18 books like Blood's a Rover

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American Tabloid James Ellroy · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 571p · ≈ 19h · Moderate We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's Presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination - in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C.... Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy... Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a… Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Political corruption, Politics and government, United States

All The King's Men Robert Penn Warren · 1946 · ★ 4.1 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to narrate the story and Stark's rise to power. Shares: Political corruption, Political Fiction, Politics and government

Split Second David Baldacci · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate SPLIT SECOND is a tale of two disgraced Secret Service agents racing against time to find the common thread that connects a series of assassinations and abductions."Played" and misled by suspects, the duo search for answers. Shares: Political corruption, Political Fiction, United States

North America Anthony Trollope · 1862 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018 Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Politics and government, United States

Stupid white men Michael Moore · 2001 · ★ 3.0 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate OCLC 685134910 ISBN13 9788589362146 Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Conditions sociales, Politics and government

Tunisia Christopher Alexander · 2010 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Judeo-Tunisian Arabic (UNESCO CR) Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Politics and government

The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1904 · ★ 3.8 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London. Shares: Political Fiction, Politics and government

The second father Domenico Cacciola · 2009 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate This true story was Underbelly before Underbelly. From underworld crime to police corruption, former undercover cop Domenico 'Mick' Cacciola finally breaks his silence. In 1954, at the age of nine, his family migrated to Brisbane. In the Sicilian tradition, as the eldest of four boys, Mick was considered the 'second father'. Shares: Political corruption, Politics and government

Pyongyang Guy Delisle · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A Westerner's visit into North Korea, told in the form of a graphic novel. Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortresslike country. While living in the nation's capital for two months on… Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Politics and government

Three Crooked Kings Matthew Condon · 2013 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Three Crooked Kings is the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century of corruption. At its core is Terence Murray Lewis, deposed and jailed former police commissioner. From his entry into the force in 1949, Lewis rose through the ranks, becoming part of the so-called Rat Pack with detectives Glendon Patrick Hallahan and Tony Murphy under the guiding… Shares: Political corruption, Politics and government

Gone Tomorrow Lee Child · 2008 · ★ 4.4 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn't. In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice--and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense by #1 New York Times bestseller Lee Child. Susan Mark was the fifth passenger. She had a lonely heart,… Shares: Political corruption, Conspiracies

Breach of trust David Ellis · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Blaming himself for the deaths of his wife, his infant daughter, and an informant a year earlier, vigilante Jason Kolarich is forced by the FBI to bring down the organization of a corrupt governor of Illinois, a case that reveals devastating truths about his family's deaths. Shares: Political corruption, Politics and government, United States

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization William Case · 2014 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Southeast Asia offers unique opportunities for the comparative analysis of democratization. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides a comprehensive overview of the development of democracy in the region and shows that political and structural factors differ strikingly across countries. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in three major sections: Social… Shares: Politique et gouvernement, Politics and government

Deception Point Dan Brown · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Deception Point is a 2001 mystery-thriller novel by American author Dan Brown. It is Brown's third novel. It was published by Simon & Schuster. The novel follows White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton's involvement in corroborating NASA's discovery of a meteorite that supposedly contains proof of extraterrestrial life, resembling the ALH84001 case. The discovery comes at a time close to… Shares: Political Fiction, Conspiracies

The Drop Michael Connelly · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, Detective Harry Bosch wants cases more fiercely than ever - and in one morning he gets two. DNA from the 1989 murder matches that of a twenty-nine-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer, or has something gone terribly wrong in the Regional Crime Lab? When a city councilman's son jumps - or is dropped - from a window at the… Shares: Political corruption, Los angeles

Saving Faith David Baldacci · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had: a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and will tell too much. Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigator walks into the middle of the assassination… Shares: Political corruption, United States

Supreme Justice Phillip Margolin · 2010 · ★ 4.0 New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin returns to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., with an exciting thriller about a ghost ship and the President's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.Sarah Woodruff, on death row in Oregon for murdering her lover, John Finley, has appealed her case to the Supreme Court just when a prominent justice resigns, leaving a vacancy.Then, for no… Shares: Political Fiction, United States

The octopus Kenn Thomas · 1996 · ★ 4.7 · 229p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Writer Danny Casolaro was on the trail of the Octopus when he was found dead in a West Virginia hotel in 1991, becoming part of the most extraordinary political tale of the '90s. The slashes in his wrists were too deep to be self-inflicted. The accordion file with his recent research was missing. He had told his family to be gravely suspicious if an accident befell him. Casolaro had been… Shares: Conspiracies, Politics and government, United States

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