The bird yard - J. Wallis Martin

Roland Barnes is an odd bird, no doubt … but a killer? Boy after boy has visited Roly and the finches he raises in his aviary. Now, one boy has been found dead and Detective Superintendent Parker and his psychological profiler Murray Hanson are closing in on Roly.

To the young and vulnerable, Roly’s bird yard is a magical place. To Parker, it is a macabre theatre of death, made all the more disturbing by the presence of another young boy, besotted with his dangerous new friend. Time is short, and Parker and Hanson must gather the evidence they need before feathers fly and another young life is lost.