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.
High quality, nuanced mystery fiction.
Publishers Weekly - Starred Review
Burrows intertwines avians with the classic whodunit in a completely original way.
Audubon (U.S.)
DESIGNATED
ZEISS FIELD NATURALIST
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.)
Fellow: RCGS
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
EXPLORERS CLUB
Member International
Canadian Chapter
Those clever young humans at Dundurn have been hard at work again and have come up with this QR link which will allow you to pre-order your copy of
A Murmuration of Starlings from your LOCAL Independent bookstore anywhere in Canada!
Just scan, pop in your postal code and Bob is your auntie's husband!
And in the spirit of cross-border co-operation, they also developed this one below for any friends down south who'd like to get their copy from a local Indie store in the U.S. Scan, hit Choose a Bookstore from the menu on the left and voila!
(which is French for you are now the proud pre-owner of A Murmuration of Starlings!)
Public service, language lessons and book sales. What more could anybody ask from an author web site?
OUT AND ABOUT
A busy spring continued with a boat trip along the length of the BC coast, a few days on Pelee Island, a couple of interviews and presentations, writing an article and at the very end of spring (i.e. May 31st) submitting the last round of proofs for the new book to the publisher (finally!).
Many thanks to Jenn Broom and Chris Tulloch of Ocean Light Adventures for allowing me to tag along on their 8-day repositioning trip as they took their boat, the Afterglow, from its winter berth in Gibsons up to Prince Rupert. By now they will be deep into the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, where lucky guests on multi-day trips will be getting spectacular views of the area's wildlife and scenery. There is a possibility that an account of my trip will be featured in an upcoming magazine article, so stay turned for news on that.
Photo: Danny Catt
The spring migration was in full swing by the time we arrived on Pelee Island. Highlights included Prothonotary Warbler, Red-headed Woodpecker and this very distant White Pelican on the rocky shoals south of Fish Point. I believe this made it the southernmost living creature in all of Canada on this particular day!
Photo: Danny Catt Photo: Danny Catt Photo taken with Zeiss Gavia Scope
Back home (for a while), attention can now focus on the new book. Thanks to the folks at Dundurn Press for the fabulous graphic for the cover reveal above!
A Murmuration of Starlings will be out on September 15th. A number of promo events and appearances have already been lined up. Confirmation details will be posted as soon as they become available.
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 21, 2026
11:00 a.m
Port Perry PROBUS
Hope Church
14480 Old Simcoe Rd
Port Perry , ON
Presentation, Q &A
Book Sales & Signing
July 27, 2026
6:30 p.m.
Bonnechere Authors Festival
The Eagle's Nest
Eganville Arena
178 Jane Street
Eganville, ON
see:
for details
POETIC JUSTICE
On my 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
