Lord of the wings : a Meg Langslow mystery

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Title:

Lord of the wings : a Meg Langslow mystery

Author:

Andrews, Donna, author.

Series:

Meg Langslow mysteries ;

Series Number:

19.

Summary:

"Reluctantly volunteering her home after a haunted house exhibit burns down during her town's over-the-top Halloween festival activities, Meg Langslow is challenged to save the day upon discovering a real murder victim among the creepy displays"-- Provided by publisher.

Edition:

Large Print edition.

Physical Description:

475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Genre:

Large type books.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Subject Term:

Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9781410480552

Publication Information:

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Call Number:

LP ANDREWS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Good, The Bad, and The Emus.The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The eighteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee-slapping adventure featuring Meg Langslow and all the eccentric characters that make up her world.It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new ""Creatures of the Night"" exhibit in the zoo. When a real body at the zoo and a suspicious fire at the Haunted House threaten to mar the town's creepy fun, it's up to Meg Langslow to save Halloween.Like Meg Langslow, the blacksmith heroine of her series, Donna Andrews was born and raised in Yorktown, Virginia. She introduced Meg to readers in her Malice Domestic Contest-winning first mystery, Murder with Peacocks, and readers are still laughing. This novel swept up the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and a Lefty for funniest mystery. With Lord of the Wings, readers can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery-this one filled with Halloween spirit and suspense.

Author Notes

Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia. She is the author of two amateur sleuth series: Turing Hopper Mystery series and A Meg Langslow Mystery series. Her first book, Murder with Peacocks (1999), which is part of A Meg Langslow Mystery series, won numerous awards for best first novel including the Lefty award for funniest mystery. You've Got Murder (2002), the first novel in the Turing Hopper Mystery series, won the Agatha Award for best mystery. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Private Investigators and Security Association.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Newcomers to Andrews's wacky little burg of Caerphilly, Va., may feel a bit overwhelmed by this comedy/mystery's large cast (most of whom have appeared in 18 previous series entries). Fortunately, reader Dunne provides assistance in distinguishing, say, the mayor's wife, who speaks with a chirpy hard r, from his special assistant, Lydia, whose faux perkiness can't hide her inefficiency. Mayor Shiffley sounds a bit scattered himself, as opposed to Dr. Smoot, the town's former coroner, whose orations are brimming with confidence. Smoot has a penchant for dressing like Dracula, which costs him his job, but Caerphilly's 10-day Halloween celebration has elevated his prominence and enhanced the allure of his home's conversion to a year-round haunted house, at least until a thief breaks in, which leads to a couple of murders. The series' protagonist, Meg Langslow, an ornamental blacksmith moonlighting as the head of the Halloween-festival security, is solidly down to earth, strong in mind and body, and has an appealing sense of humor, all of which Dunne manages to convey. A Minotaur hardcover. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

It's Halloween in Caerphilly, VA, and Meg's zany family is at it again. Grandpa opens a "Creatures of the Night" exhibit at the zoo, but then a body surfaces and a suspicious fire at the haunted house has everyone in jitters. Someone definitely wants to mar the town's creepy fun, so it's up to Meg to save the festivities. This 19th series entry (after The Nightingale Before Christmas) is another winner. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.