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Engelstalige politieke thrillers

Politieke en juridische thrillers zijn een subgenre van thrillers die zich richten op de wereld van politiek en wetgeving. Deze boeken draaien om de avonturen van politieke leiders, advocaten, rechters en andere mensen die zich bezighouden met de wetgeving en politieke kwesties. Engelstalige politieke en juridische thrillers zijn populair vanwege hun realistische scenario's en de manier waarop ze de complexe wereld van politiek en wetgeving op een begrijpelijke manier presenteren.
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  1. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
    1. George , Orwell

    Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

    Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

    € 11,50
  2. The Widow
    1. John , Grisham

    The Widow

    'A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. No one does it better' CHRIS WHITAKERSHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY.Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.Once he's hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But it's a terrible mistake. Hidden secrets have a way of being found out, and when Eleanor is hospitalised after a car accident, Simon realises that nothing is as it seems.As events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans. ¿350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER¿ 'Grisham has two great qualities: he knows his stuff and is a born storyteller' DAILY MAIL

    € 14,00
  3. Nash Falls
    1. David , Baldacci

    Nash Falls

    'Baldacci is the master' - Jeffrey ArcherNash Falls is the start of a pulse-pounding original series from the international number one bestselling author of The 6.20 Man. Walter Nash is a mild-mannered, happy and successful businessman with a loving family. He has never lifted a weight or fired a gun in anger, and he has no special physical or investigatory skills. The dark world is not a place he knows - until the FBI comes calling on the very day of his estranged Vietnam veteran father's funeral. They tell him that the company he works for is actually a criminal organization. And they need his help in a risky endeavour to bring it all down.In doing so, Nash's perfect world is destroyed. And in seeking justice and revenge, Nash must become someone else: a man of violence and physicality who must find traction and purpose in the same dark world that invaded and crushed everything near and dear to him. Can Walter Nash reinvent himself into a weapon of righteousness and justice? The odds are not with him.But bet against Walter Nash at your peril . . .Be sure not to miss the next instalment in this electrifying series, Hope Rises . . . KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.'One of the world's thriller masters' - Daily Mail'Baldacci is still peerless' - The Sunday Times'One of the all-time best thriller authors' - Lisa Gardner'Baldacci delivers, every time!' - Lisa Scottoline'A master storyteller' - Associated Press'Baldacci cuts everyone's grass - Grisham's, Ludlum's, even Patricia Cornwell's - and more than gets away with it' - People

    € 13,50
  4. Agrippa
    1. Robert , Harris

    Agrippa

    **PRE-ORDER NOW to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMESThe Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller - coming August 2026.'A master storyteller' OBSERVERJulius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir.The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa.To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together.Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius.When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?'The king of the page-turning thriller' i PAPER'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' SUNDAY TIMES'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' FINANCIAL TIMES'A master of historical fiction' TLS

    € 21,50
  5. Can Nothing Save Us?
    1. Irvine Welsh

    Can Nothing Save Us?

    A new book by Irvine Welsh is always an event . . . No living author is as entertaining to read

    € 27,50
  6. Artificial Wisdom
    1. Thomas R. Weaver

    Artificial Wisdom

    Imaginative, impressive debut... Particularly compelling is Weaver’s riveting vision of technology in the near future and its ramifications once humans can no longer discern what is real

    € 14,95
  7. Black Tag
    1. Simon Mayo

    Black Tag

    Gripping

    € 13,95
  8. Clive Cussler’s Quantum Tempest
    1. Mike Maden

    Clive Cussler’s Quantum Tempest

    Mike Maden is the author of Clive Cussler's Hellburner and Fire Strike, the critically acclaimed Drone series, and four novels in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan Jr. series. He holds both a master's and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Davis, specialising in international relations and comparative politics. He has lectured and consulted on the topics of war and the Middle East, among others. Maden has served as a political consultant and campaign manager in state and national elections, and hosted his own local weekly radio show.

    € 13,95
  9. The Widow
    1. John , Grisham

    The Widow

    'A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. No one does it better' CHRIS WHITAKERSHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY.Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.Once he's hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But it's a terrible mistake. Hidden secrets have a way of being found out, and when Eleanor is hospitalised after a car accident, Simon realises that nothing is as it seems.As events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans. ¿350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER¿ 'Grisham has two great qualities: he knows his stuff and is a born storyteller' DAILY MAIL

    € 28,50
  10. Invitation from a Dictator
    1. Rory , Clements

    Invitation from a Dictator

    The gripping new historical thriller from the award-winning author of Munich Wolf and Evil in High Places , perfect for fans of Philip Kerr, Robert Harris and Simon Scarrow. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . .Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in Germany for a historic meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat.But recent attacks by ruthless Communist band, Red Freedom, has brought fear and bloodshed to the area. As brutal as the Nazis, their next targets are Edward, Wallis and the Fuhrer himself.Detective Sebastian Wolff is charged with their protection, but the conflict between his job and his politics becomes even more complicated when Wolff realises who is behind Red Freedom: Ulrike, his first love and the mother of his son.The personal and political collide in this electrifying new novel from the million-copy-bestselling 'master of the wartime thriller', Rory Clements.

    € 20,00
  11. In the Green Heart
    1. Richard Lloyd Parry

    In the Green Heart

    Richard Lloyd Parry's gripping fiction debut is a parable and a cracking good yarn, an intelligent adventure told with the precise and horrified eye of a news correspondent. Immersive and immensely readable, never not terrifying

    € 14,95
  12. The Aristocracy
    1. Patrick Worrall

    The Aristocracy

    Patrick Worrall was educated at a comprehensive school in Worcestershire and King’s College, Cambridge. He has worked as a teacher in eastern Europe and Asia, a newspaper journalist, a court reporter at the Old Bailey, and the head of the Channel 4 News FactCheck blog. His first novel, The Partisan, was inspired by a World War Two photograph of three young female freedom fighters he saw in a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Exile, his second novel, is a prequel to The Partisan. The Aristocracy is his third novel.

    € 20,95