In love with a Mad Dog

She was Adair's companion for eight years. She was party to his secrets, his boasting and his exploits as a UDA commander.

Their affair lasted almost the entire duration of Adair's career in control of the notorious C Company of the UDA.

As well as personal revelations, Robinson, who was arrested several times with Adair, knows the extent of the help her lover received from members of the police and British Army up to the 1994 loyalist ceasefire.

Robinson tells of how Adair's wife Gina knew of their affair, but tolerated it, even to the extent of allowing her to baby-sit their children.

She also insists that, despite his fearsome image, there was a genuinely tender side to Johnny Adair.

The book tells her own story as she attempts to escape the influence of someone as charismatic and powerful as her former lover.