A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice
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A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice

by Paul Caruana Galizia

Freedom & Resistance Memoir History Political Writing Crime 2023

Summary

In this powerful memoir and work of investigative journalism, Paul Caruana Galizia recounts the assassination of his mother, Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese investigative journalist known for exposing corruption and misconduct among the country’s powerful figures. On 16 October 2017, Daphne was killed by a car bomb near her home, following years of intimidation linked to her work.

Her death transformed her family’s lives. Paul and his brothers, together with their father, embarked on a determined search for the truth, seeking to uncover who was responsible for the murder and who had benefited from silencing their mother. Their pursuit of justice reveals the complex relationships between political power, financial interests, and corruption in Malta.

Combining personal grief with investigative reporting, the book is both a tribute to a courageous journalist and an examination of the challenges facing democracy and press freedom. It explores the cost of speaking truth to power and the determination required to hold powerful institutions accountable.

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Malta
Europe
About the author
Paul Caruana Galizia
Paul Caruana Galizia

Paul Caruana Galizia is a Maltese investigative journalist and writer based in London. He began his career in journalism in 2018, following the assassination of his mother, Daphne Caruana Galizia, a prominent Maltese journalist known for investigating corruption and exposing wrongdoing among powerful political and business figures. Paul has reported on corruption, financial misconduct, and issues affecting democracy and press freedom. He has received a British Journalism Award and other honours for his reporting. Together with his brothers, he has also been recognised with the Magnitsky Human Rights Award and the Anderson-Lucas-Norman Award for their campaign to achieve justice for their mother. His first book, A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family’s Quest for Justice (2023), combines investigative journalism with personal memoir. It recounts his family’s search for answers after Daphne’s murder while examining the wider consequences of corruption and the dangers faced by journalists who challenge powerful institutions. The book won the Overseas Press Club of America’s Cornelius Ryan Award.

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2023
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Paul Caruana Galizia