Fowl Mouth

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A Gumbo Malone Mystery | A Weird & Whacky Florida Mystery

🐔 A prize-winning chicken disappears. A hawk stands accused. And one Florida private investigator is about to discover that the truth can be stranger than fiction.

🌴 Welcome to Cedar Key, Florida, where the mysteries may be small, the personalities are enormous, and even a chicken can cause a neighborhood crisis.

Danny "Gumbo" Malone thought he'd seen just about everything since trading his corporate career for life as a private investigator on Florida's Gulf Coast. But when Eugenia Pratt arrives with a meticulously documented case involving her missing champion chicken, Gumbo finds himself investigating one of the most unusual cases of his career.

The missing bird? Countess von Beak, a celebrated Buff Orpington hen with six blue ribbons, a devoted owner, and forty thousand social media followers.

The prime suspect? A red-tailed hawk that has been watching the chicken coop with what Eugenia considers deeply suspicious intent.

The problem? Hawks don't open latched chicken coops.

With the Levy County Agricultural Fair just days away, Gumbo must unravel the mystery of the missing Countess before her disappearance destroys a championship record and sends a tight-knit Florida neighborhood into a full-blown poultry panic.

 A MISSING CHICKEN. A GROWING LIST OF SUSPECTS. A CASE THAT DEMANDS A CLOSER LOOK.