Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michaelβs latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed.
First her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them β a group of newcomers to Caerphilly who have built McMansions next door to working farms and then do their best to make life miserable for the farmers. And finally Megβs grandmother, shows up, trailed by a nosy reporter who is writing a feature on her for a genteel Southern ladiesβ magazine.
Cordelia drafts Meg to accompany her and Deacon Washington of the New Life Baptist Church β and the reporter, alas β in their search for a long-lost African-American cemetery. Unfortunately what they discover is not an ancient cemetery but a fresh corpse. Can Meg protect her grandmother β and Caerphilly β from the reporter who seems to see the worst in everything . . . and help crack the case before the killer finds another victim?
Review
Praise for Birder, She Wrote:
"Fans will relish this addition to the long-running cozy series with its humor, charming small-town setting, and natural-history frame, populated by Megβs well-drawn community of quirky, but helpful, family and friends." β Booklist
Praise for Donna Andrews and the Meg Langslow Mystery Series:
"Enjoyable... Andrews has shaped Meg as an intelligent, insightful sleuth...Round Up the Usual Peacocks moves at a brisk clip as the plot settles in with an enjoyable visit with Meg... Andrews punctuates the story with just the right amount of humor..." β Oline Cogdill in the South Florida Sun Sentinel
"Andrews deftly juggles franchise characters, newbies, red herrings, Renaissance tidbits, and murder most welcome." β Kirkus Reviews on The Falcon Always Wings Twice
"If you long for more fun mysteries, a la Janet Evanovich, you'll love Donna Andrews's Meg Langslow series." β Charlotte Observer
About the Author
DONNA ANDREWS has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry Awards, an RT Book Reviews Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Novelists, Inc. Andrews lives in Reston, Virginia. She has written over 30 books in the Meg Langslow mystery series.