{"product_id":"9780753560181","title":"The Umbrella Murder : The Hunt for the Notorious Cold War Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Skotte, Ulrik \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/08\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780753560181,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterly investigation ... exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' -Observer, Book of the WeekLondon, 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany years later, young journalist Ulrik Skotte is approached with explosive new information about a man alleged to be responsible for Markov’s death – a spy code-named Piccadilly who worked for the Bulgarian secret service. This meeting launched Skotte into a hunt for the killer lasting more than a quarter of a century, bringing him face to face with eccentric conspiracy theorists, a washed-up former dictator, ageing Danish spooks – and, ultimately, with Agent Piccadilly himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an incredible cache of original documents, interviews and archive material, The Umbrella Murder provides jaw-dropping answers to questions that have persisted for nearly five decades: who killed Georgi Markov? And who has been protecting the assassin ever since?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55441717264757,"sku":"9780753560181","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780753560181.jpg?v=1748804877","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780753560181","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}