6 must-read military fiction books like Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 by Martin McGartland

Cover of Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 by Martin McGartland

Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

By: Martin McGartland

3.78

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Dead Man Running' This is the remarkable true story of Martin McGartland who worked undercover as…

If you liked the military fiction plot in Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 by Martin McGartland , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) by Paul Doiron

1. The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

By: Paul Doiron

3.84

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find a cryptic message on his answering machi… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

"Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness."

-Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

Cover of Private L.A. (Private, #6) by James  Patterson, Mark T. Sullivan

2. Private L.A. (Private, #6)

By: James Patterson , Mark T. Sullivan

3.81

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Private Jack Morgan investigates the disappearance of the biggest superstar couple in Hollywood. Th… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Private L.A. (Private, #6) book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

3. Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company'

By: David Lister , None

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

The name Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist terrorists that took… read more

Similar categories in David Lister's Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company' book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

4. Ways to Die in Glasgow

By: Jay Stringer

2.60

Format: 256 pages,

A violent drunk with a broken heart, Mackie looks for love in all the wrong places. When two hit me… read more

Similar categories in Jay Stringer's Ways to Die in Glasgow book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of If You Can't Take a Joke....: Born in Belfast, Made in the Royal Navy! by John Skull

5. If You Can't Take a Joke....: Born in Belfast, Made in the Royal Navy!

By: John Skull

4.28

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

This extraordinary memoir will transport you back to the 1960s in ‘Troubled’ Belfast and you’ll joi… read more

Similar categories in John Skull's If You Can't Take a Joke....: Born in Belfast, Made in the Royal Navy! book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of Are You Awake? by Claire McGowan

6. Are You Awake?

By: Claire McGowan

3.96

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a chilling story about a missing girl and two pot… read more

Similar categories in Claire McGowan's Are You Awake? book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS by Peter Ratcliffe

7. Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS

By: Peter Ratcliffe

4.32

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

A fast-paced, dramatic, funny and occasionally disturbing account of Peter Ratcliffe's 25-year care… read more

Similar categories in Peter Ratcliffe's Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
Cover of Nowhere to Hide by Keri Beevis

8. Nowhere to Hide

By: Keri Beevis

4.35

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Duncan Stone is one of the country's most eligible and handsome bachelors, and he wants to take me,… read more

Similar categories in Keri Beevis's Nowhere to Hide book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA by Kevin Fulton

9. Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

By: Kevin Fulton

4.08

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fulton's Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • ireland
Cover of The Nemesis File: The True Story of an SAS Execution Squad by Paul Bruce

10. The Nemesis File: The True Story of an SAS Execution Squad

By: Paul Bruce

4.02

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

'The Nemesis File' was originally published as a fact-based memoir in 1995. During a police invest… read more

Similar categories in Paul Bruce's The Nemesis File: The True Story of an SAS Execution Squad book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
Cover of Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland by Rob Lewis

11. Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

By: Rob Lewis

3.66

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the Brit… read more

Similar categories in Rob Lewis's Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • biography
  • military fiction
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Undercover War: Britain's Special Forces and their secret battle against the IRA by Harry McCallion

12. Undercover War: Britain's Special Forces and their secret battle against the IRA

By: Harry McCallion

4.20

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

When British troops first deployed to Northern Ireland in 1969, to halt the threat of a new rising … read more

Similar categories in Harry McCallion's Undercover War: Britain's Special Forces and their secret battle against the IRA book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 by Martin McGartland

13. Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

By: Martin McGartland

3.78

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Dead Man Running' This is the remarkable true story of Martin McGartland who worked undercover as… read more

Similar categories in Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • biography
  • military fiction
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Trust No One by Keri Beevis

14. Trust No One

By: Keri Beevis

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A long, long time ago, you did a bad, bad thing, Now it’s time to pay...’ When I first found t… read more

Similar categories in Keri Beevis's Trust No One book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money by Jennifer O'Leary

15. The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money

By: Jennifer O'Leary

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

For almost two decades, Father Patrick Ryan evaded intelligence agencies across Europe and was, for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer O'Leary's The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • ireland
Cover of Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland by Martin Ingram

16. Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland

By: Martin Ingram

3.82

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

An explosive exposé of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. The stories… read more

Similar categories in Martin Ingram's Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices by Keith Earls

17. Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices

By: Keith Earls

4.35

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

  ★ AN POST IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 WINNER! ★ Fight Or My Life, My Choices is the autob… read more

Similar categories in Keith Earls's Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45 (Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45) by Denis Edwards

18. The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45 (Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45)

By: Denis Edwards

4.30

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Although strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throug… read more

Similar categories in Denis Edwards's The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45 (Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45) book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of I.N.L.A - Deadly Divisions by Henry McDonald

19. I.N.L.A - Deadly Divisions

By: Henry McDonald

3.98

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

The Irish National Liberation Army was one of the most ruthless terrorist organisations during the … read more

Similar categories in Henry McDonald's I.N.L.A - Deadly Divisions book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia by Shaun Pinner

20. Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia

By: Shaun Pinner

4.50

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Former British Army soldier Shaun Pinner's extraordinary first-hand account of the war in Ukraine.-… read more

Similar categories in Shaun Pinner's Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

Cover of Sandbag Funerals by Tony McCann

21. Sandbag Funerals

By: Tony McCann

3.69

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

IRA Freedom Fighter, Soldier, Policeman. Three men with a finger on the trigger and a hand in the t… read more

Similar categories in Tony McCann's Sandbag Funerals book and Martin McGartland's Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5

11 must-read nonfiction books like Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 by Martin McGartland

Transform Your Habits

Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS

Peter Ratcliffe

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

Kevin Fulton

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Nemesis File: The True Story of an SAS Execution Squad

Paul Bruce

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

Rob Lewis

3.66

View all the books

10 best-selling russia books like Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia by Shaun Pinner

Transform Your Habits

Our Enemies Will Vanish

Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

David McCloskey

4.30

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.