{"product_id":"9781472111395","title":"The First Rule Of Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeven years ago in Cape Town three young white South African schoolboys were abducted in broad daylight on three consecutive days. They were never heard of again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, a new case for the unpredictable Colonel Vaughn de Vries casts a light on the original enquiry; for him, a personal failure which has haunted him for those seven years and has cost him his marriage and peace of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former British government agent, friend to De Vries, provides intelligence on this new case, but is any of it admissible? Struggling in a mire of departmental and racial rivalry, De Vries seeks the whole truth and unravels a complex history of abuse, deception and murder. Challenging friends, colleagues and enemies, De Vries comes to realise he doesn't know who is which.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the background of Cape Town and the endless, rolling South African veld, this chilling thriller reveals layer after layer of abuse - physical, political and psychological.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger 2014 (Crime Novel of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Paul Mendelson:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'An excellent, uncompromising crime thriller made  even better by its setting ... the story is two journeys in one, and I'm  glad I took both'\u003cb\u003e Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A jaw-droppingly brilliant crime thriller. Imagine \u003ci\u003eThe Killing \u003c\/i\u003emoved to Cape Town and into the landscape of the hot and dusty African veld'\u003cb\u003e Philip Glenister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The First Rule of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e is an incredibly atmospheric, complex and dazzling debut from a thrilling and authentic new voice in crime fiction'\u003cb\u003e Brian McGilloway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An impressive debut' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129616679152,"sku":"9781472111395","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472111395_p0.jpg?v=1763597523","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472111395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}