How far should a spy go for the good of his country?
Join International Spy Museum Historian and Curator Dr. Andrew Hammond in conversation with Henry Hemming, author of Four Shots in the Night, a true story of spies, murder, and justice in Northern Ireland. The brutal 1986 killing of Frank Hegarty, a British spy who infiltrated the IRA, touched off a decades-long search for justice. His death was a major scandal, and years later, it was reported that his murderer might have been a second British spy ordered to kill an undercover colleague. Hemming, the author of seven books including The Ingenious Mr. Pyke, did extensive research and interviewing to unspin the tangled web that has surrounded the murder—a murder that inspired a vast criminal investigation 30 years later in 2016. He and Hammond will discuss the reality of this complex story, its far-reaching political reverberations, and the conclusions Hemming has drawn about how the Troubles may have actually come to an end.
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