The Buzzard Table (A Deborah Knott Mystery 18)

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New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron returns with a thrilling new Deborah Knott mystery . . . The Buzzard Table Judge Deborah Knott and her husband Sheriffs Deputy Dwight Bryant are back home in Colleton County amid family and old friends. But the winter winds have blown in several new faces as well. Lt. Sigrid Harald and her mother Anne a well-known photographer are down from New York to visit Mrs. Lattimore Annes dying mother. When the group gathers for dinner at Mrs. Lattimores Victorian home they meet the enigmatic Martin Crawford an ornithologist researching a book on Southern vultures. Hes also Mrs. Lattimores long-lost nephew. With her health in decline Mrs. Lattimore wants to make amends with her family-a desire Deborah can understand as she too works to strengthen her relationship with her young stepson Cal. Anne is charmed by her mysterious cousin but she cannot shake the feeling that there is something familiar about Martin . . . something he doesnt want her or anyone else to discover. When a string of suspicious murders sets Colleton County on edge Deborah Dwight and Sigrid once again work together to catch a killer uncovering long-buried family secrets along the way.