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We'll Always Have Parrots (Meg Lanslow Mysteries)

by Donna Andrews

Series: Meg Langslow Mysteries (5)

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St. Martin's Minotaur (2005), Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages

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Always a fun and light read ( )
  gerleliz | Dec 15, 2009 |
When Michael is required to attend a convention for his cult-classic television show Meg tags along to offer support and peddle a few swords. But much to everyone's (not-quite) dismay, the "star" of the show ends up dead in her hotel room with an army of suspects running around.

One of the things I like most about Andrews is her ability to balance character development with plot. She introduces fairly well-rounded characters in each book, but doesn't lose herself in fleshing them out more than necessary. Readers are given just what they need to follow a sometimes-complicated network of interactions, and Andrews has a large pool from which to pick her murderers. ( )
  Luxx | Nov 25, 2009 |
A lot of humor in this mystery. Very good plotting. Further, the heroine doesn't do stupid things, if you don't count her private sleuthing. I don't count the latter because she does take whatever she finds out to the police. I'm enjoying the whole series, which I'm trying to read in order. But not too close together because I think I might get overload from the characters' quirks. ( )
  phyllis2779 | Apr 22, 2009 |
Amateur-sleuth Meg Langslow accompanied her actor-boyfriend to the fan convention celebrating his hit television series because she figured he could use the support and it gave her the opportunity to sell her handcrafted weapons. When the producer and main actress of the series turns up dead in her hotel room, Meg is suddenly up to her ears in parrots, monkeys and murder suspects.

I enjoy this series because the stories are light, entertaining and quick reads. This wasn't one of my favorites, though. ( )
  lrobe190 | Jan 15, 2009 |
A fun crime series with a likeable blacksmith protagonist with an eccentric family. This one's set at a fan convention for a fictional TV series starring Meg's boyfriend. How often do you come across a crime novel set at a con? :-)

And yes, there are parrots. ( )
  Vilakins | Sep 15, 2008 |
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Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an inspired place to sell her hand-crafted weapons. And so far, she was dealing pretty well with the costumed fans camped outside, the batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel...and the minefield of egos lurking behind the show's success.

But soon after Meg goes head-to-head with egomaniacal series star Tamerlaine Wynncliffe-Jones, the "Queen B" turns up brutally murdered. Now, with Michael in the running as prime suspect, Meg will go up against an all-star cast of not-even-innocent parties, hidden identities, and buried motives. And she'll cross swords with a deviously obsessed murderer determined to write her out of this picture for good.

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