The Petrified Woman

It's 1951. A brooding true crime mystery unfolds in the sleepy towns and isolated sheep stations along the River Murray. The discovery of a petrified female body in raging floodwaters triggers a police investigation across three states. Her facial features and hands are missing, but evidence suggests she has been murdered. As detectives close in on a suspect, a vital witness dies a violent death and the case collapses, leaving the victim's identity unresolved. Seven decades on, a new investigation uncovers a family secret that leaves little doubt about the victim's identity - evidence that calls for the exhumation of The Petrified Woman from her pauper's grave to undergo DNA analysis.

• | Author: Peter Butt
• | Publisher: Blackwattle Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 210 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0645731803
• | ISBN-13: 9780645731804