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  • The Umbrella Murder

  • The Hunt for the Cold War's Most Notorious Killer
  • By: Ulrik Skotte
  • Narrated by: Justin Avoth
  • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Umbrella Murder

By: Ulrik Skotte
Narrated by: Justin Avoth
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London, September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War.

Many 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.

Drawing 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?
©2024 Ulrik Skotte (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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A gripping tale, perfect narration an insight to the murky world of espionage

An astounding feat of research and dogged determination in the pursuit of truth. A remarkable thriller, all the more so as so many readers will remember the incident and the mystery surrounding the assination of Georgi Markov.

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