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This time, it's Calder's daughter's turn to tell the tale, as she takes her father's place as resident gunsmith - and amateur sleuth - of Newton Lauder.
The last thing Deborah Calder thought she'd be consulted on during her parent's vacation was a murder. Yet they'd hardly left when Inspector Munro called her to the Pentland Gun Club, where the steward's body had been found lying by a skeet trap. Tullos wasn't a popular man, but his grouchy moods were hardly a cause for murder.
Finding the cause becomes Deborah's mission, as she is suddenly appointed the expert forensic witness - and, with her father's curiosity, finds herself launching an investigation of her own.
On Stray Shot:
"Simon's diffident manner makes an engaging contrast to Keith's brio. Complications abound . . . this outing has a rollicking air more Dallas than Edinburgh - it's fast-moving, sometimes broadly funny, and one of Hammond's best."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Hammond still works wonders with a few square miles of farm country, and his enviable gift for bringing antique gun lore to life continues to fascinate."
- Booklist
And on Adverse Report:
"This delightful mystery . . . introduces a bemused Englishman to the colorful residents of the Scottish countryside. . . . Hammond deftly builds his characters using a light touch; his firm sense of place and time unveil Scotland through the eyes of a newcomer."
- Publishers Weekly
"The oddball likability of Scottish rural eccentrics has been a constant in the Keith Calder mysteries, producing a combination of quirky charm and unsentimental warmth. . . . Finding a meticulously plotted mystery hidden beneath the local color should surprise no one familiar with the previous Calder tales."
- Booklist
Gerald Hammond'sKeith Calder mysteries, of which this is the thirteenth, include Stray Shot and Adverse Report. Hammond lives in Scotland.
Genre: Mystery
The last thing Deborah Calder thought she'd be consulted on during her parent's vacation was a murder. Yet they'd hardly left when Inspector Munro called her to the Pentland Gun Club, where the steward's body had been found lying by a skeet trap. Tullos wasn't a popular man, but his grouchy moods were hardly a cause for murder.
Finding the cause becomes Deborah's mission, as she is suddenly appointed the expert forensic witness - and, with her father's curiosity, finds herself launching an investigation of her own.
Praise for Gerald Hammond's Keith Calder series:
On Stray Shot:
"Simon's diffident manner makes an engaging contrast to Keith's brio. Complications abound . . . this outing has a rollicking air more Dallas than Edinburgh - it's fast-moving, sometimes broadly funny, and one of Hammond's best."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Hammond still works wonders with a few square miles of farm country, and his enviable gift for bringing antique gun lore to life continues to fascinate."
- Booklist
And on Adverse Report:
"This delightful mystery . . . introduces a bemused Englishman to the colorful residents of the Scottish countryside. . . . Hammond deftly builds his characters using a light touch; his firm sense of place and time unveil Scotland through the eyes of a newcomer."
- Publishers Weekly
"The oddball likability of Scottish rural eccentrics has been a constant in the Keith Calder mysteries, producing a combination of quirky charm and unsentimental warmth. . . . Finding a meticulously plotted mystery hidden beneath the local color should surprise no one familiar with the previous Calder tales."
- Booklist
Gerald Hammond'sKeith Calder mysteries, of which this is the thirteenth, include Stray Shot and Adverse Report. Hammond lives in Scotland.
Genre: Mystery
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