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Andy Barrett Reading Letter for Maureen - Jonathan Hill

30 Oct 2012, 12:35 AM | Post: #1

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The Third Rule - Part One: Atrocities

Technical problems aside, I really hope I can get The Third Rule launched this week.

Here's the cover and blurb for Part One: Atrocities.

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Part One of The Third Rule: Atrocities.

You’re still alive until you meet The Third Rule.

England. New System. New Rules. Old Corruption. In a world where truth and justice are executed as freely as the criminals, a Rule Three conviction earns you a trip to the slaughterhouse and a bullet in the head. And sometimes, you don’t even need to be guilty.
CSI Eddie Collins is dragged into a new turmoil after a hit-and-run driver leaves his son dead. He and reporter Mick Lyndon begin to uncover things that attract the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of people….

“If you want to kill serious crime, you have to kill serious criminals.”
Sir George Deacon, Minster of Justice.

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02 Nov 2012, 12:48 AM | Post: #2

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It was a rush - in more ways than one - but Part One is now up and running on an Amazon near you Smile

Here's the link: http://www.amazon.co.uk...

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02 Nov 2012, 06:59 PM | Post: #3

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Best of luck with The Third Rule, Andy. I know you've put your heart, soul and many hours of hard graft into it.

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02 Nov 2012, 07:33 PM | Post: #4

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This post was last modified: 02 Nov 2012 07:33 PM by Andy Barrett.

Thank you, Bill, that's very kind of you to say so.

The hard graft is also a pleasure; I'm very lucky to be able to spend my free time doing something I love Smile

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03 Nov 2012, 06:41 PM | Post: #5

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The Third Rule - Part One: Atrocities just got its first review, and I'm delighted by it too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent and articulate 3 Nov 2012
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Eddie Collins is a Scenes of Crime Officer (CSI) with problems. His wife has thrown him out because of his drinking and his young son has died in a hit and run accident. One of Andrew Barrett's great gifts is that of being able to get `into the head' of his characters and we know that Eddie feels responsible for his son's death; he should have been with him at the time but was hung-over. We get inside his estranged wife Jilly's mind as she grieves with anger and sorrow for her family life and her young boy. The government has brought in a new Justice Act which allows for Capital Punishment for murder (The Third Rule). One of the proponents of this act is covering up for a son who is responsible for 2 hit and run deaths. There is evidently corruption in high places.

This book is an exciting read: the author writes very well and tells a complex but convincing story which is nevertheless easy to follow. There are several strands cleverly woven together and for me, the story never dragged. Andrew Barrett is an intelligent and articulate author. He is so good at empathy and we feel with his characters. I love his writing style. Down to earth dialogue is interspersed with brilliantly crafted descriptive prose. I can't believe a mainstream publisher isn't paying this man to write books. The Third Rule is beyond good; it's excellent!

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08 Nov 2012, 02:36 AM | Post: #6

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This isn't a review as such, but I thought it was a wonderful comment. How good it is to hear the words, "I couldn't put it down," when speaking of one of the new books.

"I've been forced to stop reading as I have strained my eyes having read for 18 of the past 24hrs!
41% into 3d book and for the first time in years I am tempted to take a sneaky peek at the ending."

And then, when this reader finally finished, she said this to me, "I can't understand why you have not been snapped up by a major publisher.I read Rankin,Deaver,MacDermid etc.and The Third Rule IMO stands head and shoulders above any of their recent offerings."

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But this one is a review. And it's nothing short of fantastic; you can imagine how chuffed I was to read this:

5.0 out of 5 stars What price Justice? 10 Nov 2012
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This is so much more than a story well told.It goes way beyond being an engaging police procedural to being a novel which explores both the lives and psyche of it's characters and in so doing transports the reader from simply reading a good book to feeling they are part of the experience.
The plot explores how the current justice system is weighed too heavily on the side of the criminal and introduces the 'Third Rule' as a means of addressing this imbalance.
Sadly,I admit to almost cheering this initiative until the consequences of such retribution is revealed and it's impact on 'real' people(such is the author's skill,that is how I considered them) begins to hit home.
I didn't wait till I finished part 1 to download parts 2 & 3 as I couldn't run the risk of anything interrupting the flow of this terrific read.

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10 Nov 2012, 07:20 PM | Post: #8

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'So much more than a story well told' - is there any higher praise?!

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That is brilliant, Andy.

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Just got it from Amazon. It's next on my list, I have read A Long Time Dead last July and enjoyed it so looking forward to this one.

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