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De Blauwe Roos Trilogie

Deze trilogie volgt vier Vietnamveteranen die verbonden zijn door een schokkend geheim uit hun oorlogsverleden. Hoewel hun levens zich in zeer verschillende richtingen hebben ontwikkeld – een dokter, een advocaat, een arbeider en een schrijver – worden ze herenigd door een hedendaagse dreiging. Een meedogenloze moordenaar uit hun gedeelde geschiedenis duikt weer op, wat hen dwingt tot een wereldwijde jacht om de waarheid te achterhalen en de duisternis onder ogen te zien. Het is een meeslepende thriller die thema's als loyaliteit, trauma en de blijvende impact van oorlog verkent.

Mystery
Koko
The Throat

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    Koko

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    KOKO. Only four men knew what it meant. Now they must stop it. They are Vietnam vets, a doctor, a lawyer, a working stiff, and a writer. Very different from each other, they are nonetheless linked by a shared history and a single shattering secret. Now, they have been reunited and are about to embark on a quest that will take them from Washington, D.C., to the graveyards and fleshpots of the Far East to the human jungle of New York, hunting someone from the past who has risen from the darkness to kill and kill and kill.

    Koko
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    After a tragic accident which he barely survives, Tom Pasmore develops an obsession with death--an obsession which leads him to investigate two murders--one in the past and one in the present. And during his investigation, Pasmore learns more than anyone needs--or deserves--to know!

    Mystery
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    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story brings the chilling Blue Rose Trilogy to an astonishing close—secrets unearthed, demons revisited, and mysteries solved. • “A masterpiece…. The most intelligent novel of suspense to come along in years.” —The Washington Post Book World Tim Underhill, now an acclaimed novelist, travels back to his hometown of Millhaven, Illinois after he gets a call from John Ransom, an old army buddy. Ransom believes there’s a copycat killer on the loose, mimicking the Blue Rose murders from decades earlier—he thinks his wife could be a potential victim. Underhill seeks out his old friend Tom Pasmore, an aging hermit who has attained minor celebrity as an expert sleuth, to help him investigate. They quickly discover that Millhaven is a town plagued by horrifying secrets and there is a twisted killer on the loose who is far more dangerous than they ever imagined. Expertly tying together the events of Koko and Mystery, The Throat proves Peter Straub to be the master of the suspense novel.

    The Throat