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Owls Well That Ends Well (Meg Langslow #6)
by
Donna Andrews (Goodreads Author)
Meg Langslow was actually looking forward to renovating the old Victorian mansion she and her boyfriend Michael bought. But she wasn't thrilled by the lifetime of junk accumulated by the house's eccentric previous owner, Edwina Sprocket. The easiest solution: hold the end-all and be-all of gigantic yard sales. But when the event attracts the late Miss Sprocket's money-hung
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Paperback, 326 pages
Published
March 7th 2006
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published 2005)
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This book, (which is not the first in its series), was my first introductions to Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow series, which I absolutely adore. Meg, a skilled blacksmith, comes from a well-meaning, educated and somewhat dysfunctional family where all members meddle in Meg's affairs. She has fallen for a local college professor. They just purchased an aged and dilapidated farmhouse from an old woman's estate which is still filled with the prior owner's belongings. They embark on holding a yard sal...more
Dec 03, 2009
Rebecca
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
mystery lovers
Recommended to Rebecca by:
my mother
Shelves:
rmr-project
Desperate to rid the house of clutter, Meg Langslow recruits friends and family to help with a giant yard sale. Along with the usual locals, Meg has to deal with a number of unusual junk dealers, her own extensive family (many of whom are meeting her boyfriend for the first time), and the heirs of the family from whom she and the boyfriend bought the house. A sales clause gives those heirs 10% of the profits from the sale of the items left on the property. It's enough to drive a woman crazy.
Then...more
Then...more
#6 in the Meg Langslow series. Meg and Michael advance on the domestic front with a move to a house. The housing market in Caerphilly, VA is tight and expensive but their current housing is extremely tiny. They find a huge house at a ridiculously reasonable price and begin to understand the price when they encounter its dilapidated condition and hoarder stuffed condition. Assuring each other that they can update the house with sweat equity, they go ahead with the purchase.
Meg Langslow series - M...more
Meg Langslow series - M...more
Dec 05, 2008
Susan
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
light mystery readers, pun lovers, the ill
Shelves:
fiction
Leave your expectations about believability at the first page and enjoy the best developed of the Meg Langslow mysteries I've read to date. Book six adds richer detail in scene setting while retaining the same tongue-in-cheek and lighthearted approach Andrews has carried through the series, complete with more relatives than I'd want to have, much less hold a yard sale with.
I even learned something about sheep, more about owls, and am glad that Meg's character is coming around to see her mom as m...more
I even learned something about sheep, more about owls, and am glad that Meg's character is coming around to see her mom as m...more
Meg Langslow & her boyfriend Michael have purchased a large, rambling house that use to belong to a deceased pack rat. With the help of her large extended family, Meg decides to host a huge yard sale that seems to be more of a county fair. But it turns into a murder scene when one of the local antique dealers is found dead locked inside of an old trunk. So Meg's dream of getting rid of all the junk is prolonged while the police investigate the murder. True to her nature, Meg immediately star...more
Sometimes the rating on a book coinsides with what is going on with my life when I choose to read it. For me, at this time, Owls Well that Ends Well was just what the Dr. ordered. A kwirky, crazy, fun, fast, laugh out loud , roll your eyes at times read. I think this was the second best in her series. My favorite is rated as such for sentimental reasons.
And this fit sooooo well into my week. My son and I just finished having our second weekend of a yard sale and both agreed that we RETIRED per...more
Wonderful, fun spirited read.
Meg's family (which includes hundreds of distant relations) descend upon her and Michael's 2 acre yard sale as they try to
empty 100 years worth of hoarding from the past inhabitants of their new (falling in) historic home. Maverick booths are set up,
sheep abound, Spike the dog is on a biting spree, relatives are sleeping top-to-toe in the decrepit house and fighting over the 2 working bathrooms, and someone is ill-mannered enough to murder a local sneaky antique boo...more
Meg's family (which includes hundreds of distant relations) descend upon her and Michael's 2 acre yard sale as they try to
empty 100 years worth of hoarding from the past inhabitants of their new (falling in) historic home. Maverick booths are set up,
sheep abound, Spike the dog is on a biting spree, relatives are sleeping top-to-toe in the decrepit house and fighting over the 2 working bathrooms, and someone is ill-mannered enough to murder a local sneaky antique boo...more
I do like these things. My mom mails them to me in pairs, and I think I'll read one and then wait on the other, but then I read both in 3-4 days. This one is lots of fun, and although I kind of felt it would end up how it did, it didn't have to. This was probably the best-constructed mystery of the set so far, insomuch as the guilty party wasn't completely obvious from the beginning, neither was the guilty party only revealed at the end through previously withheld evidence.
The character of Micha...more
The character of Micha...more
It is more than fair to say that, given that it's less than 24 hours since I picked up this book and started reading, and now I've finished it, that it goes fast. That's not a complaint. I read this so quickly because it was so darned much fun.
I've always said that what one gets out of a book depends in large part on what one brings to it. That was certainly true for me and Owls Well That Ends Well. This is a humorous murder mystery that takes place during an enormous yard sale and features, fo...more
I've always said that what one gets out of a book depends in large part on what one brings to it. That was certainly true for me and Owls Well That Ends Well. This is a humorous murder mystery that takes place during an enormous yard sale and features, fo...more
Owls Well That Ends Well is the 6th in the series of whodunits by Donna Andrews. Meg Langslow is a blacksmith who cohabitates with long time boyfriend Michael. The couple has just purchased the run down estate and its contents from a now deceased packrat. As part of the deal they must dispose of accumulation of junk from the previous owner. Meg and Michael host a community wide yard sale on the grounds of the estate. The sellers include many of the town's more colorful characters including an an...more
I must admit I am a huge fan of Donna Andrews' books. In particular I love this series featuring birds names in the imaginative titles, the Meg Langslow series. Meg and Michael have purchased as-is, a very large, rundown and furnished (more to the point, stuffed) with the former owner's belongings which they are to dispose of and share the proceeds with the deceased owner's family.
