{"product_id":"2026200010212-secondhand-the-gatton-mystery-australias-most-horrifying-and-mysterious-crime","title":"The Gatton Mystery: Australia's Most Horrifying And Mysterious Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night of Boxing Day, 1898, three young siblings — Michael, Norah, and Ellen Murphy — vanished on a lonely Queensland road near the small town of Gatton, their battered bodies discovered the following day in what would become one of Australia's most chilling and enduring unsolved murders. The Gatton Mystery chronicles the brutal killings in forensic detail, reconstructing the events of that catastrophic night and the frantic, ultimately fruitless investigation that followed, all set against the backdrop of rural Queensland at the close of the nineteenth century. James and Desmond Gibney present a meticulously researched account that draws on contemporary police records, newspaper reports, and witness testimony to cast fresh light on a case that has haunted the Australian consciousness for over a century. Praised by the National Times as the most bizarre unsolved crime in Australian history, this work raises urgent questions about justice, community, and the terrifying ease with which the truth can remain forever buried — questions that linger long after the final page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130631168219,"sku":"2026200010212-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/25b8e5b5-c73a-4528-bfce-5cebe955df69.png?v=1786588035","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010212-secondhand-the-gatton-mystery-australias-most-horrifying-and-mysterious-crime","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}