The Third Rule - Part One: Atrocities

The Third Rule – Part One: Atrocities is the first part of a contemporary crime thriller featuring Scenes of Crime Officer, Eddie Collins. It is predominantly set in Leeds, a major Yorkshire city, and the surrounding villages.
The complete story is over 260,000 words, and Part One – Atrocities is not a stand-alone book, but is the first part of the story only.
The Third Rule – Part One: Atrocities is 89,000 words, about 300 pages.


DESCRIPTION
Part One of The Third Rule: Atrocities.
“You’re still alive until you meet The Third Rule.”
New Rules. Old Corruption.
In an England where a new government comes to power on a wave of atrocities, truth and justice are executed as freely as the criminals, using a strict code of punishment designed to combat crime, called The Rules. But it’s not only the criminals who fear their introduction. The Rules push boundaries too far, and though described as infallible, they are far from perfect.
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.
Can Eddie find out the killer’s identity, and can he stay alive long enough to take revenge?

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


WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT The Third Rule – Part One: Atrocities
~ Strong thriller with a nightmare plot straight from the pages of the Daily Mail.
~ Andrew Barrett is an intelligent and articulate author.
~ I love his writing style.
~ Down to earth dialogue is interspersed with brilliantly crafted descriptive prose.
~ The Third Rule is beyond good; it's excellent!
~ This is so much more than a story well told.
~ It goes way beyond being an engaging police procedural…


RECOGNITION for The Third Rule
Goodreads UKAKF Group Book for December 2012 – 3 Acorns (a ‘Must Read’)
Amazon Kindle Bestseller #24 Jan 2013
Indie Book Bargains Best Indie Books of 2012 #3 in Crime, Thrillers and Mystery – books from a series

The Third Rule [Eddie Collins #1]:
Part One – Atrocities
Part Two – Running Scared
Part Three – Sacrifices

Or…

The Third Rule – The Complete Story
Black by Rose [Eddie Collins #2]

Also available by Andrew Barrett
The Dead Trilogy [Roger Conniston]:
Book One - A LONG TIME DEAD
Book Two - STEALING ELGAR
Book Three - NO MORE TEARS