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Title: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (A Meg Lanslow Mystery) by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0-312-99001-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I think this is the best yet in the Meg Langslow series...
Comment: You shouldn't read this book anyplace where you will be embarrassed to burst out laughing. The Affirmation Bears are side-splittingly funny, in my opinion, and the author has such a funny way of stating things and such funny situations. Imagine what she does with a computer game company (the hero-detective's brother's) sharing office space with therapists -- she manages to poke gentle fun that is nevertheless laugh out loud funny at both groups. The description of the computer people (almost all men) painstakingly picking vegetables off their pizza or the competing ideologies of the therapists (one, for example, is a weight-acceptance therapist, whereas another specializes in eating disorder) are examples of the humor that will make people in these professions laugh at themselves.
The plot takes a lot of suspension of disbelief, but is still well-done. Basically, there's something very odd going on in this new computer game company ("Lawyers from Hell" is the game) and Meg has been asked by her brother to try to figure out what's going on. She has to take a break from blacksmithing because she injured her hand, so she's trying to manage the wacky office. Not far into the story, one of the computer folk is murdered, and her brother is suspected of the crime -- so she must find out enough to get her brother off the hook.
I highly recommend this book -- it's one of the funniest mysteries I've read, and I can hardly wait to read the next in the series. I might even buy the hardback...
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Fun
Comment: Meg is working for her brother to help him figure out what is wrong at his new company. As her brother wanders around doing his 'kung fu' imitation, a man is found dead. The police are not looking for other suspects and this leaves Meg to do the research.
From getting knocked out by a moose head, feeding a buzzard, a vet covered in tattoos, and more- this is a funny book.
Well worth reading. I think this is maybe on of her best books.
Enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rob Gets His Game Going - To Murder
Comment: Meg's brother Rob has been trying to make money off the role playing game he invented for years. He's finally formed Mutant Wizards and released it as a computer game, to great success. Now he's hard at work on the sequel in a new, larger office.
But something is going on just below the surface. Rob is worried, so he asks Meg to investigate. Since she's just hurt her hand and can't work as a blacksmith, she agrees. After two weeks, she's done nothing but fill in for the receptionist and help them move into the new office space they share with a group of therapists. But then Ted, the office practical joker, turns up dead on the mail cart. He was a pain, but he was harmless, right? When Rob is hauled off for the crime, Meg leaps into action to give the police other suspects, turning up quite a few secrets in the process.
This is the fourth adventure for Meg. This one didn't feel quite as funny to me as the others, possibly because many of the supporting players from the first three weren't here for the main action. There were still many amusing things along the way, however. For example, the "affirmation bear" had me laughing every time it showed up. The mystery plot is stronger here then others in the series, with quite a few unexpected revelations and a very nice twist at the end. A couple personal sub-plots keep things interesting as well. Everything comes together for a great climax that had me laughing and turning pages as fast as I could to find out what would happen next.
While those looking for the continued hijinks of Meg's eccentric family will be slightly disappointed with this book, there is still much to recommend it. I enjoyed every page and found the book over all too fast. Here's to many more entertaining adventures with Meg and her family and friends.
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Title: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (A Meg Lanslow Mystery) by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0312983190 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 18 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder With Puffins : A Meg Langslow Mystery (A Meg Lanslow Mystery) by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0312978863 Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Pub. Date: 15 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder With Peacocks (A Meg Lanslow Mystery) by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0312970633 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: We'll Always Have Parrots : A Meg Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries) by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0312277326 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 19 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Click Here for Murder by Donna Andrews ISBN: 0425195295 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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