Books


Death Shoots a Birdie
Author: Christine Goff
Published: March 7, 2007 by Berkley Prime Crime
Series Name: A Birdwatcher's Mystery
Category: cozy; traditional
Main Character: Lark Drummond; Rachel Stanhope
The fifth in the bestselling Birdwatcher’s Mystery series, Death Shoots a Birdie exposes the effects of development on a fragile environment while highlighting the antics of a group of eclectic birdwatchers bent on unmasking the killer of the keynote speaker at a birding convention in Georgia. Goff is a two-time Willa Award finalist, regional best-selling author, and the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ 2002 Writer of the Year.
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Death Takes a Gander
Author: Christine Goff
Published: December 18, 2003 by Berkley Prime Crime
Series Name: A Birdwatcher's Mystery
Category: cozy; traditional
Main Character: Angela Dimato; Lark Drummond
The fourth in the Birdwatcher’s Mystery series, Death Takes a Gander features U.S. Fish and Wildlife Special Agent Angela Dimato, an eclectic group of birdwatchers, a Canada goose die-off, and environmental disaster in the making. Angela soon learns that killers of a feather do flock together.
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A Nest in the Ashes
Author: Christine Goff
Published: November 10, 2002 by Berkley Prime Crime
Series Name: A Birdwatcher's Mystery
Category: cozy; traditional
Main Character: Lark Drummond; Eric Linenger
A fire rages through Rocky Mountain National Park, leaving death in its wake. Then, when what appears to be a tragic accident is revealed to be murder, it becomes clear to the survivors that only the lessons of a bird can save them. “One needn’t be a bird lover to fall in love with Christine Goff’s Birdwatcher’s Mysteries.” – Tony Hillerman
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Death of a Songbird
Author: Christine Goff
Published: June 1, 2001 by Berkley Prime Crime
Series Name: A Birdwatcher's Mystery
Category: cozy; traditional
Main Character: Lark Drummond; Rachel Stanhope
The second in a series of birdwatching mysteries, Death of a Songbird, features murder, mudslides, and the high-powered world of the coffee industry. When her partner is murdered, Lark Drummond must flush out a killer before more than the songbirds die.
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A Rant of Ravens
Author: Christine Goff
Published: October 6, 2000 by Berkley Prime Crime
Series Name: A Birdwatcher's Mystery
Category: cozy; traditional
Main Character: Rachel Stanhope, Lark Drummond
When Rachel Stanhope, career-woman turned reluctant birdwatcher, stumbles across a dead body while “pishing” an elusive bird from the brush, it falls to her to flush out the killer before anyone else dies.
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