Summary:
Taking a break from Skye Denison, we're heading back to another series I've reviewed extensively. As a reminder, Andrews's books about Meg Langslow always feature a crazy family with off-the-wall murder investigations. Previously, there've been murders at a wedding, a TV convention, inside a computer game company, and during an Extreme Croquet tournament. This murder was no different. Meg and her fiance Michael were just trying to move themselves into their long-renovated, now-liveable house, but Meg's father, helper to all he meets, decided to foster a colony of penguins. In Meg's basement. Without her knowledge. Oh, and he found a body. The body turns out to be the owner of the town's zoo, and Meg's yard, along with her parents' yard and the yards of some of the neighboring farms, becomes home to not only penguins, but llamas, monkeys, lemurs, wolves, and a few dozen other species. Meg is less than thrilled, especially considering she is planning a big family party for Memorial Day, as well as her secret elopement with Michael. But all that is just par for the course when it comes to a Meg Langslow book.
Thoughts:
I enjoy the insanity of Andrews's Meg series. Meg is fun, and she actually knows how to put her foot down when it comes to some of the ridiculous things that her parents come up with. Some, not all, but that's better than other heroines we've come to know and tolerate, isn't it? The book is light-hearted and silly, complete with animal shenanigans and family idiocies. Meg is a great detective heroine who, while still snooping around in the police's investigation, doesn't usually wind up doing the whole job for the cops. She just supplements the evidentiary coffers a bit. A nice, welcome break from Skye's nosy busybody.
Book 1 of 50 for 2012! First book finished in the new year!
Pages: 328
Genre: mystery, comedy, slight romance
Grade: B+
Would I Recommend?: Of course! This series seems more one-shot-ish than the Swanson series, so I feel okay in recommending picking any one of them up by themselves, though knowing Meg and her family from the beginning makes them all the more amusing.
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