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When it's your job to calm the chaos around you, the chaos within you takes its toll. Factual. Comprehensive. Compassionate. Sometimes at odds, these characteristics have driven medicolegal death investigator Paul Parker throughout his career. From sharing gut-wrenching death notifications to investigating high-profile cases, Paul has written the last chapter of hundreds of stories-even when it nearly broke him. In the Shadows of Death is a powerful memoir exploring the turbulence caused when death is a constant companion. Raised by his terminally ill grandmother, Paul learned to navigate life's final moments and has used his career to advocate for the deceased and, upon entering recovery and prioritizing personal well-being, his fellow investigators. This is a story of tragic endings and new beginnings, stifling addiction and renewed hope. For anyone in the death investigation community and beyond, In the Shadows of Death provides an inside look at how to choose life in the face of death.

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Paul Parker is the former Chief Deputy Director at the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. He was previously the Assistant Coroner in Clark County, the Director of the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office, and the chief investigator at the medical examiner offices in San Diego County and Maricopa County. Having participated in several thousand on-scene death investigations, Paul has conducted hundreds of death notifications. He has presented at the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners annual conference and been a featured guest on the podcast Coroner Talk. Paul worked in law enforcement for ten years and was involved in an on-duty shooting, an experience that brought him face-to-face with his own mortality and ignited his passion for death investigation.

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