Pirate Trade |
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Author:
| Boyer, Rick |
Series title: | Doc Adams Mysteries Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8041-0612-2 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Fawcett |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $4.99 |
Book Description:
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When Doc Adams buys a purse adorned with genuine carved ivory for his wife Mary, he unknowingly purchases a ticket into the underworld of modern-day piracy. In this case, the treasure is the precious ivory of endangered elephants and walruses, and the plunderers are part of a ruthless multimillion dollar international poaching operation. When Mary's sharp eye detects that the ivory on her purse is ill-gotten, U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents deputize her to help carry out a sting...
More DescriptionWhen Doc Adams buys a purse adorned with genuine carved ivory for his wife Mary, he unknowingly purchases a ticket into the underworld of modern-day piracy. In this case, the treasure is the precious ivory of endangered elephants and walruses, and the plunderers are part of a ruthless multimillion dollar international poaching operation. When Mary's sharp eye detects that the ivory on her purse is ill-gotten, U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents deputize her to help carry out a sting operation. But while Mary plays a dangerous secret-agent game, Doc finds himself fingered as the prime suspect in the murder of an illicit ivory dealer, and becomes the prime target of the smugglers' most murderous henchmen . . . . "Boyer is up there with the best: the Parkers, the Higginses, and the Macdonalds." -- The Boston Globe