Bob White is hoping to post a state record by sighting an elusive Gyrfalcon in Minnesota’s Cottonwood County, but instead, finds himself flying to Flagstaff, Arizona, to help his sister track down her missing husband (aka Bob’s best friend, Alan Thunderhawk). As soon as he lands in the high mountain country, though, Bob finds more than he bargained for, including a twenty-year-old unsolved murder and a boy who claims to be Alan’s son. Sifting his way through deception, land disputes, family secrets, and even an earthquake, Bob must strike a balance between suspicion and trust while he negotiates the tricky landscape of unearthing buried truths. Along the way, his birding expertise affords him close encounters with Arizona birds and possible murderers, but in order to solve the mystery and bring everyone home to Minnesota, Bob must first do something he’s never done before – not just find a killer, but figure out where the body is, too! I birded in Flagstaff years ago, and loved the high plateau! Then, when I learned that Northern Arizona University in Flag was the only university to have graveyards on three sides, I immediately thought - "I know where the body is buried!" I had to write a murder mystery set there, so here it is in book 4 of my series. 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