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Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Meg Langslow #4)
by
Donna Andrews (Goodreads Author)
Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fair.
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a start. An...more
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a start. An...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 7th 2006
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published September 6th 2002)
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Another cozy mystery, but I think I'll take a break from this author for a bit now. Too many loons to keep track of.
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Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fair.
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a...more
From the Publisher
Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fair.
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a...more
I think this series is great fun. They're a quick, funny read with a decent mystery. Certainly, iI didn't peg the murderer - although I have to admit that I don't actually try when reading mysteries these days. I'm along for the ride, not the mental exercise and I just want to enjoy the book, not have to do any work.
I actually think the greatest weakness of this book was the lack of Meg's crazy family. They take things up a notch or two and having only her dad and Rob present toned things down...more
I actually think the greatest weakness of this book was the lack of Meg's crazy family. They take things up a notch or two and having only her dad and Rob present toned things down...more
When Meg Langslow hurts her hand and is unable to work as a blacksmith, she agrees to work at her brother Rob's computer game company Mutant Wizards. Rob feels that something isn't right at the company and asks Meg to look around while she is working there. Before long, Meg has a real problem on her hands when one of the workers is murdered. There are plenty of suspects: a disgruntled ex-employee; a biker who has been lurking around the place; and a fan who keeps sneaking in to try and get a cop...more
Meg's brother Rob has overcome the rough start of not being able to find a trustworthy software company to sell his video game to, so he's started his own! In Caerphilly! The small college town that Meg's boyfriend - Michael - works & lives in. Meg has finally relented and moved into "The Cave" with Michael while they try to find a more suitable place to live, which isn't easy with Caerphilly's population growing faster than the available housing market.
When Meg injures her hand due to being...more
When Meg injures her hand due to being...more
This was a reread of the laugh-out-loud funniest, and my favorite, of Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow mystery series. In this one, Meg is temporarily filling in as receptionist at her brother's software company, Mutant Wizards, which is working on a new edition of the game "Lawyers From Hell." To complicate things, this wacky company has to share its office space with several psychotherapists, who are just as wacky.
The murder mystery starts when the office prankster, who likes to lie on top of the e...more
The murder mystery starts when the office prankster, who likes to lie on top of the e...more
Meg's hand is injured, and while it heals she agrees to work at her brother's company Mutant Wizards to find out what's wrong (her brother had a feeling there was something wrong). Her boyfriend Michael is across the country working, so Meg delves into the crazy workplace atmosphere and tries to restore some semblance of order while at the same time trying to keep the peace between the computer programmers and the therapists who share office space with Mutant Wizards.
One day the office jokester...more
One day the office jokester...more
This is probably the funniest of an extremely whimsical series. I think it's because of the unique Andrews take on the interaction between semi-functional computer/role-playing geeks and some somewhat less functional therapists. This book is recommended to anyone who has ever: Worked at a software company --- been a therapist --- seen a therapist --- considered seeing a therapist --- played a role-playing game --- worked (or wished they'd worked) at a company with a "bring your pet to work" poli...more
An absolute romp! Fun, fun, fun.
Meg is temping at her wayward brother's computer "empire" trying to figure out if something untoward is happening...
little does she know that she will run into an illegal porn webmaster, a famous hacker, a handsome man (who isn't Michael), a one winged buzzard who likes his mice "just so" out of the microwave, a cheating marriage therapist, a skulking blackmailer, a crazed corporate spy, a tattooed vet and a murdering fiend.
Yes the buzzard smells and vomits when u...more
Meg is temping at her wayward brother's computer "empire" trying to figure out if something untoward is happening...
little does she know that she will run into an illegal porn webmaster, a famous hacker, a handsome man (who isn't Michael), a one winged buzzard who likes his mice "just so" out of the microwave, a cheating marriage therapist, a skulking blackmailer, a crazed corporate spy, a tattooed vet and a murdering fiend.
Yes the buzzard smells and vomits when u...more
Oct 09, 2011
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A buzzard is an odd pet for an office staff unless they are the computer programmers at Mutant Wizards where they are hard at work on a new version of the computer game Lawyers from Hell. Meg Langslow is pitching in on the switchboard while an injury from her blacksmithing vocation has her sidelined. Sound calm and serene? Think again!
