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Blue Rose Trilogy

This trilogy follows four Vietnam veterans bound by a shattering secret from their wartime past. Though their lives have diverged into vastly different paths—a doctor, a lawyer, a laborer, and a writer—they are drawn back together by a present-day threat. A relentless killer from their shared history resurfaces, forcing them on a globe-spanning hunt to uncover the truth and confront the darkness. It's a gripping thriller exploring themes of loyalty, trauma, and the enduring impact of war.

Mystery
Koko
The Throat

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    Koko

    • 640 pages
    • 23 hours of reading
    3.6(8633)Add rating

    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
  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    The Throat

    • 704 pages
    • 25 hours of reading
    4.0(3398)Add rating

    Straub completes the Blue Rose trilogy with this searing novel of psychological terror. Tim Underhill and the brilliant and reclusive Tom Pasmore court ultimate destruction as they dare to look back to a dark past that holds the secret of evil which signs its name Blue Rose.

    The Throat