Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders
It all started with a ruthless murder. An ex-boxer and petty police informer was efficiently disposed of, sending a ghastly warning to others. That would have been the end of it, had not a shark, in a million-to-one chance, vomited up the victim's arm in an aquarium and shone an unwelcome light into some very dark places.

With so much at stake, the guilty closed ranks and gradually, with intimidation, money, and the murder of a mate who they feared would betray them, they re-imposed their control and the light was turned off again. The memory of those events and the terrible fear they inspired, kept those who knew the truth silent unto the grave.

Others have written about the Shark Arm murder but Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher, having digested the entire cold-case police file, reveal a very different story: an extraordinary tale of high-class smuggling, a frantic cover-up and the truth behind one of the most infamous cases in Australia. Except there were actually two gruesome murders . . .

'The biggest tabloid shark story in the history of the world' - Peter FitzSimons

'A truly gripping whodunnit which throws fresh light on one of Australia's most extraordinary murders.' - Kate McClymont
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Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders
It all started with a ruthless murder. An ex-boxer and petty police informer was efficiently disposed of, sending a ghastly warning to others. That would have been the end of it, had not a shark, in a million-to-one chance, vomited up the victim's arm in an aquarium and shone an unwelcome light into some very dark places.

With so much at stake, the guilty closed ranks and gradually, with intimidation, money, and the murder of a mate who they feared would betray them, they re-imposed their control and the light was turned off again. The memory of those events and the terrible fear they inspired, kept those who knew the truth silent unto the grave.

Others have written about the Shark Arm murder but Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher, having digested the entire cold-case police file, reveal a very different story: an extraordinary tale of high-class smuggling, a frantic cover-up and the truth behind one of the most infamous cases in Australia. Except there were actually two gruesome murders . . .

'The biggest tabloid shark story in the history of the world' - Peter FitzSimons

'A truly gripping whodunnit which throws fresh light on one of Australia's most extraordinary murders.' - Kate McClymont
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Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders

Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders

Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders

Shark Arm: A Shark, a Tattooed Arm, and Two Unsolved Murders

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Overview

It all started with a ruthless murder. An ex-boxer and petty police informer was efficiently disposed of, sending a ghastly warning to others. That would have been the end of it, had not a shark, in a million-to-one chance, vomited up the victim's arm in an aquarium and shone an unwelcome light into some very dark places.

With so much at stake, the guilty closed ranks and gradually, with intimidation, money, and the murder of a mate who they feared would betray them, they re-imposed their control and the light was turned off again. The memory of those events and the terrible fear they inspired, kept those who knew the truth silent unto the grave.

Others have written about the Shark Arm murder but Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher, having digested the entire cold-case police file, reveal a very different story: an extraordinary tale of high-class smuggling, a frantic cover-up and the truth behind one of the most infamous cases in Australia. Except there were actually two gruesome murders . . .

'The biggest tabloid shark story in the history of the world' - Peter FitzSimons

'A truly gripping whodunnit which throws fresh light on one of Australia's most extraordinary murders.' - Kate McClymont

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781760873172
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 01/07/2020
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher are former high school English and History teachers. After Phillip left teaching he worked as location manager on feature films and television series ranging from Blue Murder for TV to Baz Lurman's The Great Gatsby. Kevin completed his career in public education securing corporate and philanthropic support for visual and performing arts programs.

Table of Contents

Map xi

Preface xiii

1 The shark 1

2 The detectives 11

3 The boxer and the businessmen 20

4 The Pathfinder 31

5 The forger 37

6 The scuttling 50

7 The cottage 63

8 The vanishing 72

9 'The man' 83

10 The fugitive 91

11 The interrogation 99

12 The charge of murder 108

13 The statement 116

14 The sensation on the harbour 130

15 The suicide? 141

16 The inquest begins 155

17 The gruesome evidence 169

18 The grieving widow delivers 181

19 The truth will out 197

20 The absence of a body 205

21 The master 214

22 The witnesses 227

23 The verdict 237

24 The persons of interest 251

25 The best defence money can buy 261

26 The silence 274

Afterword 287

Further Reading 291

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