A Sacrifice of Buntings
About A Sacrifice of Buntings
The Birdwatcher's Mysteries: Book Five
"You don't have to be a bird lover to fall in love with Christine Goff's charming Birdwatcher's Mysteries." Tony Hillerman
Rachel Wilder hasn’t seen any of her friends from Elk Park in over two years, when she’s asked to join them at a birding convention in Georgia.
She’s not quite sure who’s more excited - she or her boyfriend, Kirk Udall, an investigative reporter. It turns out the keynote speaker at the birding convention is Guy Saxby, the subject of his latest investigation.
Rachel soon realizes that her first mistake was agreeing to dig up information on the renowned birder. Her second mistake was involving her friend Dorothy MacBean.
Dorothy enthusiastically agreed to befriend Saxby. How could Rachel have predicted the two would fall for each other?
Then, Saxby becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his protégé, Paul Becker, whose startling exposé would have upstaged his mentor's research on the painted bunting's prime habitat.
But Saxby’s not the only one with a motive to kill Becker. There are the investors waiting for Becker’s go-ahead on the golf course development, a family of locals who would do anything to see the trade stopped, and some university colleagues.
To help Dorothy, Rachel works to clear Saxby’s name. But then she begins to wonder if - like the painted bunting - Saxby really did kill another male who was encroaching upon his turf.
Chris Goff is a former journalist and the award-winning author of eight novels—six in the bestselling Birdwatcher Mystery series. Her books have been nominated for two Willa Literary Awards, two Colorado Book Awards, a Colorado Author's League Award, won gold and silver medals from the Military Writers Society of America, and been published in the UK, Italy and Japan. A long standing member of several writers’ organizations, she currently serves on the national board of Sisters in Crime. Goff lives in Colorado, where you’ll often find her outdoors with binoculars in hand.
Praise for Chris Goff:
"Very entertaining. Birders and nature lovers alike will enjoy this new twist on the cozy mystery." The Mystery Reader
"The birds of the Rocky Mountains will warm the binoculars of birders who have waited a lifetime to see real stories about birds in a popular novel." Birding Business Magazine
"Christine Goff's Birdwatcher's mysteries are engaging." Mystery Scene
"A wonderfully clever, charming, and addictive series." David Morrell, author of Murder as a Fine Art
“A Rant of Ravens is a deft and marvelous debut mystery set in the complex and colorful world of birdwatching.” Earlene Fowler, author of Seven Sisters
“A Rant of Ravens stars a gutsy heroine in fast-paced action with a chill-a-minute finale...enchant nature.... A fine-feathered debut.” Carolyn Hart, award-winning author of the Death on Demand and Henrie O mysteries
“…fresh new series featuring birds, suspense, the Rocky Mountains, a spunky heroine and plenty of complications….what more could anyone ask? Christine T. Jorgensen, author of Dead on Her Feet
"A most absorbing mystery.” Virginia H. Kingsolver, Birding Magazine