We'll Always Have Parrots: A Meg Langslow Mystery - Hardcover

Andrews, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312277326 ISBN 13: 9780312277321

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2004

Synopsis

In We'll Always Have Parrots, Meg travels with her fiance Michael to a fan convention for Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle--a cheesy cult TV show on which Michael has a minor role. Michael hopes the weekend will give him a chance to talk Miss Wynncliffe-Jones, the show's temperamental leading lady and executive producer out of enforcing a certain provision in Michael's contract.

Of course, Michael's not the only person whose career the dictatorial star has manipulated. So when the star is found murdered, the police have plenty of suspects. Trouble is, Meg doesn't believe they're going to arrest the right one. Soon she finds herself following the murderer's trail through a hotel filled with egotistical actors, costumed fans, and a motley flock of monkeys and parrots who, rebelling against their role as live scenery, have escaped from their cages to take an active (and noisy) role in the festivities.In We'll Always Have Parrots, Meg travels with her fiance Michael to a fan convention for Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle--a cheesy cult TV show on which Michael has a minor role. Michael hopes the weekend will give him a chance to talk Miss Wynncliffe-Jones, the show's temperamental leading lady and executive producer out of enforcing a certain provision in Michael's contract.

Of course, Michael's not the only person whose career the dictatorial star has manipulated. So when the star is found murdered, the police have plenty of suspects. Trouble is, Meg doesn't believe they're going to arrest the right one. Soon she finds herself following the murderer's trail through a hotel filled with egotistical actors, costumed fans, and a motley flock of monkeys and parrots who, rebelling against their role as live scenery, have escaped from their cages to take an active (and noisy) role in the festivities.

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Review

"Perfectly showcases Donna Andrews' gift for deadpan comedy." --"Denver Post"
"Laughter, more laughter, we need laughter, so Donna Andrews is giving us "We'll Always Have Parrots."..to help us survive February." --"Washington Times"
"I can't say enough good things about this series, and this entry in it."-"Deadly Pleasures"

From the Back Cover

Donna Andrews has won...
The Agatha
The Anthony
The Barry
The Malice Domestic Award
for...
Murder With Peacocks,
the first novel in her bird-themed mystery series

Now, one truly strange flock comes back to roost in

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS
Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an inspired place to sell her hand-crafted weapons. And so far, she was dealing pretty well with the costumed fans camped outside, the batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel...and the minefield of egos lurking behind the show's success.

But soon after Meg goes head-to-head with egomaniacal series star Tamerlaine Wynncliffe-Jones, the "Queen B" turns up brutally murdered. Now, with Michael in the running as prime suspect, Meg will go up against an all-star cast of not-even-innocent parties, hidden identities, and buried motives. And she'll cross swords with a deviously obsessed murderer determined to write her out of this picture for good.

"Laughter, more laughter, we need laughter, so Donna Andrews is giving us We'll Always Have Parrots...to help us survive February."--Washington Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312277326
• ISBN 13: 9780312277321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304