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Paperback Book Details
  • 03/2015
  • 9781610091565
  • 302 pages
  • $16.95
Ebook Details
  • 12/2014
  • B00RM3WMX6
  • 291 pages
  • $2.99
The Fourth Rule

Adult; Mystery/Thriller; (Market)

The Fourth Rule, an international suspense novel, is a fast-paced, literary adrenalin rush! It’s the story of a man’s struggle to keep the secret of his brother’s disappearance from the CIA.

After returning from three years as a Green Beret in Vietnam, Mark Grant vanishes. Twenty-two years later, the CIA sends two private investigators to question Matthew Grant about his brother’s disappearance. Matthew denies knowing anything, but the investigators don’t believe him. For over two decades, he has lived the fourth rule—“tell no secrets”, but now he faces a serious challenge. Jack Straw, a rogue CIA agent, orchestrates a desperate manhunt to find out what happened to Mark, while Matthew races to find out why the CIA is interested in the secret he has kept for half his life. The action escalates as the rogue agent and Matthew struggle for advantage until the agent kidnaps Matthew’s sixteen year old daughter to ransom her for information on Matthew’s brother. One night the two meet halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge (the book cover) to exchange information on where Matthew’s daughter is held and the location of Matthew’s missing brother.

The story reaches a climax when Matthew rescues his kidnapped daughter, kills the rogue agent, and prevents a terrible wrong from the past being repeated. The question of what happened to Mark Grant remains unanswered until the last paragraph in the book, when the secret is revealed to the reader, but not to any of the characters in the book. Thus, Matthew lives up to the fourth rule—“tell no secrets”.

 

Reviews
Amy Bennett, author of End of the Road and No Lifeguard on Duty


The Fourth Rule is a fast-paced, literary adrenalin rush! It’s the story of two brothers and the secrets uncovered in Vietnam and hidden for 22 years, culminating in a high-stakes gamble where the prize is a normal life for one brother... and peace for the other. Douglass Seaver creates memorable characters and an unforgettable story.”

 

Joe Nowlan, author of Media Blitz and The Zyratron Affair

"The Fourth Rule begins with as well-written a Chapter 1 as you'll find ― and rarely lets up. Seaver is an excellent story teller. Just when you think you have The Fourth Rule figured out, he throws the reader a curve. Read this one!"

 

Formats
Paperback Book Details
  • 03/2015
  • 9781610091565
  • 302 pages
  • $16.95
Ebook Details
  • 12/2014
  • B00RM3WMX6
  • 291 pages
  • $2.99
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