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As 25-year old WPC Yvonne Fletcher lay mortally wounded, having been shot from within the Libyan People’s Bureau in London on 17 April 1984, her friend and fellow police officer John Murray promised he would see those responsible brought to justice. That promise would take him 37 years to fulfil, during which time he uncovered a startling web of intrigue involving big business, politicians and our intelligence agencies. This is his story. Two weeks after WPC Fletcher’s tragic death, all those present inside the Bureau, including everyone suspected of involvement in the attack, were deported from the UK. Men guilty of terrorism and murder were neither arrested nor prosecuted. In writing John Murray’s story, Matt Johnson has identified UK government duplicity, secret service deals and how a plan to finally defeat the all-powerful National Union of Mineworkers would place the government in an invidious position when pro- and anti-Gaddafi elements brought their fight to the streets of the UK. He has discovered why, in 1984, Yvonne Fletcher's killers were allowed to go free. His extensive research also reveals how events on 17 April resulted in a 30-year government campaign to bring the police services of the UK under political control, a campaign that has driven our police service into the state of disarray we see today. 'All the ingredients of a Le Carre novel, only it's real.' — Matthew Hall, crimewriter and screenwriter (Keeping Faith)

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'An important book, especially now - both an intensely personal story, and a sober analysis of a political scandal' -- Lee Child 'Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption and murder. All the ingredients of a Le Carre novel, only it's real' -- Matthew Hall 'A powerful and timely account of one of the darkest chapters in British policing history' -- John Sutherland

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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. 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. 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.

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