Natural Enemy

Natural Enemy by Langton, Jane. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140093452.

Edward Heron died gasping for breath, yellow-jackets swarming around him. Had his asthma finally killed him...or something more sinister? Herons death affects many people in his small New England community: spinster sisters, a real estate developer with an eye on Edwards property and a long time neighbor, Buddy Whipple. Enter Homer Kelly, another neighbor, also a Thoreau scholar and an ex-detective. With the help of his nephew, an amateur naturalist, he goes to work on the case. "Everything is just right. A wry perceptive talent at his best." (The New Republic)