Is there anything better than curling up with a glass of wine and a hilarious mystery? No, I didn’t think you’d disagree with that. Who would? Okay, if you don’t drink wine, tea or hot chocolate will work…or anything you deem a magic alone time elixir. No judgement here!
In December, I took you to the Arkansas small town of Maggody for Joan Hess’ laugh-out-loud series. This time, I want to introduce you to funny lady Donna Andrews. She writes the hilarious Meg Langslow Mysteries. There are 38 books in the series, each with a bird in the title. MURDER WITH PEACOCKS, the first in the series, is a great, giggly introduction, and the second, MURDER WITH PUFFINS is my favorite – mostly because I’m a bit obsessed with puffins (okay…a LOT obsessed with puffins). At any rate, all the books are wonderful and amateur sleuth Meg Langslow passes the SIWTDWW (sleuth I want to drink wine with) test. Give her a try with your own litmus test with whatever beverage you prefer – again, not judging!
MURDER WITH PEACOCKS - When Meg Langslow is roped into being a bridesmaid for the nuptials of her mother, her brother's fiancee, and her own best friend, she is apprehensive. Getting the brides to choose their outfits and those of their bridesmaids (and not change their minds three days later), trying to capture the principals long enough to work out details, and even finding peacocks to strut around the garden during the ceremony - these are things Meg can handle. She can brush off the unfortunate oaf who is smitten with her, and take philosophically her disappointment when she learns that the only eligible man in her small Virginia town (and a delightful hunk he is) is of questionable sexual preference. But even Meg is taken aback when the unpleasant former sister-in-law of Meg's soon-to-be stepfather disappears and is later found dead.
Why the hell not?
Leslie Langtry does not like to write bios. Seriously, she’s just not good at it. You’d think that after fifty books, she’d be able to pull off a few sentences, but no, she can’t. It’s very disappointing. At least her books are good, which counts, in her mind, as a win.
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