The family of an amateur cricketer who died of cancer were stunned to find out he secretly penned a book during his final months.
Matt Murray, from Colchester, wrote the thriller while undergoing chemotherapy, and only told his relatives about it a fortnight before his death on 16 December.
The 30-year-old accountant, who captained the 2nd XI at Eight Ash Green Cricket Club, had asked for the profits to be donated to charity.
“It shows the sort of human he was,” said his younger brother, Jamie, adding: “I’m particularly proud of him for doing it.”
Murray was diagnosed with a wilms tumour – a form of kidney cancer – as a child and, despite getting the all clear, it reappeared in 2013.
Remarkably, he managed to continue playing cricket and achieved a first-class economics degree at Loughborough University.
