A Murder of Crows Volume 5

Jan Dunlap

ISBN 10: 0878396160 / ISBN 13: 9780878396160

Published by North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc, US, 2012

About this Item

Amidst the annual scarecrow display at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,Bob White finds the dead body of Sonny Delite, a birding colleaguewell-known in the state for his conservation advocacy. Dismissedby the police as a suspect in the case, Bob turns his attention to unmaskingthe former celebrity wrestler who has joined the Savage High Schoolfaculty, but quickly regroups when the murder investigation comes hometo roost at the high school. Determined to discover the identity of Sonny'skiller, Bob's chase takes him to the proposed site of a wind farm, into thecrosshairs of a World War II ordnance expert who shoots vegetablesfrom his bazooka, to Alberta Marsh and its trove of rare birds, and intothe girls' locker room at Savage High School to round up some egg-layingstudents.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Murder of Crows Volume 5
• Publisher: North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878396160
• ISBN 13: 9780878396160
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 334 grams

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Synopsis

Amidst the annual scarecrow display at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Bob White finds the dead body of Sonny Delite, a birding colleague well-known in the state for his conservation advocacy. Dismissed by the police as a suspect in the case, Bob turns his attention to unmasking the former celebrity wrestler who has joined the Savage High Schoolfaculty, but quickly regroups when the murder investigation comes home to roost at the high school. Determined to discover the identity of Sonny’s killer, Bob’s chase takes him to the proposed site of a wind farm, into the crosshairs of a World War II ordnance expert who shoots vegetables from his bazooka, to Alberta Marsh and its trove of rare birds, and into the girls’ locker room at Savage High School to round up some egg-layingstudents.

About the Author

Jan Dunlap divides her time between birding, teaching, and writing. While she admits to being nowhere as skilled at birding as her fictional protagonist Bob White, she is an optimist and hopes one day to be able to identify all the birds showing up at her back porch feeders. Her first Bob White Birder Murder Mystery, The Boreal Owl Murder, won a silver medal int he 2008 Midwest Book Awards. She lives in Canyon Lake, TX, where she is working on her next Bob White book, and she welcomes visitors at her website www.jandunlap.com