The staff has just moved into space they share with six psychotherapists who are not used to guarding the door against rabid fans and spies from rival companies. S...more
The staff has just moved into space they share with six psychotherapists who are not used to guarding the door against rabid fans and spies from rival companies. S...more
Meg Langslow finds herself in her brother's new software design firm in this, the fourth installment of Donna Andrews' mystery series. Asked to fill in and try to determine what's "gone wrong" in the company, Meg very swiftly finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation. I always wonder with books like this, just as I did with shows like Murder, She Wrote, don't Meg's friends start to worry that just being near her is a rather dangerous proposition? Everywhere she goes, someone dies.
As alw...more
As alw...more
In Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon Meg has to moved to Caerphilly to live with Michael. After smashing her hand with a hammer, Meg has agreed to work temporarily at her brother's computer business, Mutant Wizards. Rob thought something strange was going on at the company and asked Meg, under the pretences of working there, to find out what.
Mutant Wizards is a looney bin full of computer people and several offices of therapists, who are just as loony as the computer people. Not more than a coupl...more
Mutant Wizards is a looney bin full of computer people and several offices of therapists, who are just as loony as the computer people. Not more than a coupl...more
I narrated this book for Talking Books. It was lighthearted, fun, and funny ... I even laughed out loud two or three times, which I very rarely do when I'm in narrator mode.
Extra points for being set in the gaming industry. There were a few bits that I thought were oversimplified and non-realistic, but I think that's a given in a fluffy murder mystery.
I'm not positive I'll pick up any others in the series, but I always looked forward to going into the studio to get the next three chapters.
Extra points for being set in the gaming industry. There were a few bits that I thought were oversimplified and non-realistic, but I think that's a given in a fluffy murder mystery.
I'm not positive I'll pick up any others in the series, but I always looked forward to going into the studio to get the next three chapters.
Another super funny mystery.
Lawyers from Hell is a big hit and Meg is acting as receptionist/office manager while the people at Mutant Wizards are working on Lawyers from Hell II. Rob suspects that something is wrong, so Meg is fishing around for information. Then, of course, someone is murdered.
Michael is filming in California, but talks frequently to Meg on the phone. The story also includes Dad, Spike, Mom very briefly, and a whole lot of Mutant Wizard people. Since it takes place in Caerphil...more
Lawyers from Hell is a big hit and Meg is acting as receptionist/office manager while the people at Mutant Wizards are working on Lawyers from Hell II. Rob suspects that something is wrong, so Meg is fishing around for information. Then, of course, someone is murdered.
Michael is filming in California, but talks frequently to Meg on the phone. The story also includes Dad, Spike, Mom very briefly, and a whole lot of Mutant Wizard people. Since it takes place in Caerphil...more
Absoultely loved thsi installment in the Meg Langslow series--comedy and mayhem rule. There really is a buzzard in this episode, wherein we find blacksmith and amateur sleuth Meg serving as office manager to her brother's video game company while she recuperates from an injury (sustatined in a previous book.) The forthcoming release of the Lawyers from Hell game (and don't forget the spinoff--Mutant Lawyers from Hell) creates a buzz...
This series has steady improved and I am now comfortable with saying I like it. I enjoyed this book. Its not the greatest book, but its a quick fun read. I'm not sure why but in this cozy mystery I'm never at the edge of my seat, trying to figure it out myself or dying to know who the murderer is. It is easily put downable but sometimes its nice to take a break from more involving books.
If you love humorous mysteries, you'll enjoy the fourth installment of the Meg Langslow series. In Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, Meg helps out her brother in his video company, Mutant Wizards, for his game, Lawyers from Hell. Strange things have been happening there from stalking fans to pornography, right after someone's murdered. And as a fill-in switchboard operator/receptionist, it's up to Meg to clear her brother's name and find out who's the culprit. But when she gets too close, she mig...more
I think it's time for me to take a break from Andrews, because this one, while still full of the usual madcap humor, just seemed forced and tired to me. I also didn't like how deeply she delved into the whole internet thing - made me think too much about her other series, which I seriously dislike. Also, there wasn't enough of Meg's crazy family. Not to mention the fact that I figured out the killer way before Meg did.
