Human remains: mortuary, forensics & pathology. Via @NorthbankTalent - author of 'Past Mortems' and 'The Forensics of Agatha Christie'. Insta = @past_mortems.
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'The Language of Bones' is out on October 1st!! You can pre-order now, and I narrated the audiobook myself if that's your preferred format. Come on a journey of bones with me this spooky season ☠️ @NorthbankTalent @HachetteUK @LittleBrownUK
Me: Caleb, do you want chicken nuggets for dinner?
Caleb: (lifting eyebrow demonically) no I want souls
Me:
Caleb: ok I want chicken nuggets but pretend they're souls
#ihaveneverbeenmoreproud
#methodacting
PSA to Death Care Workers: we're being advised to stock up on tinned food in case of war, climate crisis etc. I'm betting on 'zombie apocalypse' so Undertakers: start tying the shoelaces of the dead together NOW 🧟
Carla Valentine retweeted
Congratulations to Carla Valentine (@PastMortems ) as THE LANGUAGE OF BONES: Lessons on Living from Stories of the Dead is published today by @BooksSphere!
Out now in hardback, audiobook and ebook.
Carla Valentine retweeted
🇮🇹 Out now in Italian from @apogeonline : Anatomia del delitto by Carla Valentine (@PastMortems )!
English title MURDER ISN’T EASY: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
I'm so excited my book 'The Language of Bones' (out Oct '26) has been chosen for the @Waterstones summer deal! Pre-order between July 21st-24th July with the code SUMMER26 for 25% off!! It benefits us both 🖤
waterstones.com/author/carla…
Check out the first episode of 'Different By Nature', an alternative green spaces podcast with my friend Hannah (who's also the Leslie Knope of Croydon 😆) We talk poisonous plants, goth gardening & herbal remedies 🌱💀☘️
youtu.be/sgR_L2KKJ9g?is=GhD0…
Person on TV: "Me and your father are getting divorced"
Caleb to me: Wait...who's getting their head chopped off?
Me:
Also me: Are you thinking of 'decapitated'?
Caleb: Oh yeah, decapitated.
Teaching 6 yr olds about Henry VIII gives them odd ideas about getting rid of a spouse
For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2026, 'Mood States' at Bart's Pathology Museum. Book your free ticket for the 13th or 14th May eventbrite.co.uk/e/mood-stat…
Cover reveal for 'The Language of Bones', my 3rd book, out this October via @BooksSphere, thanks to @NorthbankTalent @LittleBrownUK @HachetteUK What a journey! Come on it with me 💀🖤☠️
Carla Valentine retweeted
We're thrilled to share that @BooksSphere have acquired THE LANGUAGE OF BONES by Carla Valentine (@PastMortems), author of Past Mortems and Murder Isn’t Easy.
Read more: northbanktalent.com/2026/04/…
My place Barts Pathology Museum now has an official insta account @bartspathology! Are you ready for the final ep of 'Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time' tonight on C5? Hopefully they will feature the museum again 🙌
Apparently UNlucky for some, but always lucky for me: I got married on a Friday the 13th ❤️☠️ #FridayThe13th #Friday13th
Which of these 4 would you like to know more about? I think the pregnancy test is the most fascinating
I'm playing "Stupid Deaths" with Caleb and have to say I did not know this about the fabulous Margaret Rutherford, who played Miss Marple in the old B&W films such as "Murder, She Said" 🫢
"catgut" sutures were actually made from the intestines of sheep & cattle, and also used in musical instruments. Here's some examples, and some modern bone specimen conservation:
Happy #WorldBookDay! If autopsies and forensics are your thing then maybe my 1st book, 'Past Mortems', is for you? 🧠🔪🫀 #WorldBookDay2026 #forensics #autopsies #morrician #pastmortems