"Theakston Old Peculier crime novel of the year winner" - cover.

"The dead can't speak to us," Professor Madoc had said. But that was a lie. The body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. Life is already strange enough for Patrick. Being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder, especially when no one believes a crime has even taken place. As his determination to uncover the truth grows, so do the suspicions of his classmates, teachers--and even his mother. Now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery of Cadaver 19.