Summary:
Meg Langslow is 8 1/2 months pregnant with twins. Her house is full of her husband's college drama students because the college is having issues with their on-campus furnace. Everyone is misplace from campus, and the whole town is housing the college kids wherever they can be put. One of Michael's students is nearing the end of his dissertation about a Spanish playwright, and is about to perform a show about his work and him. That is, until the dean of the English department tries to shut the play and the doctoral work down. The drama students and professors, all of whom officially fall under the English department, though they are fighting for their own department, all take umbrage at this and work to undermine the dean's decision. And then she's killed, and all the people that are swarming through Meg's house become murder suspects. Oh, and the babies could come any second.
Thoughts:
Honestly, the last time I read a Meg book ("Swan for the Money," posted in September) I was disappointed with the writing and didn't find it as engaging as it used to be. In fact, I said that if there wasn't something good in the next book, I wouldn't continue the series. This one turned it around, at least a little. Meg wasn't getting into the mystery as much, but just happened to be right-place-right-time for every bit of evidence. What's more, there were multiple murder attempts at the same time, which made it all the more interesting. And Meg's family, while usually all over everything and getting in the way more often than not, were actually useful throughout. Okay, Ms. Andrews, I'm game. We'll try this again. Let's see how you do once the babies are born.
Book 50 of 50 (Finished Sept 25th) With thirteen more weeks left in the year, let's try for 70 books to end the year!
Pages:289
Genre:Mystery
Grade:B
Would I Recommend?:Sure, though at this point, like most series, it's always good to read from the start. This series, though, seems to be one you can pick up in the middle.
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