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The Snatch

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Two girls are kidnapped for ransom by a pair of desperate but naive builders. But the girls, who are just as anxious to leave home and begin to live their own lives, soon dominate the two men and set up a robbery of their own. When this happens to cut across a bigger enterprise by another gang, they win more than they bargained for...

288 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

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Gerald Hammond

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Gerald Hammond, (Gerald Arthur Douglas Hammond) son of Frederick Arthur Lucas (a physician) and Maria Birnie (a nursing sister) Hammond; married Gilda Isobel Watt (a nurse), August 20, 1952; children: Peter, David, Steven. Education: Aberdeen School of Architecture, Dip. Arch., 1952. He served in the British Army, 1944-45. Although born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, he worked in and retired to the country he most loved, Scotland.

He also writes under the names of Arthur Douglas and Dalby Holden. He was an architect for thirty years before retiring to write novels full-time in 1982. He has written over 50 novels since the late 1960s.

His novels center around guns, shooting, hunting, fishing, and dog training.

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