Keith Calder Scottish Mysteries Books 9–16

✍ Scribed by Gerald Hammond

• Book ID: 112192121
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 925 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

IN THIS EIGHT-BOOK BOX SET:
BOOK 9: SILVER CITY SCANDAL
Oil executive Hugh Donald is on trial for murder. He’s been set up. Keith is called as a prosecution witness, but switches sides when he realises Donald’s innocence. Keith must delve into the murky world of Big Oil to get to the truth and finds himself immediately in danger.
BOOK 10: THE EXECUTOR
Robin Winterton is killed at home by a blow to the head. Police believe he disturbed a burglary, but Keith is suspicious. Winterton’s widow has now been conned out of Robin’s only assets — rare antique guns. Keith is determined to track down the guns, but a trail of death disrupts his search.
BOOK 11: THE WORRIED WIDOW
Sam Hendrickson is found shot. The police verdict is suicide, but his widow suspects foul play. She enlists Keith’s help to prove it. But someone doesn’t want Keith involved and a menacing caller threatens his family. With the case becoming dangerously personal, Keith must prove the impossible murder is very much possible.
BOOK 12: ADVERSE REPORT
Englishman Simon Parbitter has inherited a farmhouse from his uncle. George Hatton died in a shooting accident but Parbitter is not convinced. He asks for Keith’s help to uncover the truth. But when Keith is injured in a similar incident, both men throw themselves into a perilous hunt for the killer.
BOOK 13: STRAY SHOT
A simple case of dog theft turns sinister for Keith. Simon Parbitter’s precious dog has been stolen along with valuable shotgun cartridges. A brutal murder links to the case and sends Simon across to America. But back home Keith is put in immediate danger.
BOOK 14: A BRACE OF SKEET
Gun club steward Herbert Tullos’ dead body is found in a skeet trap. Keith is on holiday, so police seek out his daughter Deborah to help. She’s inherited her father’s penetrating curiosity. But her investigations soon put her in the line of fire.
BOOK 15: LET US PREY
Gamekeeper Jim Broxburn’s body is found in Ladyhill Woods. He’s been poisoned. Local lawyer Ralph Enterkin seeks Keith’s help to discover the truth behind Jim’s death. They uncover a cruel and illegal scheme damaging local wildlife and harming landowners’ interests. But the perpetrator will stop at nothing to keep themselves hidden.
BOOK 16: HOME TO ROOST
Local landowner Ian Kerr disappears after a shooting party. He’s had feuds with neighbouring farms, but nothing that would lead to murder. Deborah Calder helps her on-off boyfriend Sergeant Fellowes as they seek the truth. Which petty disagreements point to a more sinister falling out?..M.F