COCKATIELS AT SEVEN
By Donna Andrews
Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur
http://us.macmillan.com/SMP.aspx
Genre: Mystery
ISBN-10: 0312377150
ISBN-13: 978-0312377151
Pages: Paper: 320
Price: Paper: $23.95
“Cockatiels At Seven” is a Meg Langslow mystery. Meg is funny, loveable and this time her sidekick is a toddler.
An old, long-time-no-see, friend asks Meg for a small favour. This is how, Meg, a blacksmith, and husband Michael, part of the Caerphilly College faculty, find themselves part-time parents to two-year-old Timmy.
When Meg’s friend doesn’t return, Meg sets out to find her. Which leads to spending time getting into trouble with Chief Burke and his murder and embezzlement investigation. Is Karen an innocent victim or behind it all?
I like “Cockatiels at Seven”. I would classify this mystery as a cozy. It is a pleasant easy-read entertainment, which made me laugh out loud. Whether it is Meg’s self-talking and head-shaking go get’em attitude or her what-now eye rolling dealings with her family, I like Meg. I like her batty world.
Which gives me the perfect lead-in to the animals in Meg’s world. Her father, and his newly found father, constantly get into trouble over some animals’ welfare. This time birds are the word.
Yes. I want more Meg Langslow mysteries.