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Dr. Jonathan Ransom, a surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his wife, Emma, when she falls into a hidden crevasse and dies. Twenty-four hours later, Jonathan receives an envelope addressed to his wife containing two baggage-claim tickets. Puzzled, he journeys to a railway station only to find himself inexplicably attacked by the Swiss police. Suddenly forced on the run, Jonathan's only chance at survival lies in uncovering the devastating truth behind his wife's secret life.
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Don't miss the other thrillers in the series—Rules of Vengeance (in paperback) and Rules of Betrayal (in hardcover July 2010).
The formula for such books is so familiar that it's hard to spot the good ones, at least at first glance. Rules of Deception is the rare version that begins in by-the-numbers fashion, promising not much, but furiously picks up steam as it goes…Mr. Reich turns out to have a turbo-charged plot in the offing, and he begins explicating it with more originality and verve than might initially have been expected.
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Stephan Moore
reviewed Rules of Deception (Jonathan Ransom Series #1) on May 11, 2008
Rules of Deception
You should probably never read fiction based on your job. It annoys you when they get things wrong and it distracts you from the plot - making you wonder what else the author got wrong. I'm only half way through - thumbing through it listlessly before bed every night. It is very Dan Brown - esque; right down to the useless facts thrown in there that are supposed to explain sentences that the author just said - and given my understanding of all the errors that he made with MSF, I REALLY don't trust him to get the details of technical espionage right.
Errors so far:
* Rebels in Liberia shouting at our noble doctor in French. Liberia is english speaking.
* Referring to Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders as DWB... ALWAYS referred to as MSF even in anglophone countries.
* Getting the entire organizations reason for being wrong - we don't do development - we don't conduct anti-malaria campaigns with WHO or rebuild trauma wards for the government in other countries. And the whole premise that the organization is a cover for exotic spies taking down terrorists is scary since we rely upon our neutrality to protect us in warzones.
* Terminology is just wrong - Surgeons running the whole program? Maybe as a Medical Coordinator but probably wouldn't do much operating then. A simple interview with someone in the organization would have answered that question.
* Ludicrous claims of doctors having sex in clubs during war zones.... wait, that one is true.
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