Today I'm linking up with Carole from Carole's Random Life of Books for Books from the Backlog. I really enjoy the chance to feature a book that's been hiding in the piles of books for far too long!
Goodreads: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Blurb: So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones--each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride is set on including a Native American herbal purification ceremony, while another wants live peacocks on the lawn. Only help from the town's drop-dead gorgeous hunk, disappointingly rumored to be gay, keeps Meg afloat in a sea of dotty relatives and outrageous neighbors.
And, in a whirl of summer parties and picnics, Southern hospitality is strained to the limit by an offensive newcomer who hints at skeletons in the guests' closets. But it seems this lady has offended one too many when she's found dead in suspicious circumstances, followed by a string of accidents--some fatal. Soon, level-headed Meg's to-do list extends from flower arrangements and bridal registries to catching a killer--before the next catered event is her own funeral...
Why It Needs to Come Off the Shelf: I have really been enjoying the later Donna Andrews books in this series so it seems only fair I go back to the beginning!
I've read this one more than once and thought it was really funny. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI love this series but I don't remember if I've read this one. There's a few I've missed.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy this one, Katherine! There is probably a good chance you will since you have enjoyed later books in the series.
ReplyDeleteNew to me. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this author on your channel but still not tried one of her books!
ReplyDeleteOkay I need to look her up and I like starting at the beginning of a series so good place to begin.
ReplyDeleteI always intend to go back and start from the beginning of series I start in the middle. This sounds like it will be fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as her later books.
ReplyDeleteI felt like the mystery was a bit lacking in this one, but I still enjoyed it enough to keep reading the series, and I quickly got hooked. As you know since I am still faithfully reading the series all these years later.
ReplyDeleteI liked this book but the MC's family gets on my nerves, especially her mother.
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