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What Lies Beneath: My life as a forensic search and rescue expert
By (Author) Peter Faulding
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan
13th June 2023
2nd February 2023
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Autobiography: science, technology and medicine
Memoirs
Forensic science
363.25092
Hardback
304
Width 163mm, Height 243mm, Spine 33mm
544g
Discover what it's like to be one of the few people allowed to pass the crime scene tape in What Lies Beneath, the arresting memoir of murder, investigation and justice from Britian's leading forensic search and rescue experts. Recovering bodies, finding discarded remains, identifying unmarked graves and saving people from locations and situations too dangerous for the normal emergency services are all in a day's work for Peter Faulding. For the first time, Peter tells his extraordinary life story in fascinating detail. From removing protestors, including the infamous 'Swampy', from inside dangerous tunnels to the scenes of some of the UK's most notorious crimes, he describes how he has developed into a highly regarded and highly skilled search specialist, whose job is to assist investigators and police as they search crime scenes and bring serial killers to justice. Peter gives new details on some of the country's most harrowing murder cases - including that of serial killer Peter Tobin, the Nicola Payne case and the Helen McCourt murder; sheds new light on mysterious deaths, including MI6 worker Gareth Williams; and details the incredible lengths he goes to, to help investigators. Get ready to join Britain's most extraordinary forensic search expert on his journey through deadly booby-trapped tunnel systems and into dark waters that hold horrific secrets, then onwards through uninviting crime scenes and into the minds of killers.
Peter Faulding is a world-leading confined space rescue and forensic search specialist. He has pioneered the use of side-scan sonar in forensic searches for missing persons underwater in the UK and is a world leader in underwater search techniques. He has assisted in the search in many cold cases and has located human remains and evidence that had gone undetected for years, in some of the most remote locations on land and underwater. Peter is a qualified commercial diver, helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, and holds both a UK and a United States FAA pilot's licence. What Lies Beneath is his first book.