The Gift of the Magpie, Donna Andrews
The Gift of the Magpie, Donna Andrews
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The Gift of the Magpie
A Meg Langslow Mystery

Author: Donna Andrews

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

** An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production. **

New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail).

The 28th audiobook and the seventh Christmas mystery in the Meg Langslow series, The Gift of the Magpie is yet another wonderfully merry and funny book from New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews.

Meg’s running Caerphilly’s Helping Hands for the Holidays project, in which neighbors help each other with things they can’t do and can’t afford to have done. Her hopes for a relatively peaceful (if busy) Christmas vanish when someone murders Harvey the Hoarder, whose house the Helping Hands were decluttering. Was there any truth to the rumor that he had something valuable hidden beneath all his junk? Was one of his friends, neighbors, or relatives greedy enough to murder him for the rumored treasure? And what about the magpie that has been bringing her family bits of tinsel and costume jewelry—does the bird’s latest gift hold a clue to solving the crime?

Full of intrigue, this Christmas mystery will take readers home to Caerphilly, where the suspense falls as thick as the snow.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

About Donna Andrews

DONNA ANDREWS has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry Awards, an RT Book Reviews Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Novelists, Inc. Andrews lives in Reston, Virginia. She has written over 30 books in the Meg Langslow mystery series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on August 29, 2024

This year at Christmas, the churches in Caerphilly, Virginia have started a Helping Hands for the Holidays charity event, and Meg is right in the thick of it, organizing and helping. One of their projects is helping Harvey the Hoarder declutter and fix up his house before the county is called to int......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on December 19, 2020

*3.5 stars. Another amusing cozy mystery set at Christmas time; these books are fun, relaxing reads, perfect for the busy holiday season. If you know Meg Langslow at all from this series, you know she's terribly organized and keeps a little notebook of jobs she has to tackle. This year she is involv......more

Goodreads review by Kav on October 04, 2024

Fifth read through and I am just as charmed. (Make that fourth read through -- revisiting Meg and company's Christmas festivities each year has become a tradition. Thrilled that there are so many Christmas books in the series! ----- Love, love, love Meg Langslow and her quirky clan! And I love listeni......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on October 24, 2020

Good one! I'm thinking I may reread this entire series one of these days soon. I've kind of forgotten what Meg was like in the beginning (before marriage and children).......more

Goodreads review by Jerri on September 02, 2020

Christmas in Caerphilly is always a spectacular event and in The Gift of the Magpie, it's even more - this year includes - murder, burglary, guard dogs, delicious food and a clash of the titans when Grandfather and Rose Noire each claim a flock of runaway Magpies! When the Helping Hands for the Holi......more