Natural History
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Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenaturalhistory0000cros_r2j6
- ISBN-139780743263757
- ISBN-100743263758
- OCLC Control Number132300102
- Better World Books9780743263757
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- Open LibraryOL35458433M
Classifications
- LCCPR6053.R623
- LCCPR6053.R623 N38 2007
Description
"Patrick's son Charlie has left home in disgrace. His zoologist wife Jane is on a field trip in Zaire and his daughter Jo is engrossed in her studies. So Patrick is left alone to look after the ailing Devonshire monkey sanctuary that he and Jane took on in a bid to save their marriage. Alone, that is, but for the big, panther-like cat that preys around the park, evading capture, lurking in the shadows and in the back of Patrick's mind as he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder of their oldest female primate. Patrick's fears begin to fade. But then one night something happens that is so shocking, so deplorable, that it rips apart everything he ever held to be true - and unleashes a horror he could never have imagined ..."--Jacket.
Description
"Strange things are happening in Monkeyland, the ailing Devonshire sanctuary that Patrick and his zoologist wife, Jane, took on in a bid to save their marriage. Their oldest female primate, the wise and gentle Rue, is found murdered in a corner of the compound. And a panther preys around the park. It evades capture, lurking in the shadows and in the back of Patrick's mind. Private, threatening, elusive." "Now, with his son, Charlie, having left Monkeyland in disgrace, his wife on a dangerous field trip to war-torn Zaire and daughter Jo avidly tracking the progress of the great comet Hale Bopp, Patrick is left alone with the black cat and his fears. Until one night something happens that is so shocking, so deplorable, that it rips apart everything Patrick had ever held to be true. They say that a parent's worst nightmare is to suffer the death of a child. But what if there's something worse?"--BOOK JACKET.
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