Beware the Laughing Gull

FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER

Lucy Wayles, retired librarian and hawk-eyed leader of the Olmsted Irregulars, New York City's oddest birdwatchers, admires our fine feathered friends and sharply observes that humans often love unwisely, act unjustly, and end up murdered. Now a nasty homicide really has her feathers ruffled....

When a longtime Irregular decides to get married in Central Park. Lucy raises an eyebrow : she didn't even know the gentleman was considering nesting. Winging a wedding might seem foolhardy, but Lucy never expects the ceremony to end in foul play ...until a rollerblading gunman swoops down and shoots the beautiful, blushing bride. With the groom in a daze, the cops in a tizzy, and a killer in flight, Lucy wastes no time in gathering her flock of intrepid birders to solve the case. But an investigation into the bride's hot past...and a secret lover's cold, cold heart, could target Lucy as the next dead duck....