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    <body><![CDATA[A pretty good spy thriller.  It's nice to see that the genre hasn't completely vanished since the end of the Cold War.  I have not read the previous book, <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2181495.Rules_of_Deception" title="Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich">Rules of Deception</a></em>.<br/><br/>I had a hard time getting into it; things didn't really get moving for me until all of the characters - and there ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61615587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rules of Vengeance by Christopher Reich was a great thriller.  Reich brought his characters Dr. Jonathan Ransom and his wife Emma, back from his first book, Rules of Deception and the intrigue and suspense continued.  To be honest, I liked Rules of Vengeance a little better than Rules of Deception. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61606228">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I believe that this is the first book by Christopher Reich that I've read &amp; I'm definitely going to have to find more by him. While there were some parts that seem a little far fetched, the story over all is well written &amp; kept me up late wanting to read just a bit more before I had to put it down. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70969702">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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