Item: Gone Gull
Rating: 4.00
Author: murderbydeath

by Donna Andrews

Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism, threatening to ruin the newly-opened center's reputation. Is it the work of a rival center? Have the developers who want to build a resort atop Biscuit Mountain found a new tactic to pressure Cordelia into selling? Or is the real target Meg's grandfather, who points out that any number of environmentally irresponsible people and organizations could have it in for him?

While Meg is trying to track down the vandal, her grandfather is more interested in locating a rare gull. Their missions collide when a body is found in one of the classrooms. Can Meg identify the vandal and the murderer in time to save the center's name--while helping her grandfather track down and rescue his beloved gulls?

I love this series not only because the mystery plots are rarely disappointing, but because most of all I love Meg and her entire crazy family. They are more connected than the mafia and more generous and organised than the Red Cross. It might be stretching the boundaries of belief, but it's a wonderful stretch. The setting of this one didn't wow me much - I prefer Caephilly - but the mystery got me; I never even considered the character in plain sight. And the final scene when the gulls surround Meg's grandfather... that was kind of awesome. So was the little pine tree that could. Can't wait for the next one!

Gone Gull (Meg Langslow Mystery, #21)

by Donna Andrews

Reviewed by MurderByDeath on Sep 5, 2017

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