The Good, the Bad, and the Emus: A Meg Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries, 17)

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Meg Langslow knows that murder is never pretty. And things are about to take an ugly turn. . . Go ahead...make Megs day. Its not as if her life could get any weirder. Megs long-lost paternal grandfather Dr. Blake entered her life a few years ago after seeing Megs picture in the paper-shes a dead ringer for her grandmother Cordelia after all. Now local private investigator Stanley Denton has been hired to track down Cordelias whereabouts...only to find that she mysteriously passed away within the year. And Megs newly found cousin Annabel claims it was murder. So much for a festive family reunion... "A sprightly mystery...Andrewss readers who have come to expect a little silliness fun-loving characters and endings that are tough to predict wont be disappointed." -Publishers Weekly Stanley and Meg agree to help track down the killer and get justice for Cordelia. Dr. Blake has an idea about how to distract the locals from their investigation: Hell stage a rescue of the feral emus that have escaped from an abandoned local farm. When murder strikes again Meg suspects that the killer may indeed be among the flock of rescue volunteers...but what now? While her grandfather pursues that lead Meg continues to investigate both murders with a lot of help from Annabel who can shed some light on some long-buried family secrets. But will they solve the case before the killer strikes again? "Andrewss smooth and erudite style realistic snappy dialogue and subtle humor create an intriguing and entertaining romp."-New York Journal of Books