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  • A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Search for the Perfect Bird
  • Written by: Joshua Hammer
  • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
  • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Written by: Joshua Hammer
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A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs - and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.

On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were 14 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 champions - and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, who’s hell bent on protecting the world’s birds of prey.

The Falcon Thief whisks listeners from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabwe’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. It’s a story that’s part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure - and wholly unputdownable until the very last minute.
©2020 Joshua Hammer (P)2020 Simon & Schuster Audio
True Crime Adventure Travel Biological Sciences
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  • 2021-02-15

Wildlife thief.

The story educates the listener to the dark world of stealing from nature. Jeffery Lendrums crimes in exchange for a few dollars has likely genetically changed many raptor populations around the world. And for every thief there are partners and parties willing to accept and enable the pillaging which forever alters our natural world. Fascinating listen.

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Great book!

Really enjoyed this book and the narration. Well done from start to finish I felt it was true.

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