Duck the halls: a Meg Langslow mystery
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New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2014.
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St. Martin's paperbacks edition.
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viii, 322 pages ; 17 cm.
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When someone rigs a cage full of skunks in the choir loft of the New Life Baptist Church, Meg Langslow must stop holiday pranksters from destroying the annual pre-Christmas concert, but when murder enters the picture, Meg must save Christmas from a vengeful killer.

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1250046718, 9781250046710

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Includes an excerpt from The nightingale before Christmas.
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When someone rigs a cage full of skunks in the choir loft of the New Life Baptist Church, Meg Langslow must stop holiday pranksters from destroying the annual pre-Christmas concert, but when murder enters the picture, Meg must save Christmas from a vengeful killer.

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As the Christmas season approaches, pranksters leave a cage full of skunks in the New Life Baptist Church, so now the church reeks of skunk, making it impossible to hold their popular holiday concert. The latest Meg Langslow novel finds the blacksmith/amateur sleuth drafted to find alternate locations for all the church's holiday events. During the concert, now at Trinity Episcopal, a missing boa constrictor slithers out of the garlands, and Meg must rework her schedule when hundreds of ducks are released in the local Catholic Church. When a persnickety, tightfisted member of Trinity Episcopal's vestry is found murdered after a fire in the basement of the church, Meg works to clear the pranksters, who are now murder suspects. In addition to the pranksters, suspects include New Life's bullying choir director, a Trinity Episcopal Church employee, and members of the large Shiffley clan. While solving the case, Meg works to plan a secret, quiet, traditional Christmas Eve with her husband and twin sons. Meg, as well as her quirky extended family, makes this humorous cozy a holiday treat.--O'Brien, Sue Copyright 2010 Booklist

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In this 16th entry (after The Hen of the Baskervilles) of this avian-themed mystery series, someone is playing pranks on the local churches by leaving skunks, a snake, and then ducks locked in the buildings and wreaking havoc on the planned Christmas events. Meg Langslow is enlisted to find space for rehearsals and programs and reschedule everything, but when the pranks turn deadly, she also takes on the role of sleuth. VERDICT A fun and uncomplicated cozy mystery that will make you long to visit small-town Virginia for the Christmas holidays. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Andrews, D. (2014). Duck the halls: a Meg Langslow mystery. St. Martin's paperbacks edition. New York, St. Martin's Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Andrews, Donna. 2014. Duck the Halls: A Meg Langslow Mystery. New York, St. Martin's Paperbacks.

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Andrews, Donna, Duck the Halls: A Meg Langslow Mystery. New York, St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2014.

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Andrews, Donna. Duck the Halls: A Meg Langslow Mystery. St. Martin's paperbacks edition. New York, St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2014.

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