According to the Evidence

A gripping forensic mystery set in 1950s Britain.

After starting their private forensic consultancy, Doctor Richard Pryor and forensic biologist Angela Bray have now become firmly established. A bizarre suicide in a remote Welsh farm starts them on a new investigation, which is followed by an unusual request from the War Office. And when a Cotswold veterinary surgeon is charged with poisoning his ailing wife, can Pryor's expert evidence save him from the gallows?


The author

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. During his forty-year career with the Home Office, he performed over 25,000 autopsies and was involved in many high profile cases.

Bernard Knight has been writing for over forty-eight years, and is now the third longest-serving member of the Crime Writer's Association. He has also written many radio and television drama and documentary scripts, as well as acting as technical advisor and presenter of several television series. Bernard Knight is also a founding member of the bestselling 'Medieval Murderers' group of authors.


The reader

English actor Jonathan Keeble's theatre work includes leading roles at Manchester's Royal Exchange and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. He has featured in over 350 radio plays and is the voice of Gareth Taylor in BBC Radio 4's The Archers. His television credits include People Like Us, The Two of Us and Deptford Graffiti.