Predators: A Botswana Mystery

Description

Leo Painter is CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining, and real-estate development firm. At the behest of the State Department, he and a party of company executives travel to Botswana, a country rich in extractable resources that Leo-and the U.S. government-would love to access. Traveling with him are his stepson and his wife, a woman with a past and a predilection for trouble. Sekoa is a male lion who shares with many of his human enemies a form of HIV/AIDs. Weakened by the disease, he loses his place as the alpha male in his pride and now, dying and harassed by a pack of hyenas, seeks only a place to rest in peace. Painter is searching for a place where he can build his dream: a resort/casino on Botswana's Chobe River. But while a maneater stalks the savannah, greed and ambition lead these players on a collision course as local police, a plucky female game ranger, hoteliers, and tribesmen vie over the spoils. Frederick Ramsay received his doctorate from the University of Illinois Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and served as an Associate Dean. In 1971 he was ordained an Episcopal priest. Now retired from full-time ministry, he lives in Arizona with his wife and partner, Susan. Predators is first in his newest series set in Botswana. www.frederickramsay.com

Frederick Ramsay was raised on the east coast and attended graduate school in Chicago. He was a writer of mysteries set in Virginia, (the Ike Schwartz Mysteries) Botswana Mystery series, Jerusalem Mystery series and stand-alones (Impulse, Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal). He was a retired Episcopal Priest, Academic, and author.

STARRED REVIEW"A bit rougher-edged than Alexander McCall Smith's genteel "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, this mystery will still attract his fans and those who like Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series (e.g., The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu )." -Library Journal of Predators "Through parallel stories, Ramsay's clever stand-alone shows the ruthlessness of the business and the animal worlds without resorting to gimmickry. Ramsay (Impulse) matches keen characterizations with an obvious affection for Botswana, a complicated country that's more than Alexander McCall Smith's "quaint mysteries," as one character observes." -Publishers Weekly of Predators STARRED REVIEW"Featuring great characters, snippets of Southern culture and history, and snappy dialog, this is too good to miss." -Library Journal of Stranger Room