Swan for the Money
Meg Langslow's eccentric parents have a new hobby--growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows. Dad's gardening skill and Mother's gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeatable team--and Meg is relieved they've taken up such a safe, gentle hobby. She even volunteers to help when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents' competitors, Meg is worried. Rose growers are so eccentric that they make Meg's family seem almost normal, and so competitive that they will do nearly anything to take home the show's grand prize--making them prime suspects when Meg discovers that someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held. Of course, the intended victim had other enemies--her treatment of her farm animals had aroused the interest of several animal welfare activists, including Meg's zoologist grandfather. Meg tries to leave detecting to the local police and focus on protecting her parents' chances to win the coveted Black Swan trophy, but she soon finds herself compelled to solve the crime before any more rose growers die.
It's Swan for the Money, two for the show, three to get ready...now go Meg go!
Coming soon in paperback!
Six Geese a-Slaying
Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. And Meg is organizing the parade--the theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, etc. There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh. Meg's job is already heard enough when her nephew Eric, wide-eyed and ashen-faced, whispers, "Meg, something's wrong with Santa." The local curmudgeon, whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role, has been murdered. Now Meg and Chief Burke, (playing one of the wise men) are faced with the two-fold mission of solving the murder and saving Christmas!
Now in paperback!
Cockatiels at Seven
When old friend Karen drops by with two-year-old son Timmy, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to baby sit "just for a little while." But Meg soon finds herself investigating Karen's disappearance--with the wayward toddler in tow. Has Karen been killed or kidnapped? Is she on the run from the bad guys? Or is she one of the bad guys? As usual, Meg's relatives further complicate her life. What covert animal welfare project are Dad and the curmudgeonly zoologist, Dr. Montgomery Blake, working on--and will Meg have to bail them out of jail again? Why does Meg's brother keep disappearing? And are any of Meg's relatives reliable enough to be trusted with a two-year-old whose whereabouts might be of interest to some very dangerous people?
Now in paperback!
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
While digging a hole to make a pond for his borrowed penguins, Meg's father digs up a body. And when rumors begin to spread that the corpse might be the owner of the bankrupt local zoo that is normally the penguins' home, anxious volunteers begin taking advantage of Dad's generous offer to take in the animals they've been fostering. As the llamas, sloths, and hyenas begin to arrive, Meg fears that by the time the police solve the crime, she and her fiance, Michael, will have a zoo in their back yard. A unnerving prospect at any time, but particularly now, when Meg fears it will derail her and Michael's plan to escape their families and elope. So Meg does some sleuthing of her own.
Hope you enjoy Meg's latest adventure--if you do, let me know:
Donna Andrews
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