Meg Lanslow has her work cut out for her in this book dealing with being in charge of the holiday parade whiich means organizing all the floats and keeping people from annoying each other. Which includes one cranky Santa that many seem to dislike. It isn't long into this book when meg's nephew ...
Meg has agreed to runhe rose show for Caerphilly. She is dealing with her parents and their entry as well as the owner of the farm where the exhibtion is being held. There is a dog napping, possible poor treatment of farm animals. But who would think a murder would occur over roses. Meg gets ...
Definitely not my favourite in the Meg Langslow books, but still an enjoyable addition. The action takes place over the course of a single day, which made it feel a little rushed at times. The plot was filled with slightly ridiculous red herrings, as one would expect from a Meg Langslow book, and...
The contining adventures and trials of Meg...this is number 13 in the series. Meg is busy, always busy, and her twins, extended family, and curious nature don't make her life simpler. This installment moved quickly, contained new and well loved characters, and had plenty of red herrings to keep i...
This is the first Donna Andrews book I have read. I listened to it as an audiobook. It is extremely cozy, which is not a bad thing in small doses. Since I have not read the series and this one is number 10 or 11 I am sure there are back stories and relationships I am in the dark concerning. H...
I love this series but I think this one is not quite up to the five-star oepning novel, Murder with Peacocks. Andrews has the problem of all long-standing series: she has so many familiar characters, all of whom need to be included in the current story, that the mystery itself may seem to take s...
The town of Caerphilly, Virginia is hosting a fair and Meg Langslow - blacksmith, wife, mother of toddler twins, and hobbyist farmer - is assistant director. Amidst preparations for opening day a vandal targets the fair and valuable chickens are stolen, a prize-worthy pumpkin is smashed, and a be...
And... she's off. This book opens with Meg Lanslow looking forward to a summer of blacksmithing. At least until she slices open her hand. But that's okay because PI Stanley needs her help. It seems he's located her grandmother. Unfortunately, just a little too late and her surviving cousin is a r...
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.2 stars... This book was not very go...
I must admit I am a huge fan of Donna Andrews' books. In particular I love this series featuring birds names in the imaginative titles, the Meg Langslow series. Meg and Michael have purchased as-is, a very large, rundown and furnished (more to the point, stuffed) with the former owner's belonging...
~4.5Meg Langslow is trapped a situation that could make even the most dauntless detective quail: she has somehow ended up as the wedding planner/maid of honor for not one, not two, but three Bridezillas. All of the weddings will take place within a span of two weeks, and the persnickety brides-t...
My heart says this is a great cozy! My brain will give in and forgive it for having so many suspects! This is my first venture into this cozy series written by Meg Laslow. I now want to go back and read the first of this series, “Owls Well That Ends Well”.The story starts off with an "eXtreme cr...
Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fai...
After the chaos of the summer (weddings, peacocks and murder among other things, chronicled in Murder with Peacocks) Meg Langslow and her boyfriend Michael are desperate for some time and space to themselves. Meg suggests they go to the island of Monhegan off the coast of Maine, where her Aunt Ph...
the chief said. “Mr. Brown claims he’s been receiving threatening phone calls from someone. A woman.” “I bet he means me.” Just like Biff to try causing me trouble. I took a deep breath before going on. “I’ve been calling him for weeks—at least once a day for the past few weeks. His company is su...
Mother said. “The penguins aren’t really fighting. I’m sure they’re only pretending.” Rob, who’d been taking a sip of his lemonade, spluttered and snorted most of it out again, and had to be pounded on the back. No, the penguins weren’t fighting. Apparently this was their mating season. One pengu...
Dad said. “A simple fracture. We’re just waiting for Dr. Sengupta to get here.” Apparently only orthopedists were allowed to set bones and apply casts, and Dr. Sengupta, the local orthopedist, had fled to Richmond for the weekend, but had allowed himself to be persuaded by Dad to come back to tak...
I wasn’t. Judge Jane Shiffley’s farm was about as far as you could get from the center of town and still be in Caerphilly County. To go there, you drove along the Clay County Road to within a mile of the county line, then turned off onto a smaller, gravel-paved road for several grueling miles, an...
It took me half an hour to pack all the paraphernalia I thought I might need for a car trip with Timmy. Diapers. A change of clothes for Timmy. A change of clothes for me, in case we had any more unfortunate food or diaper incidents. Baby wipes. A cooler containing a couple of sippy cups of milk,...