Round Up the Usual Peacocks

A Meg Langslow Mystery

By: Donna Andrews

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us to Meg Langslow as a crime-solving bridesmaid. In her 31st mystery, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold cases and wedding guests.

Kevin, Meg's cyber-savvy nephew who lives in the basement, comes to her with a problem. He's become involved as the techie for a true-crime podcast, one that focuses on Virginia cold cases and unsolved crimes. And he thinks their podcast has hit a nerve with someone . . . one of the podcast team has had a brush with death that Kevin thinks was an attempted murder, not an accident.

Kevin rather sheepishly asks for Meg's help in checking out the people involved in a couple of the cases. "Given your ability to find out stuff online, why do you need MY help?" she asks. "Um . . . because I've already done everything I can online. This'll take going around and TALKING to people," he exclaims, with visible horror. "In person!" Not his thing. And no, it can't wait until after the wedding, because he's afraid whoever's after them might take advantage of the chaos of the wedding at Trinity or the reception at Meg and Michael's house to strike again.

So on top of everything she's doing to round up vendors and supplies and take care of demanding out-of-town guests, Meg must hunt down the surviving suspects from three relatively local cold cases so she can figure out if they have it in for the podcasters. Could there be a connection to a musician on the brink of stardom who disappeared two decades ago and hasn't been seen since?

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

Perfect

Another funny cozy done right. My only concern is Ms. Andrews is not writing as fast as I want. Not to worry, all her books are re-readable.

Great

Love these stories, they never disappoint . I am always sad when they finish . On to the next one

Great as usual

This is one of the most fun of the series. I just wish that mom would back off a little.

This book is hilarious as usual, but the Audible won’t show up in Kindle

I think this is broken, I’ve bought and returned it several times trying to get it to work on Kindle just like all of my other Audible recordings. Amazon support is not helpful,

Just speaking about the book/narration, it’s just as good as the rest of the series. I really enjoy immersing myself in a fantasy South where people are nice to everyone regardless of race or ethnicity, the cops are ethical, COVID never existed, and the bad guys always receive a nasty comeuppance. The narrator Meg is way snarkier and gives off much more of an “unreliable narrator” vibe than I imagined in my reading but that’s even funnier.

Best one in several outings

This is best one in several years. Less Grandfather and more immediate family. I enjoyed much more than the last few books.