Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A cat in the manger: An Alice Nestleton mystery | 1990 | Lydia Adamson | N/A |
| 2 | Beware the Tufted Duck | 1996 | Lydia Adamson | Buy |
| 3 | Beware the Butcher Bird | 1997 | Lydia Adamson | Buy |
| 4 | Beware the Laughing Gull | 1998 | Lydia Adamson | Buy |
| 5 | A Cat with No Regrets | 1994 | Lydia Adamson | N/A |
| 6 | A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock | 1997 | Lydia Adamson | N/A |
The Lucy Wayles mysteries bring birdwatching into the cozy mystery genre. Lucy Wayles is an amateur birder whose pursuit of rare species puts her in the wrong place at the wrong time — or the right place, depending on your perspective, since she has a talent for solving the crimes she witnesses.
The series features titles like Beware the Tufted Duck, Beware the Butcher Bird, and Beware the Laughing Gull, maintaining the animal-themed naming convention that runs across Lydia Adamson’s mystery work.