Dead Men Talking: Collusion, Cover-Up and Murder in Northern Ireland's Dirty War

by Nicholas Davies

In Dead Men Talking, Nicholas Davies details the covert killing operations planned, organized, and carried through by the RUC Special Branch and MI5, as well as by the British Army's covert intelligence organization, the Force Research Unit. He provides information on a number of the killings, which were authorized at the highest level of MI5 and the British government. Davies uncovers the true story of the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane and the subsequent murder of UDA gunman William Stobie. Dead Men Talking exposes the massive cover-up operation which began when Brian Nelson, the UDA's chief intelligence officer, was arrested and persuaded with a massive bribe to plead guilty to conspiracy to murder. The sensational facts surrounding Nelson's apparent sudden and unexpected death in the spring of 2003 are also revealed.

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004