Let Us Prey (Ulverscroft Large Print) [Large Print] [Library Binding]

Gerald Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993 | Series: Ulverscroft Large Print

A gamekeeper is found dead and it appears that he accidentally injected some poison into his hand whilst laying bait for birds of prey. Investigating the strange circumstances, solicitor Ralph Enterkin uncovers an illegal scheme run at the expense of local landowners.

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Editorial Reviews

From Kirkus Reviews

Gun-and-game expert Keith Calder's newest exploit is shared by kindly, middle-aged solicitor Ralph Enterkin (Sauce for the Pigeon, 1985, etc.), who narrates the story. Enterkin's engaged to protect the rights of landowner Alec Deeling, whose gamekeeper Jim Broxburn has died, possibly as a result of setting out poison for predator hawks--against the law in the Scottish Highlands. But Calder, a friend and neighbor of Deeling's, soon finds other possibilities: Broxburn's affair with nearby Celia Farrow--married to a short- tempered deer-farmer; malicious bird-protectionist Mrs. Chegwin; the dead man's unexpectedly large legacy; some odd doings at a neighboring falconer's. Enterkin, mostly sedentary, undergoes a wrenching physical ordeal before he and Calder figure out the muddled plot. Amiable and gently humorous, but readers not into guns and birds may be dropouts before it's all over. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 256 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708928935
• ISBN-13: 978-0708928936
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,894,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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