Originally from South Africa, this author brings a pathologist's keen eye for the physical to his exploration of the human condition. His early career in war-torn Rhodesia, examining the dead and dying, imbued him with a unique perspective on mortality and resilience. Relocating to New Zealand, he delved into extensive casework, encountering a vast array of human experiences that honed his mastery of psychological realism. His writing often probes the essence of life and death, investigating what it means to be human in the face of adversity.
"Spontaneous combustion and exhumation, drug mules and devil worshippers, a gruesome killing beneath the Palmerston North Airport control tower, a mysterious death in a historic homestead, a first-hand dissection of the infamous Mark Lundy case ... In The cause of death, provincial pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp lifts the lid on the most unusual stories of death and murder he's encountered during his 30-year career"--Back cover
True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist From the number-one bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end. A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders ... In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp takes readers into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.