Murder with Peacocks - (Meg Langslow Mysteries) by Donna Andrews (Paperback)

About the Book

In this lighthearted mystery, Meg is busily planning three chaotic weddings--including one that uses live peacocks as lawn decorations--when an unpopular out-of-town visitor is found dead. All indications lead to foul play, and subsequent disasters threaten to dampen the wedding festivities. Martin's Press.

Book Synopsis

Agatha Award Winner for Best First Novel

Three Weddings...And a Murder

So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones--each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride is set on including a Native American herbal purification ceremony, while another wants live peacocks on the lawn. Only help from the town's drop-dead gorgeous hunk, disappointingly rumored to be gay, keeps Meg afloat in a sea of dotty relatives and outrageous neighbors.

And, in whirl of summer parties and picnics, Southern hospitality is strained to the limit by an offensive newcomer who hints at skeletons in the guests' closets. But it seems this lady has offended one too many when she's found dead in suspicious circumstances, followed by a string of accidents--some fatal. Soon, level-headed Meg's to-do list extends from flower arrangements and bridal registries to catching a killer--before the next catered event is her own funeral...

Review Quotes

"Andrews's debut provides plenty of laughs...hilarity and comic panache." --Publishers Weekly

"Loquacious dialogue, persistent humor and interrupted romance..A fun, breezy read." --Library Journal

About the Author

Donna Andrews is the author of the Meg Langslow mysteries, including Stork Raving Mad and Swan for the Money. She has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry awards, a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and two Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. When not writing fiction, Andrews is a self-confessed nerd, rarely found away from her computer, unless she's messing in the garden. She lives in Reston, Virginia.