A review by katkinney
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews

4.0

In this ninth book in the Meg Langslow mystery series, Karen, a woman Meg is distant friends with shows up out of the blue and dumps her toddler in Meg’s care “just for a bit” then never returns. When Meg tries to find Karen, (with cranky toddler Timmy in tow and listening to Barney on repeat in the car everywhere she goes) she discovers she may have been entangled in a mess involving embezzlement and the local university… and the mystery may go deeper than that. As always, Donna Andrews writes a good mystery to untangle. This one was a bit light on the quirky exotic animal scenes that I look forward to in the author’s books and had quite a few cranky toddler scenes, so while I enjoyed the mystery, this probably isn’t one I’ll reread.