Craig Welch
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“Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty”
“With the sizzle of a mystery novelist, Welch portrays a complex, driven, and irresistible cast of real-life characters ... [This] utterly compelling true tale of black-market trade ... is astounding and infuriating.
- Booklist
Release: April 6
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A stranger-than-fiction account of the rogues and scoundrels who stole millions of dollars worth of extraordinary marine creatures and led wildlife police on a multi-year odyssey.
Craig Welch’s Shell Games is nonfiction at its best, a fast-paced cops-and-robbers tale set in the rough-and-tumble heart of one of America’s strangest subcultures, a double-crossing world where tough men and women fight turf wars over wildlife. It’s also a stunning examination of the black-market trade in plants, animals, insects and sea life.
“Forget CSI—this is the real deal, tracking down the greediest kinds of criminals as they plunder the planet’s future.”
- Bill McKibben
“A detective story you shouldn’t miss.”
- Tom Zoellner
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