UK miners' strike (1984–85) the NUM's assets, it began to look abroad for money, and found supplies in the Soviet bloc and, it was mistakenly thought, also from Libya. These countries were highly unpopular with the British public. The Soviet Union's official trade union federation donated £1.5 million to the NUM. Media reports alleged that senior NUM officials were personally keeping some of the funds. In November 1984, it was alleged that senior NUM officials had travelled to Libya for money. Cash from the Libyan government was particularly damaging coming seven months after the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in
Who Killed the Robins Family? The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1984 in January 1984. Who Killed the Robins Family? Who Killed the Robins Family? is a mystery/contest novel created by Bill Adler and written by Thomas Chastain. The first edition () was published in hardcover format by William Morrow in 1983. Warner Books published the paperback edition in 1984 (). Who Killed the Robins Family? is a mystery novel in which all eight members of the Robins family are murdered or disappear throughout the story. The hardcover book provided no solutions to the murders. The books were also a contest where the