What do we know about the work of a pathologist and the inner life of such a dark place as a morgue? This book is written by a person who had to go through the path from an ordinary office employee to the director of the main morgue in the UK, perform several thousand autopsies, participate in the investigation of the sensational case of the “Sкотвелл strangler,” and find himself in the depths of a real corruption scandal. Peter Everett dealt with death in different guises, but the most unexpected and unpleasant discovery for him was the dishonesty, unprofessionalism, and cynicism of living people who called themselves his colleagues. The book “Rotted Through” opens a door into the gloomy world of morgue workers—about which most of us know almost nothing.