Spartacus Review
Volume 7: 30th November, 2007
Crime and Punishment

Title: The Strange Death of David Kelly
Author: Norman Baker
Publisher: Methuen
Price: £9.99
Bookshop: Amazon
Spartacus Website: David Kelly
Category: Crime & Punishment
The death of the weapons inspector Dr David Kelly is considered by many to be "unfinished business". For this book, Norman Baker spent over a year in active research, receiving much new information from many sources. He shows that the Hutton inquiry verdict of suicide is not credible; he has the determination and courage to get to the truth of what really happened. "The Strange Death of David Kelly" looks in fascinating detail at the motives for the unlawful killing of Dr Kelly and the various possibilities of who could have been involved, before concluding with the most likely - but astonishing - scenario, revealed here for the first time. He analyses and criticises the official process after David Kelly's death, and looks into the actions of the UK government, particularly in relation to the Iraq war.

Title: The Final Dive
Author: Don Hale
Publisher: Sutton
Price: £19.99
Bookshop: Amazon
Spartacus Website: Lionel Crabb
Category: Crime & Punishment
Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb was a British naval frogman who disappeared in 1956, under mysterious circumstances following a secret dive beneath a Russian warship bringing Soviet leaders Khruschev and Bulgarin to Britain. Now, fifty years after the event, Don Hale draws on exclusive interviews to tell the true story of Crabb's colourful life and who was behind his disappearance. Secret files documenting the event will not be released until 2057.
