Blood and Guile (2000)

by William Hoffman

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Walter B Frampton, II Esq., has never been an avid hunter like his forefathers or even his best friend Drake Wingo. He'd rather be dipping sour marsh whisky, reading Vanity Fair, and listening to Mozart. But when Drake and Cliff Dickens, another old friend, ask him along on a grouse-hunting trip, he decides to go. One ruffed grouse is already bagged when the unthinkable happens - the fourth member of their group, a quiet and polite stranger, is accidentally shot and killed. But when the details don't quite add up, Walter begins to have his doubts. Was it an accident? Is his friend a murderer? As events begin to spin out of control, only Walter can find out what really happened that fateful day on the mountain ridge.… (more)

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Walter (Raff) Frampton, Drake Wingo and Cliff Dickens haven been best friends since grade school. Now men in their 30's, the three get together whenever possible and when Drake suggests a grouse hunt at his cabin in West Virginia the friends quickly agree to the weekend vacation. A fourth man, Wendell Ripley, who owns the land on which they are hunting, accompanies the group for the first time. During the hunt a terrible accident occurs when Cliff accidently shoots and kills Wendell. The local police believe that there is more to the incident than what Cliff is telling them and within a few days Cliff is arrested for murder. He calls on Raff, a lawyer, to help defend him but Raff senses there is a secret between Drake and Cliff that is behind the entire hunt. Raff is forced to investigate the lives of his two best friends and he uncovers much more than he bargained for.

This is a well-developed mystery with a good plot and some great writing. I didn't figure it out until the end and it was a pretty good reveal.
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Walter B Frampton, II Esq., has never been an avid hunter like his forefathers or even his best friend Drake Wingo. He'd rather be dipping sour marsh whisky, reading Vanity Fair, and listening to Mozart. But when Drake and Cliff Dickens, another old friend, ask him along on a grouse-hunting trip, he decides to go. One ruffed grouse is already bagged when the unthinkable happens - the fourth member of their group, a quiet and polite stranger, is accidentally shot and killed. But when the details don't quite add up, Walter begins to have his doubts. Was it an accident? Is his friend a murderer? As events begin to spin out of control, only Walter can find out what really happened that fateful day on the mountain ridge.

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