A thoroughly engaging light mystery novel! This is the first of Donna Andrews' Meg Lanslow books I have read, and I am eager to dive into the rest. The characters and setting are thoroughly engaging. It was a very speedy read, largely because I was reluctant to pause for things like work and sleep. I would unreservedly recommend this book to any mystery fan.
My favorite. Also the first one in the series I read, and one of the funniest books ever. (Unfortunately, humor is never quite so funny the second time around.) Still, I finally waited long enough to enjoy it again, and the denouement, with its over-the-top take on the detective-in-deadly-peril-from-the-murderer trope is hysterical.
ok cute funny.
Andrews's fourth wacky bird-themed mystery (Murder with Peacocks, etc.), Meg Langslow, a temporary switchboard operator at her brother Rob's computer-game company, Mutant Wizards, must find the real killer when Rob, who made his fortune from a game called Lawyers from Hell, is accused of strangling the office pest to death with a computer mouse cable. The office boasts a menagerie of remarkable pets, notably George, a buzzard with only one wing who has a perch by Meg's desk.
Andrews's fourth wacky bird-themed mystery (Murder with Peacocks, etc.), Meg Langslow, a temporary switchboard operator at her brother Rob's computer-game company, Mutant Wizards, must find the real killer when Rob, who made his fortune from a game called Lawyers from Hell, is accused of strangling the office pest to death with a computer mouse cable. The office boasts a menagerie of remarkable pets, notably George, a buzzard with only one wing who has a perch by Meg's desk.
This series is pretty good. It's fairly clean-a bit of swearing but otherwise, the author keeps it very clean. I like that I don't usually know who did it in the first few chapters. I like the characters in the books, especially the main character. She is a strong and independent woman, she doesn't rely on a guy to rescue her but usually rescues herself.
Despite the author's attempts to strengthen the female protagonist with martial arts training and a sarcastic tongue, she still comes off as the stereotypical horror movie heroine, blindly walking into ridiculous situations. The premise was mildly amusing, but overall the book was not worth reading!
This is another hilarious edition to the Meg Langslow mystery series. In this story, a murder occurs at Meg's brother's computer gaming company. I love the way this heroine thinks and the motley collection of characters described by the author. I also especially enjoyed Affirmation Bear in this book.
Meg Langslow is filling in at her brother's computer game business when a difficult programmer is found dead. Since Rob is a suspect, Meg feels that she has to investigate until he is cleared, even though her significant other, Michael, working in California, worries over her safety.
I ration my Donna Andrews reading (I wouldn't want to run out!). I find her Meg Langslow series to be side-splittingly funny, and Crouching Buzzard is no exception. I laughed so hard in places that the cat fled the room. (Clearly my laugh is not comforting to him.)
A Delightful book that was recommend but actually did not make the book club list. I read it anyway.
Cute and Funny it keeps moving at a good pace and has some nice twists. The characters are fun and mostly lovable - you definitely cheer along.
Cute and Funny it keeps moving at a good pace and has some nice twists. The characters are fun and mostly lovable - you definitely cheer along.
Another zany comic murder mystery featuring Meg Langslow. This time Meg is helping out at her brother's software programming company, where one of the programmers is strangled with a mouse cord. There are many suspects and few clues, until Meg starts snooping. It's an entertaining read.
It's hard not to like a book that makes you laugh out loud. A character is strangled with a mouse cord and one of his coworkers says, gee, if only we'd sprung for wireless mice, Ted might still be alive today.
This is not a serious, focused mystery. It is quirky with a buzzard in the office and a heroine that is a blacksmith/sleuth! I liked the Mutant Wizards premise...I worked with programers and I get this office :-)
Quick and entertaining. Less of Meg's semi-annoying family, so overall, better than some of the others in this series! Although the bird theme in this one was really stretched, I'll let it go since it was so fun.
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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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