Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo, educated in the USA, worked for several years in large Swiss banks in Geneva and Zurich; He has been a professional writer since 1995. Reich, the author of seven novels, is one of the best modern masters of the action-packed spy detective story, whose books have been compared to the works of such masters as Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsythe and Tom Clancy. Rules of Deception is a gripping, action-packed novel about the intricacies of political intrigue and the pervasive web of deceit. American Jonathan Ransom, a surgeon at the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, is vacationing in the Swiss Alps. His wife Emma dies in the mountains. A day later, an envelope with luggage receipts arrives in her name. From this moment on, Jonathan Ransom becomes an object of increased interest from international intelligence agencies and a target for professional killers. What secrets was his wife hiding from him - the woman he trusted as himself? Step by step, Ransom penetrates deeper into the world of spies and special agents, the latest military developments and global terrorism - a world where everyone is not what he seems, and where the end always justifies the means.