Corrupt Bodies
death and dirty dealing at the morgue: shortlisted for cwa alcs dagger for non-fiction 2020
$47.44
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2019
Summary
Corrupt Bodies: Inside the UK’s Murder Morgue
In 1985, Peter Everett became the Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. After only six years, he’d climbed from a lowly assistant to running the UK’s busiest murder morgue. It seemed like a stroke of incredible luck.
But Southwark, mired in near-Victorian conditions, was a breeding ground for corruption. Attendants pilfered from the deceased, funeral homes offered bribes, and a lucrative black market thrived on stolen body parts …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785785528 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785785524 |
| Author: | Peter Everett, Kris Hollington |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 435g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 28mm |
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‘A seriously eye-opening memoir - four stars’
A seriously eye-opening memoir - four stars * Sunday Sport *
About The Author
Peter Everett
Peter Everett is the former mortuary superintendent of Southwark Mortuary; he has dealt with over 12,000 deaths, 400 of which were cases of murder. Everett since became a journalist and now runs a TV production company.
Kris Hollington is a bestselling author and ghostwriter; several of his books have been adapted for TV.
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