Lord of the Wings: A Meg Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries) (edition 2015)

by Donna Andrews (Author)

Series: Meg Langslow (19)

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It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia, into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new 'Creatures of the Night' exhibit in the zoo. When a real body at the zoo and a suspicious fire at the Haunted House threaten to mar the town's creepy fun, it's up to Meg Langslow to save Halloween.… (more)

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Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews is a 2015 Minotaur publication.

I’ve been reading through this series for a couple of years, just grabbing the next book in line whenever the mood strikes. Occasionally this means that I’ll end up with a Christmas story in the middle of July, but somehow, this time around the next book up just happened to be a Halloween themed story – which was just pure coincidence- but it fit my mood perfectly.

Caerphilly is hosting its first ever Halloween festival -and for once Meg is not the chief organizer. But, the twins’ revolving door of Halloween costumes, deadly role-playing games, a haunted house, and two murders keep Meg on her toes, as she regales us with her hilarious internal dialogue.

As per usual, the story is wildly zany and entertaining, and seems to always go by too quickly. Another wonderfully enjoyable chapter in the series! As always- I’m looking forward to Meg’s next adventure!

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gpangel | Oct 21, 2022 |

Always fun
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ELockett | Sep 26, 2022 |

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

The mystery was average and slightly confusing and I'm getting a bit tired of Randall. But some of the quirky new characters were fun and the twins got a bit more exposition. I still missed the quirky family members (and no, grandfather doesn't count) and Rob seems frozen in time. But it was fun fluff. (

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OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |

My favourite cosy series. It is amazing that this far into the series book number 19 is a good as book number 1 which is really unusual in my experience.Read beginning June 2020, Halloween themed story that doesn't really change my mind about Halloween, just is another case of liking to read about things that I would not want in my own life. Meg is still a power house and I love the Ragnar character. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Donna Andrews	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Henson, Joe	Author photo	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Parr, Maggie	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rotstein, David Baldeosingh	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Lefty Award (Winner – Humorous Mystery Novel – 2016)

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Lord of the Wings

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2015-08-04

People/Characters

Meg Langslow (blacksmith | the organized one)

Michael Waterston (Meg's husband | Caerphilly College drama prof.)

Josh Waterston (Meg and Michael's son | the competitive one)

Jamie Waterston (Josh's twin brother | both are now 6)

Mrs. Langslow aka Mother (Margaret Hollingsworth Langslow)

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Important places

Caerphilly, Virginia, USA

Dr. Smoot's Haunted House, Caerphilly, Virginia, USA

Carephilly Museum of Oddities and Antiques, Caerphilly, Virginia, USA

Caerphilly College, Caerphilly, Virginia, USA

Ragnar Ragnarson's Niflheim farm, Caerphilly, Virginia, USA

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Halloween

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First words

'Somebody's broken into the Haunted House!'

Quotations

[Meg and Dr. Blake are discussing a bit of news about the zoo's lions]

'Eaten a tourist?' Was he serious? 'You're remarkably calm about the tourist's fate.'

'I take a Darwinian view of it,' Grandfather said. 'We do what we can to keep the tourists out and the lions in. But if some fool tourist figures out a way to circumvent all our precautions -- well, there you have it.' (chapter 4)

'Junior Goblin Rob here,' my brother answered. 'What is your will, O mighty queen of the Goblin Tribe?' (chapter 9)

[Meg is worried about whether her cousin Rose Noire is too tired]
'Yes, I'll be fine,' she said. 'In fact, it will do me good to spend some time with pure, innocent, loving children.'

'I thought you were babysitting Josh and Jamie,' I said. 'Who are these paragons you're watching instead?' (chapter 13)

[Meg is asking Rob if Mutant Wizards' Vampire Colonies game has a powerful goblet in it.]

'Yeah, the Goblet of Sorrow,' he said. 'Any vampire who drinks from it can walk in sunlight unharmed for the next twenty-four hours.'

'Why is it called the Goblet of Sorrow, then?' I asked. 'Why not something like the Goblet of Joyfully Biting People in Broad Daylight?' (chapter 22)

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It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia, into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new 'Creatures of the Night' exhibit in the zoo. When a real body at the zoo and a suspicious fire at the Haunted House threaten to mar the town's creepy fun, it's up to Meg Langslow to save Halloween.

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The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The eighteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee-slapping adventure featuring Meg Langslow and all the eccentric characters that make up her world.

It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new "Creatures of the Night" exhibit in the zoo. When a real body at the zoo and a suspicious fire at the Haunted House threaten to mar the town's creepy fun, it's up to Meg Langslow to save Halloween.

Like Meg Langslow, the blacksmith heroine of her series, Donna Andrews was born and raised in Yorktown, Virginia. She introduced Meg to readers in her Malice Domestic Contest-winning first mystery, Murder with Peacocks, and readers are still laughing. This novel swept up the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and a Lefty for funniest mystery.

With Lord of the Wings, readers can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery--this one filled with Halloween spirit and suspense. [retrieved 5/15/2015 from Amazon.com]

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