Books

	Stork Raving Mad Author: Donna Andrews Published: July 6, 2010 by Minotaur Series Name: Meg Langslow series Main Character: Meg Langslow Meg is eight and a half months pregnant with twins when Michael asks if she wouldn't mind another houseguest. One of his doctoral students is directing his new translation of a play by a minor Spanish playwright, and the playwright has agreed to come to town for the production. Click for more info.

	Swan for the Money Author: Donna Andrews Published: July 21, 2009 by Minotaur Series Name: Meg Langslow series Main Character: Meg Langslow Meg Langslow's eccentric parents have a new hobby--growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows. Dad's gardening skill and Mother's gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeatable team--and Meg is relieved they've taken up such a safe, gentle hobby. She even volunteers to help when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents' competitors, Meg is worried. Click for more info.

	Six Geese A-Slaying Author: Donna Andrews Published: October 31, 2008 by Minotaur Series Name: Meg Langslow series Main Character: Meg Langslow Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. And Meg is organizing the parade--the theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, etc. There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh. Click for more info.

	Cockatiels at Seven Author: Donna Andrews Published: July 8, 2008 by St. Martins Series Name: Meg Langslow Main Character: Meg Langslow When her old friend Karen drops by with two-year-old son Timmy, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to baby sit "just for a little while." But when nightfall comes, the toddler is still in residence and Karen isn't answering any phone calls. Meg decides that she must find out what's happening, so the next morning, with Timmy in tow, she retraces her friend's footsteps--and begins to suspect that that Karen's disappearance is tied to at least one serious crime. Has Karen been killed or kidnapped? Is she on the run from the bad guys? Or is she one of the bad guys? Click for more info.

	The Penguin Who Knew Too Much Author: Donna Andrews Published: March 29, 2008 by St. Martins Series Name: Meg Langslow Main Character: Meg Langslow While digging a hole to make a pond for his borrowed penguins, Meg's father digs up a body. And when rumors begin to spread that the corpse might be the owner of the bankrupt local zoo that is normally the penguins' home, anxious volunteers begin taking advantage of Dad's generous offer to take in the animals they've been fostering. As the llamas, sloths, and hyenas begin to arrive, Meg fears that by the time the police solve the crime, she and her fiance, Michael, will have a zoo in their back yard. Click for more info.

	No Nest for the Wicket Author: Donna Andrews Published: August 8, 2006 by St. Martins Series Name: Meg Langslow Main Character: Meg Langslow Croquet--a genteel sport, played on a sunny summer afternoon on a tranquil green lawn. Unless it's eXtreme croquet, the no-holds-barred version, whose devotees prefer wielding their mallets in poison-ivy infested swamps and impenetrable brier patches. But even eXtreme croquet players usually draw the line at murder, so no one is happy when Meg goes searching for her ball and finds a body instead Click for more info.

	Delete All Suspects Author: Donna Andrews Published: November 1, 2005 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: Turing Hopper Main Character: Turing Hopper After a hit-and-run leaves young techie Eddie Stallman in the hospital, Turing Hopper, a sentient computer, helps her PI friend Tim find out who did it. Their investigation uncovers evidence of spamming, phishing, and other unsavory online crimes. But when the feds show up looking for an online vigilante who's also using Eddie's computers, Turing and friends are caught in the middle. They can't let the vigilante continue--but they can't tell the FBI everything without revealing Turing's identity to the world. Click for more info.

	Owls Well That Ends Well Author: Donna Andrews Published: March 10, 2005 by St. Martins Series Name: Meg Langslow Main Character: Meg Langslow In Owl's Well That Ends Well, Meg and Michael have bought a house from the estate of the uncrowned Queen of the Packrats and must clean out decades of junk. Their solution: a yard sale. As always, Meg's large family flocks in to help. Many even come with junk of their own to add to the sale. Meg is coping (barely) with all this until the body of a local antique dealer is discovered in an old trunk. Click for more info.

	Access Denied Author: Donna Andrews Published: December 7, 2004 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: Turing Hopper Main Character: Turing Hopper When Turing Hopper, Artificial Intelligence Personality extraordinaire, learns that criminal Nestor Garcia's once-dormant credit card has been doing a lot of shopping lately, she begins to do some sleuthing-and finds out the loot's shown up at an empty bungalow. So Turing gets her human friends to stake out the vicinity. But when one of them sees something he wishes he hadn't-and gets charged with murder-everyone will have to pull together to clear his name. The only way to do it is to find the guilty party-by luring him to attack them. Click for more info.

	We'll Always Have Parrots Author: Donna Andrews Published: February 19, 2004 by St. Martins Series Name: Meg Langslow Main Character: Meg Langslow In We'll Always Have Parrots, Meg travels with her fiance Michael to a fan convention for Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle--a cheesy cult TV show on which Michael has a minor role. Michael hopes the weekend will give him a chance to talk Miss Wynncliffe-Jones, the show's temperamental leading lady and executive producer out of enforcing a certain provision in Michael's contract. Click for more info.