Where Death Delights

Richard Pryor and Anglea Bray have just established a laboratory in Wales.  He has just come back from 10 years in Singapore following the war, and she has become disillusioned with the medical system in London.  Together they want to create a new start.  They have employed Sian Lloyd as a lab tech. 

Their first case is trying to identify who a partial skeleton  belongs to.  Unfortunately the bones have already been buried.  They only have the coroner's report and word of mouth to go on.  They gain the help of Trevor Mitchell, a retired detective.  Business starts to boom as word gets out about their new business.

Richard is given another case of suspected drowning.  However, the father of the victim has difficulty accepting that verdict.  He wants a second post mortem carried out by Richard.

They are able to eliminate one person as the possible victim in the first case.  They need more information to be able to eliminate another.  The other major investigation, after Richard conducts a second post mortem, points to a possible murder, which also requires more information.  It is when another drowning occurs that fresh evidence appears.

Author Bernard Knight has given the reader many insights into pathology, the biology related to it, the legal background related to sudden deaths and investigations.  A thoroughly enjoyable read.  I highly recommend this book and am looking forward to reading the next in this series.