Tamam Shud : the Somerton man mystery / Kerry Greenwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenwood, Kerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead--Identification--Case studies.

Dead.

Anonymous persons--Australia--Adelaide (S. Aust.)--Case studies.

Anonymous persons.

Murder victims--Australia--Adelaide (S. Aust.)--Case studies.

Murder victims.

Death--Causes--Case studies.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : NewSouth, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. Well-dressed and unmarked, he had a half-smoked cigarette by his side, but no identity documents. Six decades on we don't know who he was, how he got there or how he died. Somerton Man remains one of Australia's most mysterious cold cases. Yet it is the bizarre details of this case that make it the stuff of a spy novel. The missing labels from all his clothing. The tiny piece of paper with the words 'Tamam Shud' found sewn into the lining of the dead man's coat. A mysterious code found etched inside the very book of Persian poetry from which t

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One""; ""Chapter Two""; ""Chapter Three""; ""Chapter Four""; ""Chapter Five""; ""Chapter Six""; ""Chapter Seven""; ""Chapter Eight""; ""Chapter Nine""; ""David Greagg breaking down the code""; ""Forensic pathologist Shelley Robertson's analysis of the autopsy""; ""Tamam Shud:A Phryne Fisher Mystery""; ""Bibliography""; ""Resources""; ""Acknowledgments""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781742241289

174224128X

9781742246178

1742246176

OCLC:

818818988