A murder mystery set against the background of a bird sanctuary and wildlife refuge in Texas.

The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Borthwick, J. S.

Mystery

Penguin??Books

While enjoying a sailing trip along the Maine coast with Florida real estate baron David Mallory, amateur sleuths Sarah Deane and Alex McKenzie become embroiled in a murder

Bodies of Water

Literature & Fiction

United States

St Martins Pr

Professor Sarah Deane and her boyfriend Alex try to entertain Sarah's aunt at a posh Arizona dude resort, but things go haywire when suspicious acts of vandalism occur and the trio finds a mysterious oasis in the middle of the desert

Dude on Arrival

After courting each other through J. S. Borthwick's five previous mysteries, English teacher Sarah Deane and internist Alex McKenzie are finally planning a wedding: their own. It should be idyllic, culminating in a reception at the beautiful Maine farm owned by Sarah's aunt Julia Clancy. But not even her own impending nuptials can keep Sarah from probing a local mystery. This time the troubles strike literally close to home. Aunt Julia receives a series of sinister nursery rhymes telling her to leave High Hope Farm, and then the disquieting incidents begin: A groom falls through the hayloft; the farmhouse is splattered by buckshot; two stable helpers vanish into thin air; and a psychic librarian goes about the neighborhood proclaiming ruin and blood on the new moon. The reception does go forward as planned, but the happy event is marred by the morning-after discovery of a corpse in the stable. Sarah and Alex are brought home from their honeymoon as witnesses: They just may have seen the killer dance at their wedding. Obviously, the newlyweds have no time to settle into married life. Murder comes first, and they must try to solve the crimes before a horse show offers the perfect opportunity to destroy High Hope Farm for good.

The Bridled Groom

Sarah Deane, an engaging amateur detective and graduate student from Boston, searches for a murderer in a Texas bird sanctuary and wildlife refuge

Sarah Deane and Dr. Alex McKenzie try to solve the murders of the local good samaritan, Dolly Beaugard, and two local thugs whose bodies all washed up on shore together

Dolly Is Dead

On a free trip to Europe courtesy of her garden club, Sarah begins investigating why people on the tour seem interested in anything but gardens while her husband Alex attempts to find out what happened to missing garden expert Ellen Trevino

The Garden Plot

Amateur detective Sarah Deane and her husband, Dr. Alex McKenzie, investigate a series of apparent murders that occurs while they accompany Sarah's aunt on a luxurious transatlantic ocean voyage

My Body Lies over the Ocean

The Down East Murders

English teacher cum amateur detective Sarah Deane, along with her old friend, Dr. Alex McKenzie, discovers the body of a local artist while on holiday on an island off the coast of Maine

Coup de Grace

Newly minted PhD and sometime amateur detective Sarah Deane goes to teach at a New England girls' boarding school with a famously iron-fisted French teacher, Mme. Carpentier. But soon afterwards an art teacher turns up dead, bludgeoned to death on a campus path. Was it a case of mistaken identity, with the killer really out to get Mme. Carpentier? No one can stop Sarah from investigating....

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The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites

Bodies of Water

Dude on Arrival

The Bridled Groom

The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites

Dolly Is Dead

The Garden Plot

My Body Lies over the Ocean

The Down East Murders

Coup de Grace