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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Always a fun and light read ( )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. 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. 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. 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. no reviews | add a review
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