Meg Lanslow: vol. 24

Lark! the Herald Angels Sing

Plot

Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift. For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky characters. Now she gives us another hilarious new adventure in her award-winning Meg Langslow series with Lark! The Herald Angels Sing.

It’s Christmastime in Caerphilly and Meg, full of holiday spirit, is helping out with the town's festivities. While directing a nativity pageant and herding the children participating in it, she finds a surprise in the manger: a live baby.

A note from the mother, attached to the baby girl’s clothes, says that it’s time for her father to take care of her—and implicates Meg’s brother, Rob, as the father. And while a DNA test can reveal whether there's any truth to the accusation, Rob's afraid the mere suspicion could derail his plan to propose to the woman he loves. Meg quickly realizes it's up to her to find the baby's real identity.

She soon discovers that the baby—named Lark according to the fateful note—may be connected to something much bigger. Something that eventually puts a growing number of Meg’s friends and family in danger. And before long, Meg realizes she can’t fix things single-handedly. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Caerphilly and its arch-rival Clay County—and it's not a snowball fight. Can Meg bring everyone together in time for the holidays?

As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Andrews continues to write “firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie’s Christmas books” (Toronto Globe and Mail) with a book that will put cozy lovers everywhere in a holly jolly mood for the holidays.


The Series - Meg Langslow Mystery - Meg Langslow is a blacksmith living in Yorktown,Virginia. This series features an exceptional sloppy detective and very decorative blacksmith. The mystery series has won three awards namely the Lefty, Anthony, and Agatha.

01. Murder With Peacocks (January 1999)
02. Murder With Puffins (May 2000)
03. Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (Oct 2001)
04. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Jan 2003)
05. We'll Always Have Parrots (Feb 2004)
06. Owls Well That Ends Well (Apr 2005)
07. No Nest for the Wicket (Aug 2006)
08. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (Aug 2007)
09. Cockatiels at Seven (Jul 2008)
10. Six Geese A Slaying (Nov 2008)
11. Swan for the Money (Aug 2009)
12. Stork Raving Mad (Jul 2010)
13. The Real Macaw (Jul 2011)
14. Some Like It Hawk (Jul 2012)
15. The Hen of the Baskervilles (Jul 2013)
16. Duck the Halls (Oct 2013)
17. The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (Jul 2014)
18. The Nightingale Before Christmas (Oct 2014)
19. Lord of the Wings (Aug 2015)
20. Die Like an Eagle (Aug 2016)
21. Gone Gull (Aug 2017)
22. How the Finch Stole Christmas! (Oct 2017)
23. Toucan Keep a Secret (Aug 2018)
24. Lark! the Herald Angels Sing (Oct 2018)
25. Terns of Endearment (Aug 2019)
26. Owl Be Home for Christmas (Oct 2019)
27. The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Aug 2020)
28. The Gift of the Magpie (Oct 2020)
29. Murder Most Fowl (Aug 2021)
30. The Twelve Jays of Christmas (Oct 2021)
31. Round Up the Usual Peacocks (Aug 2022)