A review by slferg
The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews

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.