The Final Cut (House of Cards Trilogy, Book 3)

Francis Urquhart’s eventful career as Prime Minister comes to a spectacular end in the final volume in the Francis Urquhart trilogy – now reissued in audio. He schemed his way to power in ‘House of Cards’ and had a memorable battle of wills with the new king in ‘To Play the King’. Now Francis Urquhart is about to take his place in the record books as the longest-serving Prime Minister this century. Yet it seems the public is tiring of him at last, and the movement to force him from power is growing. But Urquhart is not yet ready to be driven from office. If the public demand new blood, that is precisely what he will give them… Francis Urquhart goes out in a blaze of glory in this final volume in the irresistible story of the most memorable politician of the decade. Michael Dobbs delivers a top-notch urban thriller, where political and media landscapes intertwine in a dance of power and cunning. The Final Cut is a testament to the best of political fiction, ending with a blaze that will be remembered. For fans of Robert Harris (Act of Oblivion), Anthony Horowitz (The Twist of a Knife), Ken Follett (Fall of Giants), Terry Hayes (The Year of the Locust), and Lynda La Plante (Whole Life Sentence).