Die Like an Eagle (Meg Langslow Mystery, #20)

by Donna Andrews

"The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The twentieth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee slapping adventure featuring Meg Langslow and all the eccentric characters that make up her world. Meg is Team Mom and Michael is coach of their twin sons' youth baseball team, the Caerphilly Eagles. Meg tangles with Biff Brown, the petty, vindictive league head. On opening day, Biff's lookalike brother is found dead in the porta-potty at the ball field. So many people think Biff's scum that it would be easy to blame him, but he has an alibi and Meg suspects he may actually have been the intended victim. With Die Like an Eagle, readers can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery this one filled with the spirit of America's pastime and Donna's eagle eye. Like Meg Langslow, the blacksmith heroine of her series, Donna Andrews was born and raised in Yorktown, Virginia. She introduced Meg to readers in her Malice Domestic Contest-winning first mystery, Murder with Peacocks, and readers are still laughing. This novel swept up the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and a Lefty for funniest mystery"--

• ISBN10: 1250078555
• ISBN13: 9781250078551
• Publish Date: 2 August 2016
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 12 May 2021
• Imprint: Minotaur Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

Number 20 - a milestone in any series, and Andrews has never once in 20 books disappointed me.  Some that are weaker than others, but they're always entertaining and Meg's family just grows on you, until you often care more about them than the mystery itself.   Die Like an Eagle centers on the fictional equivalent of Little League baseball.  Meg's boys are old enough to start playing, and Michael's the assistant coach.  Meg, of course, is the team mom.  She soon learns that not everything is cool in the field of dreams, as the league is run by a despot who claims that it doesn't earn its keep, so the kids are forced to play on an overgrown field while the parents occasionally fall off the bleachers as the bolts give way.   Meg to the rescue!  With her over flowing well of common sense and a massive family at her disposal, she sets off fixing what's broke and going head to head with the league despot - and finds his look-alike brother dead in the feral port-a-potty, but was he the intended victim?   I loved this book - I gave it four stars because the mystery was good, but the murderer was telegraphed early on - but the rest of it...I'm going to go all John Lennon here for a moment and say the non-mystery part of this book is how the world should be.  This is how shit should work.  Andrews has Meg look at a problem, break it down into its components and fix them one at a time.  She is never about who to blame; she's just about finding a solution and the people around her who are willing to cooperate and participate.  Not all of them are, of course, but enough to make a difference.  It leaves the not-yet-too-cynical reader feeling good when the book is done.   Bring on 21!