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The Good, the Bad, and the Emus

by Donna Andrews · Meg Langslow, Book 17

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Published Tuesday 8 July 2014Hardcover · Minotaur Books · 312 pages
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Life will never be the same for Meg Langslow after family secrets are revealed, introducing a whole new layer of intrigue in Donna Andrews's beloved series. Meg’s long-lost paternal grandfather, Dr. Blake, has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. Dr. Blake was reunited with his family when he saw Meg’s picture—she’s a dead ringer for Cordelia—and now Stanley has found a trail to his long-lost love in a small town less than an hour's drive away. He convinces Meg to come with him to meet her, but unfortunately, the woman they meet is Cordelia’s cousin—Cordelia died several months ago, and the cousin suspects she was murdered by her long-time neighbor.

Stanley and Meg agree to help track down the killer and get justice for Cordelia. Grandfather even has perfect cover--he will come to stage a rescue of the feral emus and ostriches (escaped from an abandoned farm) that infest this town. He dashes off to organize the rescue—which will, of course, involve most of Meg's family and friends in Caerphilly. But then, the evil neighbor is murdered, and not only Cordelia’s cousin but also the entire contingent of emu-rescuers, who have had conflict with the neighbor, are suspects. Only Meg and the cousin—who seems to share a lot of telling traits with Meg—can find the real killer and clear the air in The Good, the Bad, and the Emus, the newest beverage-spittingly funny installment in this uproarious series from the one-and-only Donna Andrews.

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The series in order

Meg Langslow

This is Book 17 of 39. Every book in the series has its own page.

1Murder with PeacocksPublished 19972Murder With PuffinsPublished 20003Revenge of the Wrought-Iron FlamingosPublished 20014Crouching Buzzard, Leaping LoonPublished 20025We’ll Always Have ParrotsPublished 20036Owls Well That Ends WellPublished 20057No Nest for the WicketPublished 20068The Penguin Who Knew Too MuchPublished 20079Cockatiels at SevenPublished 200810Six Geese A-SlayingPublished 200811Swan for the MoneyPublished 200912Stork Raving MadPublished 201013The Real MacawPublished 201114Some Like It HawkPublished 201215The Hen of the BaskervillesPublished 201316Duck the HallsPublished 201317The Good, the Bad, and the EmusYou are here18The Nightingale Before ChristmasPublished 201419Lord of the WingsPublished 201520Die Like an EaglePublished 201621Gone GullPublished 201722How the Finch Stole Christmas!Published 201723Toucan Keep a SecretPublished 201824Lark! The Herald Angels SingPublished 201825Terns of EndearmentPublished 201926Owl Be Home for ChristmasPublished 201927The Falcon Always Wings TwicePublished 202028The Gift of the MagpiePublished 202029Murder Most FowlPublished 202130The Twelve Jays of ChristmasPublished 202131Round Up the Usual PeacocksPublished 202232Dashing Through the SnowbirdsPublished 202233Birder, She WrotePublished 202334Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!Published 202335Between a Flock and a Hard PlacePublished 202436Rockin’ Around the ChickadeePublished 202437For Duck’s SakePublished 202538Five Golden WingsPublished 202540Jay to the World: A Meg Langslow MysteryComing 2026