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Set at Balaclava Agricultural College, the eighth book in the Professor Peter Shandy mystery series centers on a serious annual owl‑count. Emory Emmerick, an unorthodox participant, is murdered while hunting a Snowy Owl. The story unfolds with the kidnapping of Professor Winifred Binks, forcing Shandy and his colleagues—Stott, Binks, and Binks’ (fictional?) associates—to act in a tense, campus‑wide investigation. Alongside themes of academia, wildlife, and intrigue, the narrative explores the dynamics of college faculty, librarians, and the New England setting of Massachusetts.
First publish date: April 1992
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Charlotte MacLeod
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