A review by maxac32
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher

5.0

Incredible. Incredible book, incredible life, and an incredible human being. Butcher’s passion leaps off the page. I was entranced by how effortlessly she explained forensics while in the middle of a perfectly paced story. There are very few people who can devote themselves to something like Butcher does. She does it not just as a death investigator, but as a writer, an actor, and anything else she wants to. How? She’s Barbara F**ckin’ Butcher, that’s how.

I don’t read many memoirs, but to me, this is a perfect memoir. I couldn’t stop reading it. I can’t wait for this book to hit the shelves.