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Safari: A Stanley Hastings Mystery (Stanley Hastings Mysteries)
Safari A Stanley Hastings Mystery - Stanley Hastings Mysteries Author:Parnell Hall The novel that takes Stanley Hastings, the ever-loquacious New York private detective, on safari in Zambia . . . What could possibly go wrong? Stanley Hastings on safari? I don?t think so. Neither did Stanley, until Alice?s small inheritance?coupled with scrimping on a few luxuries like food and rent?allowed them to book a group trip to Zambia. ... more »Now the New York PI is hiking with lions, canoeing with hippos, and having close encounters with elephants and giraffes. The leader is a reckless, gung-ho, great white hunter who delights in leaping from the jeep with a hearty ?Come on, gang, let?s see where this lion is going!? And a series of bizarre accidents quickly dwindles the group?s numbers. Why was the guide?s young spotter foolish enough to walk under a sausage fruit tree?just as one of the huge sausage fruits fell? How did the leaves of a poisonous plant wind up in a tourist?s salad? Are these really accidents?A stabbing tips the scale. It?s murder, and the only policeman in a hundred miles is a park ranger (whose only murder case was that of an ivory poacher shot dead in plain sight).It?s up to Stanley to crack the case . . . if he can just avoid being eaten by a lion.« less