A new genre is born: the "birder murder". - Sunday Times Crime Club (U.K.)
Welcome to the web site of award-winning author
Steve
Burrows
creator of the best-selling
Birder Murder Mystery series featuring DCI Domenic Jejeune.
Burrows intertwines avians with the classic whodunit in a completely original way.
Audubon (U.S.)
High quality, nuanced mystery fiction.
Publishers Weekly - Starred Review
Skillfully written, full of moral ambiguities and artful puzzles Kirkus - Starred Review
Irresistible…This is a marvelous series of books 10,000 Birds blog (U.S.)
ZEISS FIELD NATURALIST
BOOK 9 - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW
Here's a sneak peek at the 9th
Birder Murder Mystery:
A Deceit of Lapwings
Three murder scenes; two causes of death; one body. It is a case that would challenge Domenic Jejeune even under the best of circumstances. But his DCS’s temporary absence means that Jejeune must work under Marvin Laraby, an ex-superior with whom he has a notoriously fractious history. Jejeune and Laraby must work together to discover why a ruthless land contractor would want to invest in new bird migration software, and what possible interest the death of a birding app developer could be to the British intelligence services. With the appearance of Lindy’s ex boyfriend disrupting Jejeune’s private life, and Danny Maik dealing with divided loyalties, could this be the case that finally defeats Domenic Jejeune?
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RELEASE DATE: TBA (Spring 2025 ish)
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About the Title:
Lapwings, like Kildeer and a number of other plover species, feign injury in a wing-dragging display to lead predators away from their nests. This practice has earned them the collective noun
A Deceit of Lapwings
UPCOMING EVENTS
January 9 , 2025
7:00 p.m.
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Canadian Federation of University Women​​​
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L1V 3Y7
Slideshow Presentation
Book Sales and Signing
further details to follow
March 19, 2025
1:45 p.m.
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East York Probus
1399 Bayview Ave
East York, ON
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Slide Show Presentation
Q & A
Book Sales and Signing
March 26 , 2025
2:00 p.m.
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Deer Park Book Club
Presentation & Discussion
Book Sales and Signing
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POETIC JUSTICE
On the recent Adventure Canada cruise to Greenland, I found to my cost that it doesn't pay to trifle with the queen of Can Lit.
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TV OPTION RENEWED FOR THE BIRDER MURDERS
Award-winning Canadian production company Shaftesbury Films (Murdoch Mysteries) and BAFTA-winning U.K. producer Company Pictures (Wolf Hall) have renewed their option to develop the Birder Murder Mysteries for TV for 2024.
