Some Like it Hawk by Donna Andrews is the 14th book in the “Meg Langslow” mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, July 2012
The hilariously funny Donna Andrews delivers
another winner in the award-winning New York Times bestselling series that has
captured human and avian hearts alike. Meg Langslow is plying her blacksmith’s
trade at Caerphilly Days, a festival inspired by her town’s sudden notoriety as
“The Town That Mortgaged Its Jail.” The lender has foreclosed on all Caerphilly’s
public buildings, and all employees have evacuated—except one. Phineas
Throckmorton, the town clerk, has been barricaded in the courthouse basement
for over a year. Mr. Throckmorton’s long siege has only been possible because
of a pre-Civil War tunnel leading from the courthouse basement to a crawl space
beneath the bandstand. The real reason for Caerphilly Days is to conceal the
existence of the tunnel: the tourist crowds camouflage supply deliveries, and
the ghastly screeching of the tunnel’s rusty trap door is drowned out by as
many noisy activities as the locals can arrange. But the lender seems
increasingly determined to evict Mr. Throckmorton—and may succeed after one of
its executives is found shot, apparently from inside the basement. Meg and her
fellow townspeople suspect that someone hopes to end the siege by framing Mr.
Throckmorton. Unless the real killer can be found quickly, the town will have
to reveal the secret of the tunnel—and the fact that they’ve been aiding and
abetting the basement’s inhabitant. Meg soon deduces that the killer isn’t just
trying to end the siege but to conceal information that would help the town
reclaim its buildings–if the townspeople can find it before the lender destroys
it in a gut-busting caper that will have giggles and guffaws coming as fast as
a four-alarm fire.
Donna has done it again; she’s written a terrific mystery that is delightfully entertaining and boasts a wonderful place where eccentrically charming citizens band together to save their small town. And what a ride it was as the action never stopped in this lighthearted and humorous whodunit that kept me turning the pages. An enjoyable read and I look forward to more exciting times with Meg and the people of Caerphilly.
--Dru
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