Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11868 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Evening Standard, 17 October 07
`It may make uncomfortable reading for certain politicians, and members of the intelligence community but it is likely to persuade many that there was far more to the death of David Kelly than has been revealed'

Daily Mail, 20 October 07
`The highly-respected MP's personal quest to uncover the truth about Dr Kelly's death was prompted by deep concerns over the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide'.

Richard Ingrams, The Independent, 27 October 07
`When Norman Baker told me recently of his conviction that David Kelly had been murdered, I paid attention'

Customer Reviews

Excellent, despite a few tangents.
I had a personal, if tenuous link with the Kelly affair, as I worked with one of the governors of the BBC at the time.

This should be a school textbook, to rid our society of the belief that governments always act in favour of and to protect their people. History shows us this is not true, and such events will continue into the future.

A brilliant piece of work, even if Mr. Baker sometimes ventures into topics he knows little about (see the section about a tall police mast!)

My indignation and disgust at what happened has been rekindled, and I will now join in the effort to discover the truth. I would encourage everyone else to do the same. Government represents the people, not the establishment. They would do well to remember that from time to time.

A better book could and should have been written
The mix of conjecture and facts and the alarming quickness to make a truth from two half truths spoils what could have been a work of considerable weight. The thoroughness of the research is supported by the numbers of people interviewed and spoken with but real facts and real testimony from real people who have real knowledge is thin on the ground. The failure to interview the family is an omission which is difficult to explain. This is obviously a work of considerable effort but the extraction of pointed probabilities from general statistics and in some areas the flawed research (the usage and purpose of the police transmitter for example) spoil it and leave me doubting the intention and conclusion of the author.

Raises good grounds for disquiet
Norman Baker reviews all the details he can find of the death, and apart from David Kelly's immediate family, has interviewed everyone he could who was in any way connected.

He raises very good grounds for finding the circumstances of death extremely suspicious, and then demonstrates that Dr. Kelly's death was never properly investigated, and no inquest into it was ever done. The public enquiry did not examine the circumstance of the death with the kind of legal rigour and procedures of a proper inquest.

Baker is sceptical and suspicious of just about everyone involved, and especially of various conspiracy theorists who plague him from time to time. However, there are things about this particular death that warrant a proper investigation, which has not yet been done. Baker comes up with a "best guess" theory, and suggests a possible group of murderers, but he admits that it is very hard to say for sure what happened. It is only possible to be sure that the death has not been properly investigated.

The evidence he presents to discount the theory of suicide is particularly convincing.

This is a good book, and an important one, but it is regrettably unlikely that the full truth will ever become known, certainly not for quite some while.