The Summer of the Spotted Owl (A Dinah Galloway Mystery)

After a hang glider crashes into the pool of the house where Dinah and Madge are house-sitting, the hapless pilot creates more than a splash of suspicion in Dinah's mind. Why does this itchy intruder make off with Dinah's inflatable turtle? Why is someone trying to drive their cat-mad neighbor away? And what is the connection with the stranger seen lurking behind the hedge? And when Madge's boyfriend starts a campaign to save an endangered owl, it seems that a crooked politician may be out to destroy the habitat of the near-extinct animal. While Madge paints, Dinah brushes aside suggestions that she be a quiet, well-behaved guest in this posh neighborhood. There's just too much for Dinah and her friends (tree-fanatic Pantelli and conscientious Talbot) to investigate in this hilariously suspenseful adventure.