Book Review: Donna Andrews’ The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
A body in the basement pond? Unexpected “guests” in the pasture? People digging up the yard?
A body in the basement pond? Unexpected “guests” in the pasture? People digging up the yard?
Croquet is a genteel game; eXtreme croquet is a whole other story. Still, no one was expecting homicide until Meg slides into the body of a dead woman.
Feral turkeys and an out-of-control makeover show create havoc on Bland Street while Meg Langslow and the mayor try to round everyone up.
A working cruise rapidly turns deadly for the Langslow-Blake group when their ship breaks down in the Bermuda Triangle just after a passenger — the mortal enemy of a group of writers — jumps overboard.
They did it, Meg and Michael bought The House. As is. All the possessions Edwina has hoarded for years. Even better, The House comes with acres, outbuildings, and a barn, lol. There’s almost of century’s worth of uncontrolled breeding by the wire coat hangers!
A fan convention that’s the ultimate in weird. There’s a batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel, a minefield of egos lurking behind the show’s success, and a dead body. Meg goes into action, crossing swords with a deviously obsessed murderer.
There are mysterious doings at Mutant Wizards, Rob’s gaming company, and he asks Meg to come work for him — organize his company and its move and find out what’s going on. It’ll be a wild ride with crazy programmers and a variety of critters.
Yorktown is celebrating its annual reenactment of the British surrender along with a colonial craft fair. Only this isn’t the only warfare with scam artists, blackmailers, and a murderer abroad whom Meg Langslow vows to uncover.
A getaway attempt from a family of zany characters and disastrous events fails when Meg and Michael are marooned by a hurricane and discover family at the empty cottage. And then . . . there’s murder, and Meg’s dad is the chief suspect.
It’s three weddings and a murder that introduces blacksmith Meg Langslow and her whacky family. It’s only the “gay” and gorgeous Michael who keeps Meg sane.