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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- During a 2 a. m. feeding for her four-month-old twins, Meg Langslow investigates a noise and finds dozens of animals in her living room -- from cats and dogs to a foul-mouthed macaw. It turns out her kindhearted father and zoologist grandfather are part of a group of citizens that has stolen the local shelter?s animals to protest the repeal of their no-kill policy. But the volunteer who was to transport the animals to their new homes has been murdered ...
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) .
