For years Keith Calder has been making lucrative sales of his antique guns to Mr. Foster, an agent for several major collectors. But Keith's daughter Deborah, also a gunsmith, is suspicious. Why does he always pay large sums in cash? Why is he known to another dealer by another name? When a gun Keith sold him reappears on the market with false papers, her fears are confirmed. They alert the police, uncovering a complex money-laundering scam. Foster's cover has been blown -- and he blames Keith and Deborah.
Gerald Hammond, (Gerald Arthur Douglas Hammond) son of Frederick Arthur Lucas (a physician) and Maria Birnie (a nursing sister) Hammond; married Gilda Isobel Watt (a nurse), August 20, 1952; children: Peter, David, Steven. Education: Aberdeen School of Architecture, Dip. Arch., 1952. He served in the British Army, 1944-45. Although born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, he worked in and retired to the country he most loved, Scotland.
He also writes under the names of Arthur Douglas and Dalby Holden. He was an architect for thirty years before retiring to write novels full-time in 1982. He has written over 50 novels since the late 1960s.
His novels center around guns, shooting, hunting, fishing, and dog training.