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 - AGAIN
Just back from a wonderful – if too short – trip to Nova Scotia. Books, birds and … the Bluenose II (admit it, you thought I was going to say booze, didn’t you? Well, okay, there was plenty of that, too!)
Special hi to the staff at the Bookmark, Halifax and Lunenburg Bound bookstores with thanks for their support for the series.
Birding highlights included Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feeding on the bee balm in the Halifax Public Gardens, nesting Ospreys and chicks seemingly on every large body of water and alarmingly, southbound Semipalmated Plovers, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Sandpipers in Tatamagouche. What? Already? You just got here, guys!
Photo: Matt Davis
I dipped on the Melanitta genus which was a pity; whether it was Black, White-winged or Surf, I really wanted to be able claim that I’d seen a Nova Scoter! And yes, while not quite the last of Barrett’s Privateers, after Resa’s spending spree out there I did indeed end up a broke man on a Halifax Pier!
Upon our return, I found author copies of A Murmuration of Starlings waiting for me. Always a thrill to hold the new book in your hands for the first time. Hard to believe we’re now ten titles into the series. Thanks to all those who have been along for the whole ride, and welcome to those just getting started. The books should be hitting the stores soon. Be sure to check out the back cover when you get your own copy. No spoilers, but I think you might find the images interesting.
Read the Good Book!
Looks like it’s going to be a crazy busy fall. A panel discussion at the Mississauga Literary Festival, a featured author interview at Toronto’s Word on the Street, two library presentations, three bookstore signings and not one but two book launches – both with cake!!!! Details here. Hope to see you at one of them.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 12, 2026
12:00 - 1:00
Mississauga Literary Festival
Panel Discussion
Murder, Mystery & Mayhem
with Angela van Breemen and Alice Fitzpatrick
HAZEL McCALLION LIBRARY
MISSISSAUGA
September 12, 2026
4:00 - 5:00
BOOK LAUNCH
A MURMURATION OF STARLINGS
Author Talk, Q & A and CAKE!
DIFFERENT DRUMMER BOOKS
BURLINGTON
September 19, 2026
1:00 - 3:00
BOOK LAUNCH
A MURMURATION OF STARLINGS
Author Talk, Q & A and CAKE!
BLUE HERON BOOKS
UXBRIDGE
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
