Along with whisky, bagpipes, and golf, the Scots have added in the last decade another robust, entertaining tradition: the Highland mysteries of Gerald Hammond. Peopled with a colorful assortment of characters, In Camera finds gunsmith Keith Calder, during a slow summer at the gunshop, interviewing a new customer whose references reveal a sinister tale of an assassination plot.
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.
Gerald Hammond does it again! Although old fashioned in some respects, his plot line and characters still hold enormous vitality today! Guns, whisky and ........ An action packed read focusing on Ian Fellows as Mr Plod