The boreal owl murder : a Bob White birder murder mystery

Format:

Book

Title:

The boreal owl murder : a Bob White birder murder mystery

Author:

Dunlap, Jan, 1955-

ISBN:

9780878392773

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 23 cm

Summary:

"Birding, the gentle pastime of watching birds, can at times become a competitive sport. Even at its worst, though, when birders don't give out information of their sightings and try to sidetrack other birders, it seldom rises to the level of serious harm ... as a rule. But when Bob White, mild mannered school counselor and dedicated weekend birder, finds a body on a birding trip, the fact that there's an exception to every rule gets hammered home"--Publisher description

Subject(s):

White, Bob (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Bird watching -- Fiction.

Superior National Forest (Minn.) -- Fiction.

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Superior National Forest (Minn.) -- Fiction.

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Minnesota.

Minnesota -- Superior National Forest.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

Birding, the gentle pastime of watching birds, can at times become a competitive sport. Even at its worst, though, when birders don't give out information of their sightings and try to sidetrack other birders, it seldom rises to the level of serious harm . . . usually. But when Bob White mannered school councilor and dedicated weekend birder, finds a body on a birding trip, the idea that there's an exception to every rule gets hammered home.

Author Notes

Jan Dunlap divides her time between birding, teaching, and writing. While she admits to being nowhere as skilled at birding as her fictional protagonist Bob White, she is an optimist and hopes one day to be able to identify all the birds showing up at her back porch feeders. Her first Bob White Birder Murder Mystery, The Boreal Owl Murder, won a silver medal int he 2008 Midwest Book Awards. She lives in Canyon Lake, Texas, where she is working on her next Bob White book, and she welcomes visitors at her website www.jandunlap.com

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A pedestrian plot and a garrulous narrator given to less than compelling interior monologues mar Dunlap's debut. One chilly night in the woods north of Duluth, Minn., avid birder Bob White stumbles on a dead body while stalking a rare Boreal Owl. Then Stan Miller, a rival birder who may be just plain nuts, almost hits White while shooting at a bear near the body. How Stan did so accurately while holding a crossbow in his other arm may puzzle some readers. Dunlap's lengthy set-piece flashbacks about youthful birding trips and environmental causes slow the narrative, which is full of improbable coincidences, like suspect Bradley Ellis popping up just when White happens to be poking around Ellis's college office. For those enamored of avian mating habits or North Woods scenery, this slight effort might suffice for a long winter's night, but mystery buffs will likely find it strictly for the birds. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved All rights reserved.