The experienced forensic expert has seen more than any emergency doctor in his time. As a diagnostician, he was superior to a dozen “Dr. It’s just that forensic experts tell their “tales from the morgue” usually in a narrow professional circle. Vladimir Velichko’s book is a rare chance to be in such company. A doctor and forensic expert with 30 years of experience, he knows the profession firsthand. This is not just a medical thriller or a “hospital novel” - this is a real “medical decameron”, a collection of genuine “cases from practice” that either cause horror to the point of trembling, or laughter to tears. There is no better pain reliever than frosty medical humor! When you manage to get a seasoned forensic expert to talk, no one would even think of interrupting him with the sacramental: “IN SHORT, SKLIFOSOVSKY!”