Forensic Psychologist, Kerry Daynes, is brilliant in her professional field, as well as being an outstanding writer! The book: "What Lies Buried: A forensic psychologist's true stories of madness, the bad and the misunderstood", contains interesting case accounts of individuals she was assigned to interview and assess that had committed crimes. It was at times a dangerous assignment, for at one point, she became a stabbing victim of a patient.

I was captivated by her warmth, even temperament, empathy, wit and profound wisdom, when she interviewed a person. She sought the greatest good for the individual without prejudice and/or being swayed by the more popular opinion. In the prologue, Daynes says that she wanted to write this book in order to "give some compassion and humanity back to those who are often denied both." No doubt, some of the cases are quite shocking, some sad, but always she seems to have the ability to relate to the person so as to gently dissect their history to insightfully ascertain their present or future mindful state.

A treasure chest of interesting case histories, interesting people, and thought-provoking dialogue, I'm pleased to highly recommend this publication, especially those who are interested in true crime or psychology.

5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My profound thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and Kerry Daynes for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. All opinions are my own.

Having read Kerry's first book, I was keen to get my hands on the second. I really enjoyed it. Kerry gives the reader an honest and fully informed look into forensic psychology, She holds no punches and I really like the fact she will challenge things even at a cost to herself. Definitely a 5* read for me.

I loved Kerry Daynes first book, but I really did not enjoy this one.
I found the cases she spoke about to be a little dull, and she spoke about herself quite a bit - I wanted to know more about the prisoners.
I feel like she repeated herself quite a bit too from things she spoke about in the first book.

I found this incredibly disappointing! I love hearing from Kerry Daynes on TV shows and interviews, but this book just didn't do it for me.

Refreshingly honest and detailed we are given insights into the world of a forensic psychologist. The case studies are presently openly and honestly with the feelings of the author as she tackles each case sensitively and entirely objectively. She is not afraid to question commonly held views or broach the more politically sensitive issues that are raised along the way and does so with a unique, slightly dark and intelligent sense of humour.
It took me a couple of chapters to warm to the writer’s particular style as at first I thought she was a little too blasé and cocky but I am pleased to say she gained my thereafter and I was quietly impressed by her willingness to go against the grain and her compassion and work ethic to go the extra mile. Definitely a recommended read.

This was a hard book to read. People are crazy. Forensic Psychologist Kerry shows us, What Lies Buried, I think it should of stayed buried. Very creepy.

Love the way Kerry writes and the stories she has to tell. Gives you a good insight into what people say and try on! Really enjoyed this one. I have read her others aswell and this one certainly didn’t disappoint me

What Lies Buried is a collection of more stories from forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes' career following on from very successful previous book, The Dark Side of the Mind.
Ms Daynes writes with humour,empathy and insight, actually listening to people with mental health problems when others have written them off ,often with surprising results. Usually in these stories that results in people being seen as the victims they are rather than bad people but in one case she exposes a ruthless ,controlling and potentially dangerous individual seen by others in a totally different light.
A great read that teaches us not to be judgemental and to look past the labels society puts on people

What Lies Buried by Kerry Daynes

Another great read by this author . She takes you into the mind of us with the most complex ( and dangerous ) problems , and gives us a great insight to her world .
Whilst I'm sure some of the cases / stories are probably a mismash of characters it doesn't detract from What I think must be a very challenging profession .