Following up the mega-hit (well, it was REALLY popular with cozy mystery lovers--won a prize) Murder with Peacocks, here we find our lovable, sensible Meg Lanslow again surrounded by her weird but nice family. We learn about puffins (another type of bird native to Maine, apparently) while Meg and lover Michael try to solve a murder on a small resort island. Surely her dad didn't do it!

This one is probably the second weakest in the series (after Parrots), but it's well worth reading to keep up to date on Meg, Michael, and the other zanies in her family.

If you haven't read this series, get Murder with Peacocks, read it, then gather up the rest of the series and have a great time. I envy you the pleasure of discovering these wonderful books.

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Great book - I have all of her books in this series and they are my "go-to" books when I need a pick me up. Donna Andrews sense of humor is fantastic, just up my alley.

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Poor Meg Langslow has the week end from Hell when she and her SO go to Monhegan Island to get away from it all. A hurricane hits and to complicate things a murder occurs and there is no way to get help until the storm passes.

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Second in the series and as wacky and fun as the first. I really like the character of Meg. she's strong, daring, smart and funny. Her budding romance with Michael plays well, as does her relationships with her wacky family. A decent mystery that's lots of fun.

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Second in series, very amusing mystery follow-up to first book, with all the same gang back, including heroine Meg's wacky family.

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Really like this series. Meg is an independent, interesting character but open to love. Her family is hysterical.

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I have just discovered this author. And can't put her down.

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I love this series and this was good if not the best in the series. Good read.

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After enjoying the first book so much I found this one annoying. Meg is so bossy and the weather is so nasty that I don't know why Michael doesn't swim off the island. A big disappointment after really enjoying the first book.
I will read the third book because I have it. I hope it is better.

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Another humorous entry into the life of blacksmith Meg Langslow, her wacky family and her boyfriend Michael......this time on an island that is hit by a hurricane....Not as good as "Peacocks", but still worth the read.....

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I really enjoyed Andrews' first book in this series, "Murder with Peacocks", so I was eager to read this. I have to say I was disappointed. Meg and Michael spend most of the book walking around the tiny Maine island on which they've been isolated by a hurricane, along with dozens of birders and a half-dozen of Meg's relatives. This isn't a substitute for the interesting and convoluted plot of "Peacocks". I hope book #3 is better.

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