Martin Dillon

Stone Cold: The True Story of Michael Stone and the Milltown Massacre

In March 1988, three unarmed members of an IRA active service unit, shot dead by SAS operatives in Gibraltar, were buried in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery. Loyalist terrorist, Michael Stone unleashed a deadly rampage at their funeral, which was seen live on television screens across the globe. He killed three people and left more than fifty wounded before he was apprehended. A boastful, meticulous, at times sentimental killer, Stone had connections to a secret unit of British Military Intelligence.This book tells the story of his dysfunctional childhood and the external influences that helped shape a narcissistic assassin

Time Out, London: 'Dillon brings his customary expertise to this expose of Government complicity in sectarian murder, and delves into the Byzantine world of terrorist organisation with impressive results'.