The truth behind the murder, in 1984, of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, and how events that day shaped the future of UK policing for the next four decades.
On 17th April 2024, it will be forty years since the greatest tragedy and the longest siege in UK policing history. Today, 8th June 2023, sees the publication by Ad Lib of No Ordinary Day.
Below are links to enable you to purchase the book. Matt Johnson and John Murray will also be appearing at CrimeCon on 10th June, at Hatchards, Piccadilly on 27th June and at the Bow Street Museum on 29th June.
No Ordinary Day reveals, for the first time, why two gunmen opened fire on demonstrators outside the Libyan People’s Bureau, how the attack was planned, who carried it out and who gave the orders. And it reveals why, in the aftermath of the attack and with the attackers under siege, the UK Government were so keen to avoid prosecutions and have the perpetrators removed from UK soil.
Matt Johnson 
I have enjoyed and been fascinated by Matt Johnson’s writing for some time now. I remember this event (though I am a Yank) and look forward to reading the copy I purchased today.
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I hope you enjoy it, Tom.
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Just heard about this book and as soon as I can I will buy it. (I’m in France and it’s not yet available – so have to wait). Now retired I was a serving WPC in Sussex at the time. Myself and many of my colleagues were in tears when we were told the news over our radios. I’ve followed the progress of the search for justice for Yvonne, and 37 years is too long to wait.
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