I finally finished going through all of "my authors" to find their professions and/or interests. Since I have already done a Dog Mystery list and a Cat Mystery list, I thought I would continue with yet another animal who a lot of people have as pets… birds. Unfortunately, I only have a few authors who write mysteries with a bird theme…
Lydia Adamson pens the Lucy Wayles Mystery Series. (Thanks for reminding me, Andrea!)
Donna Andrews also writes a series that uses birds in the titles, and also in some minor parts of the story lines.
Ann Cleves writes the George and Molly Palmer-Jones mystery series that is set in England. They are birdwatchers.
Christine L. Goff writes the Birdwatchers' Mystery series.
Carol Nelson Douglas has put out a book which she edited called The White House Pet Detectives, and one of the stories in the book is written by Edward D. Hoch and is called "Martha's Parrot"… as in Martha Washington! Also included is "A Mimicry of of Mockingbirds" by Lillian Stewart Carl.
Lorena McCourtney writes the Sparrow Island Mystery Series which features a senior-sleuth ornithologist who lives on an island off of Washington (the state)…
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Additional Bird-Related Series:
Lydia Adamson: Lucy Wayles Series (Central Park Birder)
Ray Sipherd: Jonathan Wilder Series (Ornithologist)
Thanks, Andrea for writing to let me know to add Lydia Adamson's Lucy Wayles Mystery Series to this particular entry. Also, thank you for "introducing us" to Ray Sipherds Jonathan Wilder Mystery Series. (Dance of the Scarecrows, The Audobon Quartet, and The Devil's Hawk