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The brilliantly funny and talented Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed mystery series readers have come to love.Meg Langslows eccentric parents have a new hobby: growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows. Dads gardening skill and Mothers gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeatable team---and Meg is relieved theyve taken up such a safe, gentle hobby. She even volunteers to help when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents competitors, Meg is worried. Rose growers are so eccentric that they make Megs family seem almost normal, and so competitive that they will do nearly anything to take home the shows grand prize---making them prime suspects when Meg discovers that someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held. Of course, the intended victim had other enemies---her treatment of her farm animals had aroused the interest of several animal welfare activists, including Megs zoologist grandfather. Meg tries to leave the detecting to the local police and focus on protecting her parents chances to win the coveted Black Swan trophy, but she soon finds herself compelled to solve the crime before any more rose growers die.Its Swan for the Money, two for the show, three to get ready... now go, Meg, go!
About the Author
I've been writing since I learned to print, but didn't get published until Murder with Peacocks won the Malice Domestic/St. Martins Press Best First Traditional Mystery contest in spring 1998. Since then I've written six more comic mysteries books featuring ornamental blacksmith Meg Langslow: Murder with Puffins (2000) , Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001) , Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003) , We'll Always Have Parrots (2004) , Owls Well That Ends Well (2005) , and No Nest for the Wicket (August 2006) . I've also started another series in with the sleuth, Turing Hopper, is an artificial intelligence personality living inside a corporate computer: You've Got Murder (2002) , Click Here for Murder (2003) , Access Denied (2004) , and Delete All Suspects (2005) .
