The mystery in this is very flimsy, the identity of the culprit is pretty obvious, and the unveiling of that culprit comes out of nowhere and takes about a page. Every once in a while I like a cozy mystery and thought this would fit the bill nicely. Sensible Meg Langslow travels to her hometown city of Yorktown, Virginia to plan three weddings, deal with her family's crazy shenanigans, and solve a murder. So, here’s to piecing together another long running series and to many more adventures with Meg and her zany supporting cast! The story moves at warp speed, and is so entertaining, I finished it before I was ready to- and that is always a good sign. Meg’s inner monologue is hilarious, but also a poignant at times.

Meg and her father have a special bond and work well as detection team. This is a madcap, screwball family comedy on one hand, and a puzzling murder mystery on the other. Along with her new friend, Michael, she begins to uncover shocking secrets, lies, and cover-ups, that just might lead her to the murderer! But, before long, Meg finds herself bitten by the detecting bug, herself. With local law enforcement ill equipped to handle such a serious crime, Meg’s father rises to the occasion to play amateur detective.

While it is quite evident the woman was murdered, the suspects are very clever, and their motives are even murkier. Meg’s best friend, her brother, and her mother are all getting married, and Meg has been roped into helping them plans their weddings.īut, when her mother’s fiancé’s former sister-in-law arrives, she stirs up a real hornet’s nest, and the next thing you know her body is found. For a ‘first in a series' novel, published over seventeen years ago, it was pretty darned good. This is the first installment in a very long running series. This series keeps popping up in crime novel sites I follow, or book recommendation sites, and because I already had a couple of the books on my bookshelf, I decided to read one to see how well I liked it. I need to start another series like I need a hole in my head, but…. Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow #1) by Donna Andrews is a 2006 St.

Murder with peacocks by donna andrews