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Last Rights
 
 

Last Rights (Mass Market Paperback)

by Philip Shelby (Author) "Rachel Collins, warrant officer second grade, shifted, her boot heels scraping the hot, corrugated roof of the metal shed where she lay spread-eagle ..." (more)
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Philip Shelby's first novel, Days of Drums, was a crackerjack political thriller. It earned him big sales and good reviews for his ability to turn the nightly news into compelling fiction. His latest pulls off the same magic. A highly decorated African American war hero, General Griffin North, is killed in a plane crash just as his political career is about to take off. Ironically in light of modern military sex scandals, the only people who think the crash might have been more than an accident are two very interesting women--Major Mollie Smith of the Army and her protégé, Warrant Officer Rachel Collins. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

Burdened with contrived plotting that depends on miraculous timing and fortuitous circumstances, Shelby's sensationalistic second thriller (after Days of Drums) asks for too much reader indulgence. And that's too bad, because its premise is intriguing: that the supposedly accidental death of a retired African American army general with an eye on the White House was no accident. When Warrant Officer Rachel Collins of Army CID hears the dying whispers of a sergeant who once served as driver for the highly decorated General Griffin North, she realizes that the general was the victim of an assassination plot. After Collins's mentor, Major Mollie Smith, is murdered following her attempt to relocate two witnesses who hold key information, Collins herself becomes the next target of an ace CIA hit man known as the Engineer. Help arrives in the person of Smith's brother, an FBI agent, but the plot thickens when Collins discovers that North was Smith's secret lover. In addition to the requisite high-level political shenanigans and an alphabet soup of covert agencies, Shelby stirs in white supremacists, a venal federal judge, cross-country air chases, glitzy resort settings and steamy romance. It's much too much, and while the final chapters crackle with action, the plot tricks Shelby uses to reach them, as well as his familiar characters, will have long worn readers' patience thin. 125,000 first printing.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Knuckle-Twisting Suspense, Aug 15 2002
By Bonnie Toews (Newcastle, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Robert Ludlum's mantel has rightfully fallen to Philip Shelby, but unlike Ludlum his protagonist, Rachel, is a credible physically-fit smart woman--not larger than life as Ludlum was prone to make his heroic characters, who could be half dead but they could still run across roof tops for five pages afterwards without a murmur of pain. He keeps a taut pace, and the story races forward without the constant circling back to redundant information that plagues many authors' works. An explosive page turner with a fascinating psychopathic villian, the Engineer. A must read worth five-stars.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Boredom, Aug 17 2001
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This review is from: Last Rights: A Novel (Hardcover)
This is the second Philip Shelby book I have attempted to read, the first being "Days of Drums." These books were so dull and poorly written, I found my attention wandering. I was unable to complete "Last Rights" because it was so boring and returned it to a bookstore. I didn't even ask for my money back. I just dropped it off and "donated" it to them. I can never throw a book out...no matter how bad it is. Dull, dull, dull.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I liked it, Oct 10 2000
Plain and simple, I liked this book. Another, at least for me, page turner. I haven't read anything else written by P. Shelby, but I just might, because he impressed me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great suspense book
This is the first book I have read of Philip Shelby. I usually read Sci-Fi books, but I was glad that I picked this book up. Read more
Published on May 3 2000 by Mr. A. Chapman

2.0 out of 5 stars Just Fair
After reading Shelby's very good first thriller, Days Of Drums, I was somewhat disappointed in Last Rights. Read more
Published on Mar 5 2000 by bobbewig

5.0 out of 5 stars Read This Book
My aunt gave me this book as a must read because I'm African-American and I'm an ex Army Officer. Having spent 30 years in the civilian side of federal law enforcement I read... Read more
Published on Feb 4 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Bad Guys and Good Folks.
Good, fast-paced read. Attractive, courageous heroine using intelligence, analysis, foils a daunting panorama of bad villains - intelligently and carefully conceived. Read more
Published on Oct 19 1997 by Omnibus

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Believable! Energetic
Philip Shelby has once again delivered a blockbuster! Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down. Read more
Published on Aug 7 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!! Is there anyone better than Philip Shelby??

Writers of conspiracy-type thrillers are a dime a dozen these days. The field is ripe for a realistic portrayal of this genre due to the political movements in this and other... Read more

Published on April 24 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Philip Shelby is the king of action packed thrillers
Retired General Griffin North is considered a strong possibility of being the first African-American President. Read more
Published on Mar 19 1997

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