Search - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (Meg Langslow, Bk 3)

I really liked this book -- the characters are very real and the subject matter is a little different from most of the other mysteries I've read. The only drawback is that I figured out the culprit (but that may be because I've been reading mysteries for 40 years!)

Ornamental blacksmith Meg Langslow, her boyfriend Michael, and their extended families participate in a reenactment of the battle of Yorktown. Michael's mother, absent from Donna Andrews' first Meg Langslow book, is the diva of direction, making sure that everyone stays in costume and in character. Meg is trying to garner commissions from her period work, but has also fashioned a few "modern" pink flamingos for sale. When one of her birds is found to be the murder weapon at the battle scene, Meg is drawn into yet another crime-solving scenario. Her retired doctor-dad and pseudo-lawyer brother round out the list of characters in this 3rd bird-themed mystery.

Ornamental blacksmithMeg Lanslow, her boyfriend, Michael, and her whacky eccentric family are involved in a crafts fair/Civil War reenactment. Meg has a booth selling her handcrafted replicas of civil war artifacts along with a specially commissioned flamingo. Unfortunately, the bird becomes a murder weapon throwing Meg right into the middle of another murder investigation.

Cute book. Fast read

Book 3 of the Meg Langslow series finds ornamental blacksmith Meg and her boyfriend Michael participating in the reenactment of the siege of Yorktown in full period costume, and running a booth selling bayonets, buckles and other metalworks, including a dozen neon pink wrought-iron flamingos that Meg has stashed out of sight as they are not of the colonial period. But tensions and rivalries are simmering everywhere, and when an unscrupulous businessman is killed with a flamingo, Meg has to solve the mystery before the incompetent new homicide detective decides to pin the murder on her or one of her friends or family. Trying to expose a killer while avoiding Michael's mother who is in charge of the event and has made herself a terror browbeating everyone into maintaining the authenticity of the period makes an amusing and entertaining background for a solid mystery.

Once again a very funny story with a good mystery. Interesting information about re-enactment action and iron work for weapons and decorator items. Wonderful characters.