num_pages: 267
description: When Doc Adams buys a purse adorned with genuine carved ivory for his wife Mary, he unknowingly purchases a ticket into the underworld of modern-day piracy. In this case, the treasure is the precious ivory of endangered elephants and walruses, and the plunderers are part of a ruthless multimillion dollar international poaching operation.When Mary's sharp eye detects that the ivory on her purse is ill-gotten, U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents deputize her to help carry out a sting operation. But while Mary plays a dangerous secret-agent game, Doc finds himself fingered as the prime suspect in the murder of an illicit ivory dealer, and becomes the prime target of the smugglers' most murderous henchmen . . . ."Boyer is up there with the the Parkers, the Higginses, and the Macdonalds."-- The Boston Globe
language: English
title: Pirate Trade
titlecomplete: Pirate Trade
ratings_count: 37
series: Charlie "Doc" Adams Mystery
publisher: Fawcett