'This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' * Observer, Book of the Week * The value of The Umbrella Murder lies in Skotte having known many of those caught up in the killing, its fascination in his psychologically astute portraits of them Sebastian Faulks once lamented that the failing of biography is that the author never quite gets in the room with their subject. Skottes great coup is that, undeterred by official silence, he does do that, tracking down Gullino in 2021 to a squalid flat in Austria... A month later, he was dead. * The Times * An engaging account... a description of the authors 30-year search for Markovs killer, culminating in a confession on camera. It is a model for every would-be investigative journalist, a triumph of teamwork, persistence and essential record-keeping. * Spectator *
