Olive Bright is a pigeoneer, veterinary student and Hercule Poirot fan. She has had to come home from school to her small village in Hertfordshire because it is World War II. She is determined to help the war effort and make a difference. Just as she contemplates leaving home to participate more actively in the war effort, Jameson Aldridge shows up wanting to involve Olive's pigeons in carrying messages for a covert British intelligence operation. Around the same time, one of the local villagers, a known busybody, is murdered, her body found right outside Olive's pigeon loft. Olive must juggle her new responsibilities providing pigeons for the war, solving a murder and a budding romance with the gruff, handsome Aldridge. Olive is an intelligent, strong and forthright character who stands up for herself. The story is well-written and moves quickly, with the murderer revealed only at the end, keeping the reader guessing. The romance takes more of a second place to the pigeons and the mystery. Olive Bright, pigeoneer is an entertaining and well-researched book.