Dashing Through the Snowbirds by Donna Andrews

Available October 11, 2022

Rating: 5 dark-eyed juncos

It's Christmas in Caerphilly! Meg's house is full of not only visiting relatives but Canadian programmers and genealogists working with Mutant Wizards to develop a new system designed to track DNA. Unfortunately the fearless leader of the Canadian contingent is, shall we say... unpopular. When he turns up dead no one is overly upset or even surprised. This list of potential suspects includes pretty much everyone the man had ever met - and a few people he hasn't met.

I absolutely love this series, it's one of my very favorites. There are few authors whose books I can read one after another without getting bored and Andrews is one of them. One thing that's always amazed me about this series is that Meg is always so busy and there are so many people milling about, family, visiting relatives, friends, locals, contractors, zookeepers, etc. and yet I never get lost and I always know exactly who's who. There's always something interesting going on and Meg is right in the thick of things. I especially love how Caerphilly rolls out the carpet for the holidays, decorating everything to the hilt and finding just the perfect place for every stray in town, whether animal or human. Even though the series is now 32 books, it never loses its appeal for me.

If you're a Meg Langslow fan you're definitely going to want to read this book. If you haven't started this series you'll definitely want to add it to your list.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.