BESTSELLER
An explosive exposé of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. The stories of two undercover agents -- Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work; and the man known as Stakeknife, deputy head of the IRA's infamous ‘Nutting Squad', the internal security force which tortured and killed suspected informers.
Greg Harkin is the Belfast journalist who broke the Stakeknife story.
A sequence worthy of Catch-22 has the same agency employing agents on both sides, knocking off each other, so that one is left wondering who was really running the war, and for whose benefit. But then, Catch-22 was farce -- this is serious business, and murder.
Irish Independent
Senator Maurice Hayes - Irish Independent
‘Hurst cannot talk about the committal proceedings hanging over his head in relation to the publication of a book entitled Stakeknife, or the numerous injunctions served upon him thereafter. He is not allowed to divulge-even to his MP- the conditions of t
The Belfast Telegraph
Sensational. Remarkable and disturbing story about the British army’s dirty war in Northern Ireland
The Guardian
An enthralling account of the double standards employed by the competing intelligence agencies in Northern Ireland
Clare County Express
An important book
Irish Post
A compelling book - this terror tale should have a health warning
Irish Independent
Sensational. Remarkable and disturbing story about the British army’s dirty war in Northern Ireland
The Guardian
The book they tried to ban. The explosive inside story of Britain’s Crown Jewels at the heart of the IRA
Sunday Life
