Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg Langslow Mysteries Series, Book 10
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In Six Geese A-Slaying, Donna Andrews fans delivers another zany Meg Langslow mystery—-this one filled with outrageous Christmas spirit...and mayhem.
Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. The theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, etc. There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh (eight reindeer were beyond the zoo's scope).
Meg has been volunteered to organize the parade, which is to proceed from her house to the local campus, where Santa will take up residence to hear the Christmas wishes of the town's children. Of course, getting all the camels, pipers, leapers, and drummers in order is proving every bit as difficult as Meg feared it would be. Then her nephew Eric, wide-eyed and ashen-faced, whispers, "Meg, something's wrong with Santa."
The local curmudgeon, whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role, has been murdered. Now Meg and Chief Burke, who is playing one of the wise men, are faced with the two-fold mission of solving the murder and saving Christmas!
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Donna Andrews. (2008). Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg Langslow Mysteries Series, Book 10. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Donna Andrews. 2008. Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg Langslow Mysteries Series, Book 10. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Donna Andrews, Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg Langslow Mysteries Series, Book 10. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Donna Andrews. Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg Langslow Mysteries Series, Book 10. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008.
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Bah, humbug! In the 10th entry in Andrews's fine-feathered cozy series (Cockatiels at Seven
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A dead Santa rains on Meg's Christmas parade.Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Fans of comic cozies who have never read Andrews Meg Langslow mysteries have a real treat in store. This tenth book in the award-winning series takes place in Megs rural home-town, Caerphilly, Virginia. In fact, it takes place primarily in Megs backyard, the mustering point for the annual holiday parade. The theme this year is The Twelve Days of Christmas (hence the six geese), but tribute is also paid to other holidays, including the Hindu Festival of Lights. All seems to be going as well as can be expected, given Megs zany family, friends, and assorted animals, when her young nephew whispers, Somethings wrong with Santa. Indeed, something is very wrong, and its up to parade organizer Meg and police chief Burke (who was one of the camel-riding wise men) to figure out who murdered the old curmudgeon. It seems that while Ralph Doleson may have looked like Santa, his personality led to far more enemies than friends. Lots of silly but infectious humor and just enough mystery.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)
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