The Nightingale Before Christmas (Meg Langslow Mysteries)
by:
Donna Andrews (author)
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN:
9781250049599 (1250049598)
ASIN: 1250049598
Publish date: 2015-10-06
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Meg Langslow (#18)
Task the First: – Read a book that is set in a snowy place. Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in Wales Thomas's lyrical memoirs of his childhood Christmas experience, read by himself ... truly magical. One of the books (or CDs) that I revisit every single holiday season. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Book Reaction (not a full review)Another enjoyable little jaunt into Meg Lanslow's Caerphilly, and as entertaining as always. My complaints against the cozy formula still stand-- I was able to identify the villain right after the crime, and then had to wait for the rest of the book to catch up-- but...
An excellent story, with a nice little twist at the end. Donna Andrews knows how to write a cozy Christmas mystery that isn't merely set at Christmas time: it actually has Christmas spirit. So amidst the vandalism, the fights, and the dead body, there's also cooperation, family, Christmas trees, ...