Birder, She Wrote

A Meg Langslow Mystery

"Listening to Bernadette Dunne perform the Meg Langslow audiobooks gives listeners a sense of coming home to a beloved family." —AudioFile on The Falcon Always Wings Twice

Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael’s latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed.

First her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them—a group of newcomers to Caerphilly who have built McMansions next door to working farms and then do their best to make life miserable for the farmers. And finally Meg’s grandmother, shows up, trailed by a nosy reporter who is writing a feature on her for a genteel Southern ladies’ magazine.

Cordelia drafts Meg to accompany her and Deacon Washington of the New Life Baptist Church—and the reporter, alas—in their search for a long-lost African-American cemetery. Unfortunately what they discover is not an ancient cemetery but a fresh corpse. Can Meg protect her grandmother—and Caerphilly—from the reporter who seems to see the worst in everything . . . and help crack the case before the killer finds another victim?

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

©2022 Donna Andrews (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Excellent as always!

Have read and enjoyed every Meg Langslow mystery and always learn some new and interesting things!
Keep them coming please!

Hummingbirds and bees!

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March 19, 2023
Welcome back to the addictive, funny cozy mystery series that is always a fun read even if you've never read any of the earlier ones.
Laugh your way through the suspects, zany family members, goofy homeowners and their McMansions, facts about bees, amazing plot twists, and red herrings!
This cannot be an unbiased review because I reread some of them (the print copies walk away so now I have them in audio) and wait with bated breath for each new one.
I requested and received an EARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
I preordered it and have enjoyed it even more on audio!

Another fun romp in Caerphilly

I really enjoyed this romp around Caerphilly. it did not disappoint, even if I figured out the culprit early.
i've read the Meg Lanslow mysteries for years. it was a treat to discover my library had the audiobooks, through which I fell in love with Bernadette Dunne's narration skills. Now I can't wait for the new releases to hit the library, so I often buy the audio book as soon as it's available.

Another great books.

Bernadette reads the book well and keeps it interesting. Love the way she changes voices.

Great content also.

Entertaining as always

I really liked this outing. I do wish that Meg's family figured a little more in this story. For a while it seemed like everything was about her Grandfather but this time family was barely fit into the story