Bøker av D.P. Hart-Davis

A dark net tightens on the tiny fishing Scottish fishing community of Kildrumna as conflicting forces loom. Tensions mount between owner of an expanding salmon farming enterprise in the pristine bay, local conservationists and the owners of a sporting lodge. When renowned millionaire environmentalist and keen diver Gunnar Larsen arrives on the scene with his beautiful new wife Ravenna, a deadly chain of events unfolds. Detective Chief Inspector Robb, on holiday there with his troubled teenage daughter Marina, have their trout, salmon, sea fishing and diving idyll interrupted in a way they could never have imagined.Twisting and turning like a foul-hooked fish, D.P.Hart-Davis's latest sporting thriller highlights the tension between conservation and exploitation in Scotland's fastest-growing food industry

International multi-millionaire trader Hansi Hartzog has bought Dunmorse Hall, jewel in the crown of the Starcliffe valley, and he's improved the shoot, brought in new money and generally shaken things up.But not all the locals approve of the changes. They can't walk in the woods, dead vermin adorn the fences and there are grumbles about over-production of game birds. There are boundary disputes, rumours of affairs and unsettling co-incidences.Here is a community in flux: eastern european farm workers, poachers, badger culls, TB testing, in-comers and old-school locals, financial and emotional tensions. Hansi organises an ambitious charity High Flyers Day raffle for which the winner can invite seven guests to shoot on donated drives at four different local shoots.But on the day, a shocking death rocks the village. Can DCI Robb, recently widowed and recovering from injury, solve the crime before more damage is done?

Beneath the surface of the wealthy stalking party meeting for sport on a remote Scottish peninsular, tensions are slowly ratcheting upwards. The fishing and the stalking are all in good condition but a lethal cocktail of sexual, social, inheritance and political elements combine to result in some very unexpected outcomes. DP Hart-Davis' chilling and labyrinthine mystery is handled with aplomb by this experienced sporting author.