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swan for the money
p the brilliantly funny and talented donna andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian themed mystery series readers have come to love . p p meg langslow & 8217 ; s eccentric parents have a new hobby growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows . dad & 8217 ; s gardening skill and mother & 8217 ; s gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeatable team and meg is relieved they & 8217 ; ve taken up such a safe gentle hobby . she even volunteers to help when the caerphilly garden club sponsors its first annual rose show . but after a few hours of dealing with her parents & 8217 ; competitors meg is worried . rose growers are so eccentric that they make meg & 8217 ; s family seem almost normal and so competitive that they will do nearly anything to take home the show & 8217 ; s grand prize making them prime suspects when meg discovers that someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held . of course the intended victim had other enemies her treatment of her farm animals had aroused the interest of several animal welfare activists including meg & 8217 ; s zoologist grandfather . meg tries to leave the detecting to the local police and focus on protecting her parents & 8217 ; chances to win the coveted black swan trophy but she soon finds herself compelled to solve the crime before any more rose growers die . p p it & 8217 ; s swan for the money two for the show three to get ready ... now go meg go
hardcover st. martins minotaur 2009 isbn13 9780312377175 isbn10 0312377177
abridged n isbn 13 9780312377175 number in series 1 number of pages 306 publisher st martins pr release date 1248134400000 series title meg langslow mystery