DRUMMER IN THE DARK-HC [Hardcover]

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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Waterbrook Press (Aug 21 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1578563909
ISBN-13: 978-1578563906
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 726 g

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From Publishers Weekly

Taking its cue from two recent financial disasters (the Emulex story and the Barings collapse), this clever mix of politics, morality and high-tech suspense makes for a riveting thriller about (of all things) financial derivatives. Former high-tech guru Wynn Bryant is tapped by his brother-in-law, the new governor of Florida, to replace Congressman Graham Hutchings, bedridden with a stroke. His single mission: to help defeat Hutchings's pet piece of legislation, something called the Jubilee Amendment. Surrounded by scheming lobbyists, staffers who know more than he does and peers who dismiss him as a stand-in, Bryant's research into Hutchings's amendment puts him squarely in the path of Jackie Havilland, who's been hired by Hutchings's wife to find out who's been smearing her husband, and why. Both Bryant and Havilland find their investigations leading to the same source: infamous financier Pavel Hayek, head of the Hayek Group and mastermind of a secret plan that Hayek calls Tsunami. Since Bryant is ignorant of finance, his education in the details behind Tsunami, which involve the dangers of hedge funds and derivative financial instruments, is our education as well. Bunn (The Great Divide) obviously knows his stuff there's a scary reality behind this fiendishly simple plot, made all the more convincing by virtue of Bunn's financial expertise. And while the novel starts out slow, once the characters start bounding around the world from Rome to Cairo and the violence and danger escalate, the novel takes off. Bottom line: Bunn has crafted an intelligent, fast-moving novel about hedge funds; and if a writer can do that, he can do just about anything. (Aug. 7)Forecast: Originally a Christian Book Association bestselling author, Bunn still maintains a large Christian following. This book, however, fortifies his crossover appeal and cements his reputation as a writer of excellent mainstream thrillers.

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Wynn Bryant is a rich but unhappy widower whose sister is married to the governor of Florida. The governor appoints Wynn to finish out the term of a congressman who's had a stroke, warning him that he must at all costs stay away from the "Jubilee Amendment." Turns out the congressman was a principled man whose Jubilee Amendment would bring some control to unregulated international currency trading, which destabilizes Third World economies, according to Bunn, and may be a threat to Western countries as well. Disregarding the governor's instructions, Wynn, along with his new girlfriend and a computer hacker named Colin Ready, sets out to bring down the unscrupulous traders, symbolized by the evil Pavel Hayek. In a subplot, Wynn heads to Rome to find his sister, who leaves the crooked governor on a religious quest. A former best-selling author of Christian fiction who has turned to mainstream thrillers, Bunn is a world traveler and knows a great deal about international finance, but he's not at his best here, writing hurriedly in a style that strikes a high tone and then descends into stale slang and shallow characterizations. The evident haste may derive from the pace he's on: this novel follows Kingdom Come, an evangelical effort with Larry Burkett (Thomas Nelson) from earlier this year and last year's The Great Divide [BKL Ap 15 00], Bunn's first, rather more successful attempt at a mainstream thriller. John Mort
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5.0 out of 5 stars While I've never been a stock market person..., May 8 2004

Wolfe Moffat (Franklinville, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drummer In The Dark (Paperback)

This is an exception! Bunn shows some grit here and leaves the reader in a daze. He takes you through a few twists and turns, cracks and crevices, and succeeds in doing so, without losing you, yet still keeping you focused on the plot. Now, I've never understood the stock market, probably never will, but I did enjoy this. It really makes you think about what some people might do for the love of money. Jackie Havilland makes an awesome detective for Esther Cummings. Good action throughout the whole thing, yet with a small bit of melancholy. It almost makes you wish there was a sequel. Bunn has never been my favorite author, but one I've kept coming back to, for reasons such as this! Good job!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Inaccuracies Plague Story, Jun 19 2004

Addicted to Reading "Addicted to Reading" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drummer In The Dark (Paperback)

Mr Bunn's biography on the end flap says "raised in North Carolina, taught in Switzerland, worked in Africa and the Middle East, and served as direct in Germany, currently lives in England." I can only wonder if he has ever spent much, if any, time at all in Florida. Having lived in Orlando for the past twenty-one years, I find it extremely annoying to read a novel about my city that is so full of inaccuracies. His geography is all mixed up, his roads are confused, and even the weather is incorrectly represented. In the twenty-one years I've been here, it never once hit 100 degrees, and certainly no where near that in April, for heaven's sake! Maybe this wouldn't bother someone who doesn't live here, but there's an old, but correct, saying: "Write about what you know." Mr Bunn simply does not know Orlando. It ruined the story for me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars gritty, Dec 5 2003

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a hard-hitting story that packs a punch, t davis bunn certainly delivers in this fast-paced political thriller

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