Rules of Deception (41 page)
Jonathan Ransom, hero of
Rules of Deception
,
Rules of Vengeance
, and
Rules of Betrayal
, works as a surgeon with Doctors Without Borders traveling to the world’s most dangerous areas with his beautiful English wife, Emma. After a terrifying incident in the Swiss Alps, he discovers that Emma has been leading a double life he knew nothing about and possesses a past as dangerous as it is secret. Now, Jonathan finds himself caught in a netherworld of international espionage, a world filled with spies, terrorists, and assassins, where murder is the currency of choice, and the end always justifies the means.
Forced to confront a dizzying array of enemies, where no one is who they seem and loyalties shift like desert sands, Jonathan must search deep within himself to find the skills he did not know he possessed, if he hopes to survive one more day.…
Christopher Reich
RULES OF VENGEANCE
Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of
Rules of Deception
,
Rules of Betrayal
,
Numbered Account
, and
The Patriots Club
, which won the International Thriller Writers Award for best novel in 2006. He lives in California with his family.
ALSO BY CHRISTOPHER REICH
Rules of Betrayal
Rules of Vengeance
The Patriots Club
The Devil’s Banker
The First Billion
The Runner
Numbered Account
Copyright © 2008 by Christopher Reich
All Rights Reserved
Published in the United States by Doubleday, an imprint of The Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Reich, Christopher.
Rules of deception / Christopher Reich.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Physicians—Fiction. 2. Wives—Crimes against—Fiction. 3. Terrorism—Fiction. 4. Switzerland—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3568.E476284R85 2008
813'.54—dc22 2007036368
eISBN: 978-0-385-52693-7
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