A Waiting Game by Powell, Michael

Light shelfwear to edges and boards. DJ covered with mylar and not clipped. Library discard with usual attachments and marks. Pocket removed. Pages tight and clean. 175 pages. HardCover Binding. Year: 1975. ISBN: 0718113683. At the heart of ""A Waiting Game,"" is a hunt-first for the animals that prowl by Brandon's Glade, and then for the dangerous and resourceful man who caused the Glade to be renamed the Valley of Death. It is the story of Diarmuid, a canny gamekeeper and a cool judge of men, who becomes enmeshed in a search for the brutal murderer of an American tourist and his children. What follows is a year filled with cross-country stalks, village intrigues and passionate.