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An ornithologist staying at Mrs. Lattimore’s Victorian estate to study Southern vultures finds herself entangled with Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant when a murderer emerges. Their investigation weaves the rural setting, legal intrigue, and avian science into a tightly plotted mystery.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Margaret Maron
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