**New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us
to Meg Langslow as a crime-solving bridesmaid. In her 31st mystery,
Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold
cases and wedding guests.
**
Kevin, Meg's cyber-savvy nephew who lives in the basement, comes to her
with a problem. He's become involved as the techie for a true-crime
podcast, one that focuses on Virginia cold cases and unsolved crimes.
And he thinks their podcast has hit a nerve with someone . . . one of
the podcast team has had a brush with death that Kevin thinks was an
attempted murder, not an accident.
Kevin rather sheepishly asks for Meg's help in checking out the people
involved in a couple of the cases. Given your ability to find out stuff
online, why do you need MY help? she asks. Um . . . because I've already
done everything I can online. This'll take going around and TALKING to
people, he exclaims, with visible horror. In person! Not his thing. And
no, it can't wait until after the wedding, because he's afraid whoever's
after them might take advantage of the chaos of the wedding at Trinity
or the reception at Meg and Michael's house to strike again.
So on top of everything she's doing to round up vendors and supplies and
take care of demanding out-of-town guests, Meg must hunt down the
surviving suspects from three relatively local cold cases so she can
figure out if they have it in for the podcasters. Could there be a
connection to a musician on the brink of stardom who disappeared two
decades ago and hasn't been seen since?
