hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
I get such a kick out of the Meg Langslow mysteries. It's a great combination of cozy mystery, humor (lots), and quirky characters - her family is a hoot. As usual, Meg juggles her family (now with twins) and a murder investigation - and a bird, is of course, center stage. Highly recommended
katkinney's review against another edition
5.0
Meg Langslow is powering through the first months of motherhood and middle of the night feedings with twins. She is awakened to find her downstairs has been turned into a menagerie because her kind-hearted grandfather and brother have kidnapped all the animals from the local shelter who were going to be put to sleep due to a change in policy and brought them to her house. Including one foul-mouthed parrot. Someone connected to the shelter turns up dead. My favorite Meg Langslow books are always the ones that have lots of funny animal scenes. The llamas made an appearance in this one, which sent it straight to my favorites list! I also enjoyed the dog herding sheep scene, too funny. 5/5 stars. Favorites.
kemilyh1988's review against another edition
5.0
This one was a lot of fun! Meg woke up to an entire animal shelter in her living room; murder and chaos ensues!
Also the political stuff was exciting and added to the story quite a bit!
Also the political stuff was exciting and added to the story quite a bit!
kaygray78's review against another edition
4.0
Oh my goodness, where has Meg Langslow been all my life? I have a very vague recollection of reading the puffin book...maybe. And as this is number thirteen in the series, I feel like I missed out on a lot of back story. Love Meg, love Michael, love how Andrews had Meg sort of tell off a judgy softball mom. Definitely adding the rest of the series to my list.
k_lee_reads_it's review against another edition
3.0
Meg is back again, with all of her crazy relatives and neighbors. But this time she doesn't have energy to fix all of their silly issues; she has twins. She and Michael, her husband, are staying up all night feeding, changing, and rocking. So when the Meg's dad and grandpa descend with all the animals from the local shelter, she is less than happy to discover them in her living room. And then, of course, the man who is taking them all away to new owners is murdered.
Enjoyed this relaxing, funny book.
Enjoyed this relaxing, funny book.
slferg's review against another edition
4.0
Four months after the birth of the twins, Meg is up with one of the boys when she hears a noise downstairs, like someone watching the animal planet too loudly. She cautiously goes downstairs and finds her living room full of animals - cats, dogs of all kinds and sizes and a macaw, who uses very blue langusge. It seems that with the city's budget crisis, the city manager has recommended a change in the dealings of their no-kill shelter. They will begin to euthanize all the unclaimed pets. So, a group consisting of her father, grandfather, brother and several other people have come up with a plot to steal the animals from the shelter and foster them out. The mayor is one of the hated Pruitts, who were profiteering carpetbaggers after the war.
So, it is assumed that Meg will find out what happened to the guy who was killed when he tried to save the animals. She really doesn't want to because she's busy with the twins and a 6-year-old boy they are taking care of while his mother is deployed in Germany.
This is quite entertaining as Meg juggles her schedule and all the fuss and bother that goes along with sheltering all the animals and coping with her father and grandfather - as well as the twins, her brother and Rose Noire.
So, it is assumed that Meg will find out what happened to the guy who was killed when he tried to save the animals. She really doesn't want to because she's busy with the twins and a 6-year-old boy they are taking care of while his mother is deployed in Germany.
This is quite entertaining as Meg juggles her schedule and all the fuss and bother that goes along with sheltering all the animals and coping with her father and grandfather - as well as the twins, her brother and Rose Noire.
blacksentai's review against another edition
4.0
This is the one where Meg has a bunch of shelter animals in her house and it's the beginning of the evil lender bit.
tboofy's review against another edition
3.0
It was a cute enough story, but the fact that she's doing all this investigating of a murder with new twins at home seems very unrealistic. I assume this is a series and I haven't read the previous one(s) or maybe I would have been more into the characters. Enjoyable read, but it wasn't a "can't put down" book.
verityw's review against another edition
4.0
I know some people have been more negative about this book, and ok it's not the strongest in the series, but it's still pretty darn good. Meg isn't doing as much detecting as usual - and there is a lot of dealing the twins - but the actual mystery is really quite good. I certainly enjoyed it as I read it on the train home from my nightshifts. I am hoping for less diapers and burping in the next book!