Meanwhile, archivist James Lyster is following the story with undue interest. While a national debate about women's safety rages, eyes turn to Emma's boyfriend, Tom - who is nowhere to be found. A high-achieving university graduate and young entrepreneur, she was last seen in the early hours of the morning on grainy CCTV footage in Dublin's city centre before vanishing into thin air. 'Brisk, illuminating, crackling with detail' TONY CONNELLY 'A brilliant account of shocking crimes and the dramatic political crisis they caused' DAVID McCULLAGHĮveryone is talking about the disappearance of Emma Harte. Including previously unknown aspects of the trial and interaction with Malcolm Macarthur himself, The Murderer and the Taoiseach is a compulsive journey through tragedy and scandal. From the cat-and-mouse game to track down an unpredictable killer to Macarthur's extraordinary capture, he considers both the life and psyche of a murderer, and that of the leading political figure of the time - a man similarly driven by greed, status and a sense of himself as existing above the law. Here, award-winning political journalist Harry McGee retraces the happenings of that long hot summer and beyond. The words he used to describe the dark events - grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented - coined the era-defining phrase GUBU. The scandal attracted worldwide headlines and resulted in untold damage to then Taoiseach Charles Haughey. Two weeks later, in a sensational turn of events, he was arrested in the home of Attorney General Patrick Connolly. In the summer of 1982, Irish aristocrat Malcolm Macarthur embarked on a brutal killing spree in a doomed plan to remedy his financial woes. 'An incredible and compelling story' MATT COOPER 'Gripping, unpretentious, brilliant and unputdownable' BUSINESS POST A Murderer.
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