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Summary: Rules of Deception
Comment: The product was shipped in a timely manner and was in perfect condition; exactly as described. The price was excellent. We had to purchase this text as a replacement for a library book that was damaged while in our possession. Buying a replacement through Amazon saved us almost $25.00 in fines we would have paid to purchase a new book through the library system.
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Summary: Good book, but human rights quibble
Comment: Jonathan Ransom is on a ski trip with his wife in the Swiss Alps when she is injured. When he returns with help, she appears to have fallen to her death down a crevasse in the ice. In mourning back at his hotel room, he receives a note to pick up two packages at the train station arriving for her. When he picks up the packages he's assaulted by two men who also want them. Jonathan escapes with the packages, but inside finds evidence that his wife had more than one identity and was not at all who she seemed to be. He is now on the run from various groups, with each new thing he finds out deepening his knowledge of his wife's duplicity.
This is a fast read with an enjoyably complicated plot. The NYT review made it sound like the best thing since sliced bread, but I wouldn't go quite that far. At the end I almost felt inclined to go back and look over the events again in terms of how they meshed together for believability, but that might ruin the fun. A slight opening was left for a sequel; if there ever is one, I'll be inclined to read it.
I do have a specific problem with the book, which is somewhat political. Considering we have an administration (soon to end) which uses fiction as an inspiration for how they do things (ie. getting ideas from the tv show "24" as referenced in Jane Mayer's The Dark Side) I don't think it's responsible to portray extraordinary rendition or torture as useful ways of getting accurate information or keeping people safe. That is a fiction.
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Summary: Rules of Deception
Comment: I received this book very quickly and it was like new. Buying from
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Summary: Rules of Deception and Stealing Trinity
Comment: I loved this fast paced spy thriller. Geopolitical stakes are sky high and today's technology is awesome. On the other hand, I just read a fantastic espionage thriller, "Stealing Trinity" by Ward Larsen, a World War Two spy story based on the Manhattan Project. Lower tech,as judged by today's standard, but unbelievable for that era. Both exhilerating reads.
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Summary: character over flow
Comment: Premise is great, to many characters introduced throughout the book. If you like reading backwards to catch up its a decent read
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