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    Macaws of Death
    Hoot to Kill
    Ebook series2 titles

    A Robyn Devara Mystery Series

    By Karen Dudley

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    About this series

    Tropical birds in a smuggled suitcase. Expensive. Beautiful. Dead. But for field biologist Robyn Devara, this latest grim reminder of the illegal trade in endangered species includes an unexpected surprise--one of the birds is unknown to science.

    Hot on the trail of the mysterious macaw, Robyn finds herself stationed at an isolated field camp in the Costa Rican jungle, where she must deal with a research team that includes a former wildlife trafficker, his angry nemesis, sundry wide-eyed graduate students, and a university professor who seems to think that grad students fall below paramecia on the academic tree of life. All this as well as shifty maintenance workers, a sexy project leader, and a shadowy group of armed poachers with itchy trigger fingers.

    It's certainly an exciting change from routine paperwork. Exciting, that is, until communication with the outside world is cut off, deadly snakes start slithering into cabins, and members of the field team begin to die...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurnstone Press
    Release dateApr 15, 1998
    Macaws of Death
    Hoot to Kill

    Titles in the series (2)

    • Hoot to Kill
      Hoot to Kill

      Hoot to Kill

      Karen Dudley
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      Most biologists believe the worst thing about field biology is watching everything else have sex except you. Robyn Devara is no exception. In the remote logging town of Marten Valley, Robyn knows she's not likely to win popularity contests, much less get any dates. After all, she's there to survey the old-growth forest for spotted owls, and, if she finds any of the endangered birds, it's going to mean big changes for the people of Marten Valley. As it turns out, hostile locals and militant environmentalists are the least of Robyn's problems after she discovers a body in the forest; the body of a logging foreman, murdered by the well-aimed thrust of a tree spike.While angry townspeople point accusing fingers at the environmentalists, Robyn isn't sure what to think. Is the dead man's murder connected to the spotted owl controversy? His flirtations and unfaithful wife? A disgruntled employee? Or does the killing have something to do with a possibily illegal clearcut that Robyn and her attractive male colleague have discovered? Robyn has a vested interest in finding out: somebody leaves a mutilated owl on her car; the dead man's wife turns out to be an old acquaintance; and she herself happens to be one of hte suspects and, potentially, another victim. Robyn must sort through all the clues to clear her name and find the killer...before she, too, becomes an endangered species.

      Most biologists believe the worst thing about field biology is watching everything else have sex except you. Robyn Devara is no exception. In the remote logging town of Marten Valley, Robyn knows she's not likely to win popularity contests, much less get any dates. After all, she's there to survey the old-growth forest for spotted owls, and, if she finds any of the endangered birds, it's going to mean big changes for the people of Marten Valley. As it turns out, hostile locals and militant environmentalists are the least of Robyn's problems after she discovers a body in the forest; the body of a logging foreman, murdered by the well-aimed thrust of a tree spike.While angry townspeople point accusing fingers at the environmentalists, Robyn isn't sure what to think. Is the dead man's murder connected to the spotted owl controversy? His flirtations and unfaithful wife? A disgruntled employee? Or does the killing have something to do with a possibily illegal clearcut that Robyn and her attractive male colleague have discovered? Robyn has a vested interest in finding out: somebody leaves a mutilated owl on her car; the dead man's wife turns out to be an old acquaintance; and she herself happens to be one of hte suspects and, potentially, another victim. Robyn must sort through all the clues to clear her name and find the killer...before she, too, becomes an endangered species.

    • Macaws of Death
      Macaws of Death

      Macaws of Death

      Karen Dudley
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      Tropical birds in a smuggled suitcase. Expensive. Beautiful. Dead. But for field biologist Robyn Devara, this latest grim reminder of the illegal trade in endangered species includes an unexpected surprise--one of the birds is unknown to science. Hot on the trail of the mysterious macaw, Robyn finds herself stationed at an isolated field camp in the Costa Rican jungle, where she must deal with a research team that includes a former wildlife trafficker, his angry nemesis, sundry wide-eyed graduate students, and a university professor who seems to think that grad students fall below paramecia on the academic tree of life. All this as well as shifty maintenance workers, a sexy project leader, and a shadowy group of armed poachers with itchy trigger fingers. It's certainly an exciting change from routine paperwork. Exciting, that is, until communication with the outside world is cut off, deadly snakes start slithering into cabins, and members of the field team begin to die...

      Tropical birds in a smuggled suitcase. Expensive. Beautiful. Dead. But for field biologist Robyn Devara, this latest grim reminder of the illegal trade in endangered species includes an unexpected surprise--one of the birds is unknown to science. Hot on the trail of the mysterious macaw, Robyn finds herself stationed at an isolated field camp in the Costa Rican jungle, where she must deal with a research team that includes a former wildlife trafficker, his angry nemesis, sundry wide-eyed graduate students, and a university professor who seems to think that grad students fall below paramecia on the academic tree of life. All this as well as shifty maintenance workers, a sexy project leader, and a shadowy group of armed poachers with itchy trigger fingers. It's certainly an exciting change from routine paperwork. Exciting, that is, until communication with the outside world is cut off, deadly snakes start slithering into cabins, and members of the field team begin to die...

    Author

    Karen Dudley

    Karen Dudley has worked in field biology, production art, photo research, palaeo-environmental studies and archaeology. She has written four environmental mysteries and a several wildlife biology books for kids. Her upcoming book, Kraken Bake, is the follow-up to her acclaimed historical fantasy set in ancient Athens, Food for the Gods. Born in France, she now lives in Winnipeg.

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