinating' - The Sunday Times 'Moving' - Scotsman
'Engrossing' - Financial Times 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. In All That Remains 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. 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. 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.
________ SUE BLACK'S NEW BOOK WRITTEN IN BONE IS OUT NOW _________ 'One might expect [this
book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isn't. I found it invigorating!' (Andrew Marr BBC
Radio 4 'Start the Week') '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' (PD Smith Guardian) 'An engrossing
memoir . . . an affecting mix of personal and professional' (Erica Wagner Financial Times) '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' (Rowan
Williams New Statesman) 'For someone whose job is identifying corpses Sue Black is a cheerful
soul . . . All That Remains feels like every episode of 'Silent Witness' pre-fictionalised.
Except you know really good' (Helen Rumbelow The Times)
