Opening a bluebird nest box to check on chick progress, I found instead one dead bluebird, cause of death unknown. The most interesting thing in the box, however, was not the bird but the dozen or so ...

The harsh New Mexican desert is the setting for Seattle writer Urban Waite’s powerful second novel, “The Carrion Birds” (Morrow, 288 pp., $25.99). In their tiny border town, cousins Ray Lamar and Tom ...

A criminal who vows to go straight after that one last job is a tried-and-true idea, but Urban Waite makes the idea seem fresh as he adds the disintegrating of a family to his plot. Akin to the brutal ...

There are many references to crows and ravens in legends and literature. Because of its black plumage, croaking call and diet of carrion, the crow has long been considered a bird of ill omen. French ...

Once in a blue moon, a local wins Powerball or the Trail Blazers make a deft call in the first round of the NBA draft. So, yes, it's entirely possible that the morose, star-crossed drifter who agrees ...

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Urban Waite’s, The Carrion Birds, a tale of a Vietnam vet–slash–criminal enforcer is as muscular and laconic as anything by Cormac McCarthy, yet it crackles with humanity. The vet, Ray, has only ever ...