Donna Andrews

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  • Bibliography:
    52 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1999
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Meg Langslow Mystery

1 - Murder With Peacocks (Jan-1999)
2 - Murder With Puffins (May-2000)
3 - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (Oct-2001)
4 - Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Feb-2003)
5 - We'll Always Have Parrots (Feb-2004)
6 - Owls Well That Ends Well (Apr-2005)
7 - No Nest for the Wicket (Aug-2006)
8 - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (Aug-2007)
9 - Cockatiels at Seven (Jul-2008)
10 - Six Geese A-Slaying (Nov-2008)
11 - Swan for the Money (Aug-2009)
12 - Stork Raving Mad (Jul-2010)
13 - The Real Macaw (Jul-2011)
14 - Some Like It Hawk (Jul-2012)
15 - The Hen of the Baskervilles (Jul-2013)
16 - Duck the Halls (Oct-2013)
17 - The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (Jul-2014)
18 - The Nightingale Before Christmas (Oct-2014)
19 - Lord of the Wings (Aug-2015)
20 - Die Like an Eagle (Aug-2016)
21 - Gone Gull (Aug-2017)
22 - How the Finch Stole Christmas! (Oct-2017)
23 - Toucan Keep a Secret (Aug-2018)
24 - Lark! the Herald Angels Sing (Oct-2018)
25 - Terns of Endearment (Aug-2019)
26 - Owl Be Home for Christmas (Oct-2019)
27 - The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Aug-2020)
28 - The Gift of the Magpie (Oct-2020)
29 - Murder Most Fowl (Aug-2021)
30 - The Twelve Jays of Christmas (Oct-2021)
31 - Round Up the Usual Peacocks (Aug-2022)
32 - Dashing Through the Snowbirds (Oct-2022)
33 - Birder, She Wrote (Aug-2023)
34 - Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (Oct-2023)
35 - Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Aug-2024)
36 - Rockin' Around the Chickadee (Oct-2024)
37 - For Duck's Sake (Aug-2025)

Turing Hopper

1 - You've Got Murder (Apr-2002)
2 - Click Here for Murder (May-2003)
3 - Access Denied (Dec-2004)
4 - Delete All Suspects (Nov-2005)

Book List in Order: 52 titles

  • Murder With Peacocks

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 1

    THREE WEDDINGS...AND A MURDER So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones--each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride ...

  • Murder With Puffins

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 2

    A romantic getaway was what Meg Langslow had in mind when she and her boyfriend planned a trip to the tiny island of Monhegan off the coast of Maine. They would spend their days hiking the trails and their evenings by the fire. But in this remote pla...

  • Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 3

    Ornamental blacksmith Meg Langslow, her boyfriend Michael, and their extended families have dressed up in costume for a reenactment of the siege of Yorktown, complete with cannons and a crafts fair. Self-employed Meg fervently hopes her booth selling...

  • You've Got Murder

    Turing Hopper - 1

    Meet Turing Hopper. She's an Artificial Intelligence Personality--AIP for short--she's a mainframe computer with a mind like Miss Marple...and hardware that hides a suspiciously human heart. AIP Turing Hopper is in a panic. Her creator, Zack, has...

  • Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 4

    As a favor to her brother, Meg agrees to tend the switchboard at his computer game company Mutant Wizards. For companionship, besides a crew of eccentric techies, she has a buzzard with one wing and her boyfriend's mother's nightmare dog. Not to ment...

  • Click Here for Murder

    Turing Hopper - 2

    Turing Hopper is one quick-thinking sleuth--she can process up to a billion pieces of information per second. That's because she's an Artificial Intelligence Personality--a Miss Marple for the new millennium--who's "intelligent and charming" (Earlene...

  • We'll Always Have Parrots

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 5

    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 t...

  • Cold Spell

    in Powers of Detection

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • Access Denied

    Turing Hopper - 3

    If she had a nose, Turing would smell something fishy. She's been monitoring criminal-at-large Nestor Garcia's dormant credit card. Then, several thousand dollars' worth of purchases show up--and packages ordered on Garcia's card have been sent to a ...



  • Owls Well That Ends Well

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 6

    A YARD SALE... 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 Spro...

  • The Birthday Dinner

    in Death Dines In

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Delete All Suspects

    Turing Hopper - 4

    After a hit-and-run leaves Eddie, a young techie, in the hospital, his grandmother hires Turing's PI friend Tim to look closely at Eddie's business, which he runs out of their computer-filled basement. So while Turing tries to break into the computer...

