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Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!: Meg Langslow #34    by Donna Andrews Amazon.com order for
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
by Donna Andrews
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Minotaur, 2023 (2023)
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* * *   Reviewed by Hilary Williamson

Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! follows Birder, She Wrote as the thirty-fourth in Donna Andrews' engaging cozy mystery series starring Caerphilly's irrepressible Meg Langslow.

As the title hints, it's another of the author's regular holiday offerings, but this time she features Meg's blacksmithing as well as sleuthing skills. Her friend Alec has organized a December weaponsmithing competition and Meg is reluctantly roped in after her mentor Faulk is attacked and injured. Blades of Glory will be a reality-TV competition show, starting with six blacksmiths. The two who last till the end will have prizes as winner and runner-up.

All the hammering action takes place at Meg's friend Ragnar's Ragnarshjem estate - and curious crows are everywhere, playing a key role in the events that follow. Someone tampers with the forges to sabotage competitors, and of course there's a murder for Meg (and the crows) to solve. All this with a background of Christmas carols, decorations and goodies.

Donna Andrews never lets fans down with a Meg Lanslow cozy and this one adds an education on smithing - don't miss it!

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