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Rules of deception

Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse. Twnety-four hours later, he is the subje...

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Main Author: Reich, Christopher, 1961-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Doctors without Borders (Association) > Fiction.
Médecins sans frontières (Association) > Fiction.
Physicians > Fiction.
Wives > Crimes against > Fiction.
Terrorism > Fiction.
Switzerland > Fiction.
Suspense fiction > Switzerland.
Summary: Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse. Twnety-four hours later, he is the subject of an international manhunt and the target of a master assassin. His only chance at survival lies in uncovering the devastating truth behind the secret his wife kept from him and in stopping the terrifying conspiracy that threatens to bring the world to the brink of annihilation.
Physical Description: 390 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780385524063
0385524064
Author Notes: Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 1961. He graduated with honors in history from Georgetown University. After spending some time as a stockbroker, he went to the University of Texas at Austin business school. After graduating, he became an employee at the Union Bank of Switzerland and his experiences there prepared him for when he wrote Numbered Account, a fiction novel involving shady finances and murder.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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