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Title: Days of Drums
Author: Philip Shelby
Narrator: Diane Venora
Format: Abridged
Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 04-28-00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
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. But 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? Holland discovers that the senator's death is only the tip of a massive plot to which she has they key: a computer diskette that holds the secret of the scheme. Now she must hide from the people she once trusted most - as she is pursued by one of the most devious and vicious killers the Secret Service has ever known.
©1996 Philip Shelby, All Rights Reserved; (P)1996 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.
Members Reviews:
Face Your Worst Fears
Authorities on overcoming fear advise people to get closer to their fears. That advice taken to extremes can lead to some pretty dangerous activities. That's the premise of Days of Drums which takes the daughter of a slain senator working for the U.S. Secret Service protecting other politicians, including Senator Charles Westbourne.
When a deadly assassin targets Westbourne, Holland Tylo finds herself in the cross-hairs of a plot that threatens her career, more lives, and to reveal ugly secrets. The assassin's clever plans put Tylo at a disadvantage . . . one from which she has a hard time recovering.
The plot is pretty straightforward, and the action's pace is fast. If you are like me, you'll find this book to be an enjoyable way to pass the time during an airplane trip or a long wait.
The opening scenes in the book are the best parts. The book ends up being less interesting at the end than in the beginning. Those who enjoy reading about investigations will enjoy the solving-the-crime aspects of the story. Character development and intriguing insights are at a minimum.
Alternate Title: Book of Silly Similes
This is a fairly entertaining thriller following the current trend of male authors in which the protagonist is a female spy, cop, detective, etc. In this case our heroine works for the Secret Service. There is some unintentional hilarity in this book: The author has serious problems with similes and metaphors. The author has our gal lying in bed. Does a sensuous word picture describe the scene? Not really. He has her lying there "curled like a shrimp." Ideas take hold of her like fishooks lodging in her brain. She senses events "moving on the horizon, arranging and rearranging themselves the way a lava flow crushes and mutates the landscape." Here's an experiment for you. Fill a manila envelope with photographs. Hold them up in the air and dump them out on a desk. Do they fall out like "butterfly wings?" Mr. Shelby thinks they will. Later, our sweet heroine finds that her,"mourning and guilt had been cauterized, like a white hot iron pressed against an open vein, leaving her swollen with contempt." Light continually "crawls", sometimes through the window at dawn, at another time over tinted glass. There are some even better ones, but they have faded from memory.
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Title: Days of Drums
Author: Philip Shelby
Narrator: Diane Venora
Format: Abridged
Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 04-28-00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
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. But 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? Holland discovers that the senator's death is only the tip of a massive plot to which she has they key: a computer diskette that holds the secret of the scheme. Now she must hide from the people she once trusted most - as she is pursued by one of the most devious and vicious killers the Secret Service has ever known.
©1996 Philip Shelby, All Rights Reserved; (P)1996 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.
Members Reviews:
Face Your Worst Fears
Authorities on overcoming fear advise people to get closer to their fears. That advice taken to extremes can lead to some pretty dangerous activities. That's the premise of Days of Drums which takes the daughter of a slain senator working for the U.S. Secret Service protecting other politicians, including Senator Charles Westbourne.
When a deadly assassin targets Westbourne, Holland Tylo finds herself in the cross-hairs of a plot that threatens her career, more lives, and to reveal ugly secrets. The assassin's clever plans put Tylo at a disadvantage . . . one from which she has a hard time recovering.
The plot is pretty straightforward, and the action's pace is fast. If you are like me, you'll find this book to be an enjoyable way to pass the time during an airplane trip or a long wait.
The opening scenes in the book are the best parts. The book ends up being less interesting at the end than in the beginning. Those who enjoy reading about investigations will enjoy the solving-the-crime aspects of the story. Character development and intriguing insights are at a minimum.
Alternate Title: Book of Silly Similes
This is a fairly entertaining thriller following the current trend of male authors in which the protagonist is a female spy, cop, detective, etc. In this case our heroine works for the Secret Service. There is some unintentional hilarity in this book: The author has serious problems with similes and metaphors. The author has our gal lying in bed. Does a sensuous word picture describe the scene? Not really. He has her lying there "curled like a shrimp." Ideas take hold of her like fishooks lodging in her brain. She senses events "moving on the horizon, arranging and rearranging themselves the way a lava flow crushes and mutates the landscape." Here's an experiment for you. Fill a manila envelope with photographs. Hold them up in the air and dump them out on a desk. Do they fall out like "butterfly wings?" Mr. Shelby thinks they will. Later, our sweet heroine finds that her,"mourning and guilt had been cauterized, like a white hot iron pressed against an open vein, leaving her swollen with contempt." Light continually "crawls", sometimes through the window at dawn, at another time over tinted glass. There are some even better ones, but they have faded from memory.