  • No Nest for the Wicket

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 7

    LINE YOUR DUCKS UP IN A ROW... The hilly terrain next to the old Sprocket house that Meg Langslow and her fiance, Michael, are refurbishing is the perfect location for an "extreme" croquet field--even the legs of cows and sheep are convenient extra ...

  • Chesapeake Crimes II

    Chesapeake Crimes II is an eclectic mix of mystery and murder. No sooner do the stories start than the bodies begin to fall.
    Fifteen mysteries written by fifteen different authors - all members of Chesapeake Sisters in Crime and some of the hottes...

  • The Penguin Who Knew Too Much

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 8

    Hold on to your hats, everybody! Donna Andrews is taking us on another ride into the wonderful world of Meg Langslow, a world filled with laughter as well as the knotty problems Meg always seems to encounter and---somehow---solve. Okay, maybe there...

  • Cockatiels at Seven

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 9

    BABYSITTING IS FOR THE BIRDS When her old friend Karen drops by with her two-year-old son, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to mind him for a few hours. The next morning, when Karen is still MIA, Meg retraces her friends footsteps and starts to suspe...

  • A Murder Hatched

    Catch the first two books in Donna Andrews's award-winning laugh-out-loud Meg Lanslow series: this ebook bundle contains Murder with Peacocks and Murder with Puffins. From ducks to penguins to peacocks to parrots, Donna Andrews knows her birds! And s...

  • The Haire of the Beast

    in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

    The editors of Many Bloody Returns deliver the perfect howl-iday gift, with new tales from Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and many more. New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Keri Arthur, and Carrie Vaughn--along w...

  • Six Geese A-Slaying

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 10

    Take a gander at this! Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly holiday parade. The theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers,...



  • Spellbound

    in Unusual Suspects

    All-new from the top names in mystery and fantasy? including a never-beforepublished Sookie Stackhouse story from Charlaine Harris! This follow-up to Powers of Detection showcases bestselling and award-winning names from Simon Green to Laurie King...

  • Swan for the Money

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 11

    Time to weed out a killer! Meg Langslow's eccentric parents have a new hobby: growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows. Dad's gardening skill and Mother's gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeata...

  • Stork Raving Mad

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 12

    Meg's expecting twins---any minute ---in this next hilarious entry in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling series Meg is eight and a half months pregnant with twins when Michael asks if she wouldn't mind another houseguest. One of his doct...

  • The Real Macaw

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 13

    Meg juggles twins, murder, and a back-talking bird in the next side-splittingly funny installment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling series During a 2am feeding for her four-month-old twins, Meg Langslow hears an odd noise and goes d...

  • Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder!

    The latest installment in the Chesapeake Crimes mystery series focuses on working stiffs--literally! Included in this collection are new tales by: Shari Randall, C. Ellett Logan, Karen Cantwell, E. B. Davis, Jill Breslau, David Autry, Harriette Sackl...

  • Some Like It Hawk

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 14

    Meg helps run Caerphilly's summer arts and crafts festival while trying to smoke out a murderer -- turn up the heat, because Some Like it Hawk! The hilariously funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the award-winning New York Time...

  • The Hen of the Baskervilles

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 15

    A dastardly murder and the kidnapping of a prize chicken threaten to ruin Caerphilly’s state fair -- fortunately, Meg Langslow is on the case of The Hen of the Baskervilles The newest mystery in Donna Andrews's gut-bustingly funny, award-winni...

  • Duck the Halls

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 16

    'Tis the season to be jolly - and for Meg Langslow to round up stray animals of all sorts as well as a killer. The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers boughs of holly and barrels of laughs with Meg's latest adventure in her award-winning, New...

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Emus

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 17

    Life will never be the same for Meg Langslow after family secrets are revealed, introducing a whole new layer of intrigue in Donna Andrews's beloved series. Meg’s long-lost paternal grandfather, Dr. Blake, has hired Stanley Denton to find her g...

  • The Nightingale Before Christmas

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 18

    Murder never takes a holiday! 'Tis the season for tree trimming, mistletoe-dangling, and a cut-throat competition that has everyone in Caerphilly on edge. Whatever happened to the simple joys and magical spirits of Christmas? Meg Langslow's own mo...



  • Lord of the Wings

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 19

    The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The eighteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee...

  • Storm Warning

    Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning is the latest installment of the Agatha- and Anthony-award-winning Chesapeake Crimes series. This volume features tales by: Donna Andrews Timothy Bentler-Jungr Shaun Taylor Bevins Carla Coupe Maddi Davidson Linda Ensi...

  • Die Like an Eagle

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 20

    The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The nineteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee...

