What Lies Beneath : My life as a forensic search and rescue expert

Discover what it’s like to be one of the few people allowed to pass the crime scene tape with Peter Faulding, a leading UK forensic search expert. For fans of The Prison Doctor, Unnatural Causes, Forensics and Traces.

How do you become a human mole, a forensic genius with a bloodhound’s nose for clues?

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.

So how did a boy with a love of unmapped systems of ancient disused mines under South-East England find himself, years later, as one of the UK’s most prolific cold-case forensic investigators?

In this gripping and remarkable memoir, Peter tells his extraordinary life story in fascinating detail, from iconic protest sites to the scenes of some of the UK’s most notorious crimes, describing 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.

For the first time, 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.