The Forger — Barbara Schlichting

A small group of old friends who enjoy each other's company help discover the person who murdered a dear friend and her parrot. When bogus signatures appear on famous deceased authors, the squad becomes curious. Two of the women have known each other since grade school. There are two men who are detectives but have also know these two women since grade school. With the added assistance from two women who frequent the senior center to put puzzles together, they discover who the culprit is, however, why is the woman who lives behind the murdered women, raising peacocks and lets parakeets fly in out of her house as if they're paying rent? Then there's the matter of green feathers and what's with the dahlia?