Days of Drums

by Philip Shelby

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The most gripping thriller since Marathon Man For rookie Secret Service agent Holland Tylo, landing one of the top protection jobs in Washington is a clear sign that her career is right on track. Suddenly it all blows up in her face when Senator Westbourne is gruesomely murdered on her watch. Devastated by the senator's death, censured by her superiors, Holland is isolated. But as she struggles to clear her name, terrifying questions confront her: Was she set up? Is the President next? Alone show more and discredited, Holland discovers that Senator Westbourne's death is only the tip of a massive plot to which she has the key: a computer diskette that holds the secret of the scheme. Now Holland must hide from the very people she most trusted -- even as she is pursued by one of the most devious and vicious killers the Secret Services has ever known. Caught in a web of betrayal, she is both hunter and hunted, never knowing if one of her former friends might kill her. With gripping tension and daring intrigue reminiscent of In the Line of Fire, Days Of Drums is a dazzling suspense thriller featuring one of the most memorable heroines in recent fiction. show less

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This was the book that started me into loving books and reading. It's fast paced and well written.
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An excellent thriller - will make a great movie.
Tijdens een routineklus van de Amerikaanse geheime dienst
wordt een procedurefout gemaakt. Een waar bloedbad is het
gevolg. Senator Westbourne en zijn maîtresse worden op
beestachtige wijze vermoord. Beschuldigende vingers wijzen
in de richting van geheim agente Holland Tylo. Tot dat
moment heeft Holland zich op overtuigende wijze staande
weten te houden in deze keiharde mannenwereld. Nu wordt ze echter door haar baas op een zijspoor gezet. Wanneer haar collega’s haar een voor een laten vallen, besluit Holland zelf haar naam te zuiveren. Verbeten begint ze aan een huiveringwekkende speurtocht naar de psychopatische killer. Dan ontdekt Holland dat de moord slechts een onderdeel is van een veel omvangrijker complot, waar machtige show more personen op het hoogste politieke niveau nauw bij betrokken zijn. Opgejaagd door een nietsontziende moordenaar moet ze haar eigen leven op het spel zetten om de sluwe manipulaties van haar tegenstander te ontmaskeren show less

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Philip Shelby is a novelist of political thrillers. He attended McGill University where he specialized in international security and foreign relations under Zbignew Brzezinski. After completing his studies at McGill, Shelby did graduate work at the Sorbonne and the University of London. Shelby's novels include Last Rights, Gatekeeper, and Days of show more Drum. In each, a young woman working for a government or police agency finds herself involved in danger, intrigue, and double dealing. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3569 .H39258 .D38Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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