Part of Meg Langslow, book 33
First published 2023
Meg settles into her hammock with one of Michael's Arnold Palmers, watching hummingbirds dart between feeders. Her peaceful morning shatters when her father drags her into bee installation duty. Mayor Shiffley then conscripts her to handle the McMansion owners who torment local farmers. Worst of all, grandmother Cordelia arrives with a pushy magazine reporter in tow. Cordelia recruits Meg and Deacon Washington from New Life Baptist Church to locate a forgotten African-American burial ground. The reporter tags along, documenting everything with a cynical eye. Their search leads to a grisly discovery: a fresh body instead of historical graves. Now Meg must shield her grandmother and town from the reporter's poison pen while tracking down a killer who may strike again.
Genres: mystery, cozy-mystery, amateur-sleuth
Vibes: cozy, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, small-town
Setting: African-American Burial Ground, New Life Baptist Church
Period: Contemporary
304 pages · Hardcover · Minotaur Books