The Third Rule- Andrew Barrett -Crime/CSI
A Great Britain set apart from the Union has its own rules. This is in the “near future”
(but not futuristic) where capital punishment has been reinstated. Three strikes and
you are out- by a bullet through the head. Several stories come together in this tangle
of detective work and journalism. A woman whose son has been excluded from school
through bad behaviour “gets back” at the system and in doing so gets more than she
bargained for. A man whose son has been incarcerated for stabbing a burglar is found
dead. A druggie whose boyfriend is a very talented artist starts selling his work behind
his back. Meanwhile CSI Eddie has had his own tragedy and has hit the bottle. Mick,
his friend and journalist is not much help or much better himself.
This is an interesting book where there are some controversial “rules” in the new Great
Britain. No smoking in public for example. You end up loving Eddie but at the same time
wanting to give him a kick up the rear to sort himself out. This grabs you and will keep
you enthralled as it goes through the different scenarios. A wonderfully clever entertaining
read.
The Third Rule blurb
Propelled by a wave of atrocities, the government introduces a severe code of capital
punishment. They designed The Rules to rid England of serious crime, but they failed.
They said The Rules were infallible, but they lied.
Christian Ledger, an innocent man and a talented artist is charged with a fatal stabbing.
Christian is heading for the ͚slaughterhouse͛ because no one will listen to his pleas.
Is the secret he carries enough to save his life?CSI Eddie Collins, a reluctant hero with
one failed suicide attempt behind him, suddenly wants to live when the police hunt him
down for shooting a colleague. And now he͛s on the government͛s list too, and he͛s
running. But they͛'re getting closer by the minute...
Author Bio:
Andrew Barrett has enjoyed variety in his professional life, from engine-builder to farmer, from
Oilfield Service Technician in Kuwait, to his current role of Senior CSI in Yorkshire.
He’s been a CSI since 1996, and has worked on all scene types from terrorism to murder,
suicide to rape, drugs manufacture to bomb scenes. One way or another, Andrew’s life revolves
around crime.
In 1997 he finished his first crime thriller, A Long Time Dead, and it’s still a readers’
favourite today, some 200,000 copies later, topping the Amazon charts several times.
Two more books featuring SOCO Roger Conniston completed the trilogy.
Today, Andrew is still producing high-quality, authentic crime thrillers with a forensic
flavour that attract attention from readers worldwide. He’s also attracted attention from the
Yorkshire media, having been featured in the Yorkshire Post, and twice interviewed on BBC
Radio Leeds.
He’s best known for his lead character, CSI Eddie Collins, and the acerbic way in which
he roots out criminals and administers justice. Eddie’s series is four books and two short
stories in length, and there’s still more to come.
Andrew is a proud Yorkshireman and sets all of his novels there, using his home city of
Leeds as another major, and complementary, character in each of the stories.
Links:
Contact: andrew@andrewbarrett.co.uk
Website: http://www.andrewbarrett.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewBarr
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