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Jeff Abbott

    12 augustus 1963

    Deze Amerikaanse auteur creëert spannende verhalen die zich richten op gewone individuen die in buitengewoon gevaar terechtkomen. Zijn werk verkent vaak de diepgaande strijd van personages die na overweldigende uitdagingen hun normale leven willen terugwinnen. Met een talent voor het opbouwen van spanning hebben zijn romans internationaal bestsellerstatus bereikt.

    Jeff Abbott
    High Poets Society
    The First Order
    Downfall
    The Last minute
    Geen rust voor de doden
    Paniek
    • Paniek

      • 351bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      STEL DAT JE HELE LEVEN EEN LEUGEN BLIJFT TE ZIJN? De jonge Evan Casher heeft het goed voor elkaar: hij heeft een succesvolle carrière als filmmaker en een fantastische vriendin. Maar dan krijgt hij een telefoontje dat zijn hele leven op zijn kop zet. Zijn moeder is vermoord, zijn vader wordt vermist en zijn vriendin is niet wie ze zegt te zijn. En dan wordt Evan ook nog eens achtervolgd door de moordenaars van zijn moeder én door de geheime dienst - iedereen lijkt het op hem gemunt te hebben. Hij komt er langzaam achter dat zijn hele leven een grote leugen is. Evan heeft één kans om te overleven: hij moet zo snel mogelijk zien te achterhalen wie zijn ouders - en hijzelf - werkelijk zijn...

      Paniek
      3,5
    • Geen rust voor de doden

      • 304bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Zesentwintig auteurs drukken elk hun stempel op het verhaal en bouwen de spanning op naar een explosieve finale. Wanneer Christopher Thomas, curator van het McFall Art Museum in San Francisco, wordt vermoord en zijn lijk in een ijzeren maagd in een Berlijns museum wordt gevonden, is zijn vrouw Rosemary de hoofdverdachte. Ze wordt berecht, veroordeeld en geëxecuteerd. Tien jaar later is ex-rechercheur Jon Nunn ervan overtuigd dat men de verkeerde ter dood heeft gebracht. Hij wil iedereen die aanwezig was tijdens de nacht dat Christopher stierf, bijeenroepen om de waarheid te achterhalen. Maar de moordenaar stelt alles in het werk om ervoor te zorgen dat het verleden begraven blijft... Met medewerking van: David Baldacci (Introduction) Jeff Abbott Lori Armstrong Sandra Brown Thomas Cook Jeffery Deaver Diana Gabaldon Tess Gerritsen Andrew F. Gulli Peter James J.A. Jance Faye Kellerman Raymond Khoury John Lescroart Jeff Lindsay Gayle Lynds Philip Margolin Alexander McCall Smith Michael Palmer T. Jefferson Parker Matthew Pearl Kathy Reichs Marcus Sakey Jonathan Santlofer Lisa Scottoline R.L. Stine Marcia Talley

      Geen rust voor de doden
      3,3
    • They framed me. They abducted my wife. They took my child. I want him back. Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming up with a young mother whose daughter went missing, he tracks his child across the country in a dangerous, desperate race against time. From the internationally bestselling author of Panic, The Last Minute is the most heart-stopping thriller of the year, from 'one of the best thriller writers of our time' (Harlan Coben).

      The Last minute
      3,9
    • Downfall

      • 544bladzijden
      • 20 uur lezen

      The lightning-fast new thriller from the international bestseller.

      Downfall
      3,8
    • The First Order

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Packed full of action and twists, The First Order is an addictive, exhilarating thriller that shows international bestseller Jeff Abbott at the height of his powers. Six years ago, Sam Capra watched his brother, Danny, executed by extremists. It was the darkest day of his life. But what if Danny was still alive? When evidence surfaces that Danny might be leading a secret, hidden life while the world believes him to be dead, Sam uncovers a different side to the brother he thought he knew. Could Danny be plotting a murder that could change history - the assassination of the Russian president? Determined to stop his brother from committing a murder that may cause a terrible war, Sam goes undercover in a one-man mission to save the world, but how far will he go to save his brother? Packed full of action and twists, The First Order is an addictive, exhilarating thriller that shows international bestseller Jeff Abbott at the height of his powers.

      The First Order
      3,7
    • High Poets Society

      • 182bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      This is Brian Abbott's first major publication. The Boston-based writer has found his stronghold in the world of social media under the moniker of High Poets Society. HIs writing is most recognized for it's mesmerizing rhyme scheme and clever wordplay.

      High Poets Society
      3,9
    • Traitor's Dance

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott, an exciting new thriller in which undercover agent Sam Capra must capture the last American traitor.Sam Capra and his thirteen-year-old son, Daniel, are living a quiet life in Austin, Texas, where Sam continues to run his collection of bars and nightclubs around the world. He's had no recent contact with his former partner, Mila, and is working for America's most secret espionage agency, known as Section K--all while trying to be a good suburban dad. Suddenly, Sam is approached by a fellow spy with an incredible revelation: Markus Bolt is missing. Bolt is the last American traitor, who had turned over allied agent names and military secrets to the Russians. He fled to Moscow when he was discovered, but now a trusted source inside Russia tells Section K that Markus Bolt has vanished from Moscow--and the Americans need to find him before the Russians do. Sam is charged with making contact with Bolt's abandoned American daughter, Amanda, and determining if she's had any contact with her father. He must discover the reason behind Bolt's unexpected run and protect Amanda from the killers hunting her father. But as Sam's search for Bolt grows more dangerous, Sam faces a rising threat born of long-ago secrets--one that could change his and his son's lives forever.

      Traitor's Dance
      3,5
    • Inside Man

      • 498bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      Following Adrenaline , The Last Minute , and Downfall , Jeff Abbott returns with the next riveting novel in the award-winning New York Times bestselling Sam Capra series.Sam Capra's friend Steve has been murdered, shot dead in the rain outside of his Miami bar. The only lead: a mysterious, beautiful stranger Steve tried to protect. To avenge his friend, Sam goes undercover into the Varelas, one of Miami's most prominent and dangerous families.Now on the inside, playing a part where one wrong move means death, Sam faces a powerful, unstable tycoon intent on dividing his business empire between his three very different children, who each may hold murderous secrets of their own.Sam is relentlessly drawn into this family's intense drama, amplifying painful echoes of his own shattered relationships as a son, brother, father, and husband. And just when he thinks he understands why the family is self-destructing, he discovers a lethal secret so shocking that the Varelas cannot let him walk away alive . . .

      Inside Man
      3,8
    • Adrenaline

      • 512bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      A new series from the bestselling author of Panic

      Adrenaline
      3,9
    • A Kiss Gone Bad

      • 369bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      A death rocks the Gulf Coast town of Port Leo, Texas. Beach-bum-turned-judge Whit Mosley is summoned to a yacht where the black-sheep son of a senator lies dead. Was it suicide, fuelled by a family tragedy? Or did an obsessed killer use the dead man as a pawn in a twisted game?

      A Kiss Gone Bad
      3,7