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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Thrilling Plot to Assassinate the American President,
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This review is from: By Dawn's Early Light: A Novel (Hardcover)
Thrillers don't get much more intense than this one. Sloane Ryder is a New York financial analyst. She stumbles across dirty financial dealing in a major corporation and is fired and blacklisted for reporting it to the SEC. She despairs of finding a job, but is noticed and hired by a secret division of the General Accounting Office. It has detected some disturbing happenings involving the Chinese and high officials in the US government. Soon, with the help of Secret Servicewomen, Holland Tylo and Hollis Fremont, whom Shelby readers will recognize from previous books, an incredible plot emerges. The Chinese government intends to kill the American president and use the confusion as cover to conquer Taiwan. But as Sloane's unit closes in on the American traitors, the Handyman, a professional assassin hired by the Chinese, murders them. The action moves ever-faster to a breathtaking climax. This is a genuine thriller. I usually can put any book aside, no matter how thrilling, until I have time to read again, but I couldn't stop reading this one. Shelby has given us a first-rate story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting plot, need to read earlier books first.,
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This review is from: By Dawn's Early Light: A Novel (Hardcover)
I liked the plot and the use of female characters in roles normally associated with men but found myself wanting several things...I've missed a few earlier books, reading them would help establish who's who and what. The Handyman seems both a little too good (in hits and escapes) and yet being so good manages to make some awful mistakes. I found some of the other "bad guy" characters to be much more believeable, Dodge Fench and his unnamed band of profit seeking no matter what types are just so much like what some people really are like. I won't go into details to avooid spoiling the story too much but the Chinese attempt on the President is very good (the weapon delivery is better than the weapon itself) as is her response to their actions concerning Taiwan. One last note, the story seems to be set after the term(s) of the current President Bush yet President Ballantine refers to December 7 1941 as being 58 years ago.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Political Thriller Since the Day of the Jackyl,
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This review is from: By Dawn's Early Light: A Novel (Hardcover)
The Handyman crosses borders and oceans with little difficulty and seldom, if ever, leaves behind any witnesses. He has been hired to facilitate a plan to assassinate the first female president of the United States. The story opens with his trip to an orphanage in North Korea to select a child to be used as a human bomb. It moves to New York to Sloan Ryder, a super smart trader who discovers an insider-trading scheme. When she blows the whistle on her boss, she sets in motion a sequence of events that eventually uncover the plot to kill the president and lead her to the attention of the Handyman. The suspense is exciting, and the books moves through a series of unexpected plots. ...AND the coverup that takes place could just as well be a new job for some actual character in Washington today. It's a great read...a hard one to put down until the end which makes way for the next book. Hope it comes along soon.
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