Part of Meg Langslow, book 12
First published 2011
Meg Langslow is eight and a half months pregnant with twins when her husband Michael brings home an unexpected houseguest. Senor Mendoza, a Spanish playwright whose work Michael has translated, transforms their quiet home into party central. The kitchen fills with cooking aromas and drama department guests who drink, smoke, and celebrate late into the night. Two stern college administrators arrive to shut down the student production of Mendoza's play. When the English department dean turns up dead, Meg's house becomes a crime scene crawling with investigators. She must help Chief Burke catch the killer while protecting Michael's chances for tenure and saving his student's dissertation. All this happens as Meg waddles around on the verge of labor, managing household chaos and dodging police tape. The clock ticks toward her delivery date as bodies pile up and academic careers hang in the balance.
Genres: romance, mystery, cozy-mystery, family-drama, academic
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family
309 pages · Hardcover · Minotaur Books