  • Gone Gull

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 21

    GONE GULL brings readers yet another knee-slapping adventure filled with New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews’ cast of wacky characters. Meg is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia...

  • How the Finch Stole Christmas!

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 22

    As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews continues to write "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). New York T...

  • Toucan Keep a Secret

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 23

    Toucan keep a secret, if one of them is dead. Meg Langslow is at Trinity Episcopal Church locking up after an event and checking on the toucan her friend Rev. Robyn Smith is fostering in her office. When she investigates the sound of hammering in ...

  • Lark! the Herald Angels Sing

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 24

    Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift. For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky cha...

  • Terns of Endearment

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 25

    Meg Langslow's grandfather has been booked by a cruise line to give lectures on birds and other environmental topics as part of their ship’s education/entertainment itinerary, and Grandfather has arranged for a passel of family members to join ...

  • Owl Be Home for Christmas

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 26

    The 26th book and the sixth Christmas mystery in the Meg Lansglow series, Owl Be Home for Christmas is yet another wonderfully merry and funny book from New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews. It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg...

  • The Falcon Always Wings Twice

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 27

    A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Terns of Endearment. When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work: Meg handles the bl...



  • Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder

    The seventh volume in the Chesapeake Crimes series presents an impressive set of tales by new and wellestablished authors. Included this time are: INTRODUCTION, by Dana Cameron THE DAME AND THADDEUS BIRDWHISTLE, by Karen Cantwell SECRETS TO THE GRAVE...

  • The Gift of the Magpie

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 28

    The 28th book and the seventh Christmas mystery in the Meg Langslow series, The Gift of the Magpie is yet another wonderfully merry and funny book from New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews. Meg's hopes for a relatively peaceful (if ...

  • Murder Most Fowl

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 29

    A Shakespearean twist on the long-running Meg Langslow mystery series in this next installment from Donna Andrews, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Falcon Always Wings Twice. In Murder Most Fowl, Meg Langslow’s in for a ...

  • The Twelve Jays of Christmas

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 30

    The cast of Donna Andrews’ New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series is back for an unforgettable holiday story in The Twelve Jays of Christmas.Meg and Michael’s annual holiday celebration is well underway, with a throng of out-of-to...

  • Round Up the Usual Peacocks

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 31

    New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us to Meg Langslow as a crime-solving bridesmaid. In her 31st mystery, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold cases and wedding guests.Kevin, Meg's cyber-s...

  • Dashing Through the Snowbirds

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 32

    Dashing Through the Snowbirds is the next merry installment of Donna Andrews's New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series.Christmas in Caerphilly is wonderful! Unless you’re a Canadian whose inconsiderate boss is forcing you to spend th...

  • School of Hard Knox

    Rebels with a Cause!Nearly 100 years ago, The Reverend Monsignor Ronald Knox of the famed Detection Club developed ten rules-a Decalogue he called them-that he felt were necessary to the full enjoyment of a detective story. Fairness with readers seem...

  • Birder, She Wrote

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 33

    Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael’s latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed.First her father recruits her to help him install a ...

  • Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 34

    'Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews' cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.Meg has been roped into participating in a weaponsmithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend...

  • Between a Flock and a Hard Place

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 35

    Readers will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the award-winning Meg Langslow series.Meg's neighbors, the Smetkamps', have won a makeover for their old home from Marvelous Mansions, a flashy, yet dubious...



  • Rockin' Around the Chickadee

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 36

    Bells are ringing and alarms are sounding in Donna Andrews' latest cheery addition in the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.Meg's sister-in-law, Delaney, is pregnant. Since her due date is on or around Christmas Day, this is putting a bi...

  • For Duck's Sake

    A Meg Langslow Mystery - 37

    Donna Andrews returns with her latest charming addition to the bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series.Meg is in the backyard of the house her brother Rob, Delaney, and their new baby have moved into, supervising some workmen who are using a bulldoze...

  • The Foreman

    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Without any warning, the red Indians came from the bush and started shooting arrows at the men who were working on the railroad. It wasn’t a fair fight since it seemed as though the men working on the rail weren’t armed at all and the only thi...

Award-Winning Books by Donna Andrews

Murder With Peacocks
1999 Agatha Award -- First Novel
2000 Anthony Award -- First Novel
You've Got Murder
2002 Agatha Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Donna Andrews has published 52 books.

The next book by Donna Andrews, For Duck's Sake, will be published in August 2025.

The first book by Donna Andrews, Murder With Peacocks, was published in January 1999.

Yes. Donna Andrews has 2 series.
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