Decoy
- Author Robert Murphy
- Narrator Robert Murphy, Catrin Walker-Booth
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 25 April 2024
- Run Time 9 hours and 4 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Causes and prevention of crime, Criminal law: Gender violence, Feminism and feminist theory, History, Law, Police and security services, Police law and police procedures, Sexual abuse and harassment, Society and Social Sciences, True crime, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Violent crimes.
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What to expect
Winner of 'Best Book' and 'Impact for Change' True Crime Awards 2025
The shocking true story of one of Britain’s most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operations
Bristol, 1979.
An attacker roams the streets…
Young women are warned not to go out alone…
Enter the Decoys.
For several years, a prolific predator haunted Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police had tried all their usual tactics to catch the ‘Clifton Rapist’, and public pressure was mounting.
In 1979, a daring new plan was introduced, unlike anything previously attempted by a UK police force. A small group of young female officers – some aged just 18 – put their lives on the line, walking the quiet residential roads late at night, acting as bait.
Drawing on in-depth research and first-hand interviews with the women at the heart of the operation, Decoy is a dramatic retelling of one of the most groundbreaking agent provocateur stings in British history.
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