Days of Drums [Paperback]

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 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

DAYS OF DRUMS

Senator Westbourne was on the carpet, his back against the love seat, hands manacled … he would have died very slowly, in great pain. "This place was supposed to be secure!" Fleming whispered hoarsley. "What the hell happened?"

Holland Tylo is a rookie US Secret Service agent, one of only a handful of women who work in the Executive Protection branch. As one of the team charged with the security of the country's leading politicians, she suffers the ultimate professional nightmare when an influential and respected senator is brutally tortured and killed while under her protection.

Her high flying career is in ruins, but worse is to come when she stumbles on a vast conspiracy that encompasses the highest levels of the US government and its agencies. Alone, discredited, and hunted by the most powerful forces in the land, Holland finds herself at the centre of a plot that not only jeopardises her life and threatens to devastate the US Senate, but ultimately places the President in the cross hairs of an unstoppable assassin…

'Days of Drums' is a powerful thriller full of relentless action, heart stopping suspense, and intriguing insights into the secret inner workings of Washington.

Philip Shelby was born in Montreal and graduated in law from McGill University before turning to writing thrillers full-time. He lives in Los Angeles, California and is currently working on his fourth book.