What would you do if you had a huge yard sale that grows to include half the town taking it over? And what would you...more
What would you do if you had a huge yard sale that grows to include half the town taking it over? And what would you...more
This is book 6 in the series.
I munch through these mysteries rather quickly, and still needing a brain break after finishing Nova Swing, I consumed book 6.
Premise of the book is Meg and her actor-boyfriend Michael finally decided to buy the Victorian mansion they discovered in a previous book outside of Caerphilly. The house comes at a price though, the previous owner, Edwina Sprocket was an eclectic hoarder and left behind room and rooms and sheds and barns full of various sundries. And there...more
I munch through these mysteries rather quickly, and still needing a brain break after finishing Nova Swing, I consumed book 6.
Premise of the book is Meg and her actor-boyfriend Michael finally decided to buy the Victorian mansion they discovered in a previous book outside of Caerphilly. The house comes at a price though, the previous owner, Edwina Sprocket was an eclectic hoarder and left behind room and rooms and sheds and barns full of various sundries. And there...more
A Meg Langslow mystery. I have read a few of this series and love them! I plan to read all of them someday.
This is a zany series told in a unique way, love the characters. Donna Andrews has such a fun sense of humor. If you want to read a fun, light mystery this series is it!
This book was about Meg holding a yard sale and her whole crazy family and neighborhood show up, oh and let's not forget the dead body. The ending was one of my favorites-completely unpredictable to me!
This is a zany series told in a unique way, love the characters. Donna Andrews has such a fun sense of humor. If you want to read a fun, light mystery this series is it!
This book was about Meg holding a yard sale and her whole crazy family and neighborhood show up, oh and let's not forget the dead body. The ending was one of my favorites-completely unpredictable to me!
Meg Langslow is being forded to evaluate her feelings about clutter as she runs the area's biggest garage sale. When a dealer's body is discovered,the sale is temporarily closed. Michael's hopes for tenure are jeopardized when his leading supporter on the tenure committee is suspected of the murder--reason enough for Meg to try to solve the case.
There's no doubt that Donna Andrews is a talented writer. I did enjoy this book -- the third in her Meg Langslow mystery series. There were several bright points that made me smile, but I did not get the "laugh a page" that the cover blurbs promised.
Andrews' ability to craft language and to create unique scenarios will win her a place on my shelf, but there were some problems with this book. The characters were not introduced sufficiently to win over new readers. What does Meg look like? How ol...more
Andrews' ability to craft language and to create unique scenarios will win her a place on my shelf, but there were some problems with this book. The characters were not introduced sufficiently to win over new readers. What does Meg look like? How ol...more
Enjoyed this book. Meg is having a yard sale and every thing that could go wrong does. I got exhausted just reading about all the problems, characters and antics that occurred. It is not intellectual, but it is something light and breezy to read whenever one has a spare moment.
As this is the first book of Andrews that I have read, I did not know what to expect. She does have the flare of Evanovich in her writing style. I only gave it a 4 star rating as I felt this books plot had the characters in costume and with so many characters it became confusing when reading it. Other than that, I love the book and the depth she gave the characters and her writing style.
This is the 6th book in the Meg Langslow bird themed mystery series, which always delivers a good laugh. In this story, a murder occurs at the yard sale which Meg and her boyfriend are hosting to de-clutter the house that they recently purchased in Caerphilly, VA. An easy, enjoyable read.
Cute addition to the series featuring Meg and boyfriend Michael's purchase of an old house and the huge yard sale they have to get rid of the contents - which ends up marred by murder.
A yard sale within the family turns into a county fair sized event with the extra attraction of a body in the barn. All in the new house that badly need repair and renovation to be really habitable.
Loved it - I really like this series, and with all the crazy (but fun) relatives, helping out with the yard sale to end all yard sales, this is one of the best in the series.
Really awful owl and sheep puns.
Andrews also apparently hates hosting a garage sale as much as I do.
Interesting insights into hoarding, relatives and why we keep or don't keep stuff.
Andrews also apparently hates hosting a garage sale as much as I do.
Interesting insights into hoarding, relatives and why we keep or don't keep stuff.
I actually liked this one more the second time around. Being less anxious about the outcome enabled me to better appreciate the craziness.
Love this author and her weird and wacky mysteries. She has such a dysfunctional family and all of them are a hoot.
I've read several of her books, and can't wait for the next one to come out.
I've read several of her books, and can't wait for the next one to come out.
I do enjoy these mysteries. This is the 5th or 6th that I've read of her Meg Langslow mysteries. Good, fun, fast read.
After a few books without, Andrews has gotten back to a story that involves Meg's entire extended family. Yay!!!!!
I enjoy this series. Crazy relatives, only implied sex (and not much of that) and smart puns throughout the books.
I liked this book more than expected. But then again - with Owls, Estate Sales and Books... its hard not to. Those are three of my favorite things! It was a quick and entertaining read!
All her books are a little out there and not very probable, but this one seemed even more so. The antics keep getting stranger.
One of my favorite books in one of my favorite series, since its theme is one I can relate to!
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Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia, the setting of Murder with Peacocks and Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos, and now lives and works in Reston, Virginia. When not writing fiction, Andrews is a self-confessed nerd, rarely found away from her computer, unless she's messing in the garden
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