The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird (A Wild True Crime Adventure)

A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggsâ€”and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.

On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britainâ€™s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales.

So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following the parallel lives of a globe-trotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors worth millions of dollars as race championsâ€”and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdomâ€™s National Wildlife Crime Unit, whoâ€™s hell bent on protecting the worldâ€™s birds of prey.

The Falcon Thief whisks readers from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabweâ€™s Matobo National Park, and from the frigid tundra near the Arctic Circle to luxurious aviaries in the deserts of Dubai, all in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own. Itâ€™s a story thatâ€™s part true-crime narrative, part epic adventureâ€”and wholly unputdownable until the very last page.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2020-02-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501191886

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2020-02-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501191886

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird (A Wild True Crime Adventure)

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