No Ordinary Day: Espionage, betrayal, terrorism and corruption - the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher - Softcover

Murray, John; Johnson, Matt

  • 4.55 out of 5 stars
    188 ratings by Goodreads
 
9781802471441: No Ordinary Day: Espionage, betrayal, terrorism and corruption - the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1802471448 ISBN 13: 9781802471441
Publisher: Ad Lib Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal.

On 17 April 1984, as demonstrators gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London, two gunmen lay in wait inside. At 10.18 a.m. automatic gunfire rained down on the protestors and WPC Yvonne Fletcher fell, mortally wounded.

As his friend lay dying, PC John Murray made her a promise that he would not rest until those responsible had been brought to justice. Thirty-seven years would pass before he was able to fulfil that undertaking.

While researching this moving account of one man’s dogged pursuit of justice for a murdered colleague, Matt Johnson uncovered secret-service deals and government duplicity, all part of a plan to force an end to the National Union of Mineworkers’ strike. He discovered the real reason Yvonne’s killers were allowed to go free and how events that day led to thirty years of growing political control of policing, resulting in the disarray increasingly evident today.

This compelling account pulls seemingly unconnected threads into a coherent – and shocking – whole. It provides startling insights into how decisions taken by our politicians and the actions of our intelligence agencies, supposedly in our best interests, may be anything but.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Authors

Retired police officer John Murray worked closely with Yvonne Fletcher and held her as she lay dying. For 37 years he has campaigned and fought resolutely to bring her killer to justice.

Matt Johnson served as a soldier and as a police officer in the Met for twenty-five years. With John Murray, he is the author of No Ordinary Day about WPC Yvonne Fletcher’s death. Discharged from the police as a result of PTSD, he was encouraged to undertake writing therapy. The end result was Wicked Game, nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Ad Lib Publishers
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1802471448
ISBN 13 
9781802471441
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400
Rating
  • 4.55 out of 5 stars
    188 ratings by Goodreads