““That’s good,” I said. “Because I’m starting to feel like that goat in Jurassic Park—the one they tether out to lure in the T. Rex.””
DASHING THROUGH THE SNOWBIRDS (Meg Langslow #32) will be published on October 11th 2022 by Minotaur Books.
Christmas is coming, and Meg has a house full of disgruntled Canadians. Their thoughtless boss brought them to Caerphilly to work with the Mutant Wizards crew to put together DNA testing technology for their ancestry/genealogy website. The boss, Ian Meredith, has not only angered his employees, he has made enemies among the residents of Caerphilly. He also has irate customers who have tracked him to Caerphilly. It's no surprise when Ian is found murdered. The question is which of his many foes did him in. To ensure that the killer spends Christmas behind bars, Meg lends a helping hand to the local police to catch the killer before Christmas.
Meg Langslow and her zany family of unsubstantiated size is back for another adventure. There is also a growing menagerie of household pets and barnyard animals that play a role in the story. While I thoroughly enjoyed the story, I am getting tired of every other book in the series being set around Christmas. I know that is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'm just not a fan of Christmas. Aside from overabundance of holiday cheer, the story includes a solid mystery with a number of viable suspects. It's always fun to watch Meg single-handedly round up the suspects and hand them off to the police.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.