The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The twentieth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee-slapping adventure featuring Meg Langslow and all the eccentric characters that make up her world.

Meg is Team Mom and Michael is coach of their twin sons' youth baseball team, the Caerphilly Eagles. Meg tangles with Biff Brown, the petty, vindictive league head. On opening day, Biff's lookalike brother is found dead in the porta-potty at the ball field. So many people think Biff's scum that it would be easy to blame him, but he has an alibi--and Meg suspects he may actually have been the intended victim.

With Die Like an Eagle, readers can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery--this one filled with the spirit of America's pastime and Donna's eagle eye.

Like Meg Langslow, the blacksmith heroine of her series, Donna Andrews was born and raised in Yorktown, Virginia. She introduced Meg to readers in her Malice Domestic Contest-winning first mystery, Murder with Peacocks, and readers are still laughing. This novel swept up the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and a Lefty for funniest mystery.

It is baseball season in Caerphily and Meg’s son is on a youth baseball team so of course Meg and Michael are involved as well. But as the kids gather for Opening Day Meg discovers a body in the port-a-john. The victim is the look alike brother of the very much disliked head of the league but the question is - was he the target or did the murderer kill the wrong man? Meg investigates while also working to save the kids’ baseball weekend.

This was a quick read, the action moves along at a steady pace, Meg is pulled into the investigation both with her natural curiosity as well as in her capacity as assistant to the Mayor.  Like all entries in this series the action takes place over the course of a few days. We have a few red herrings in determining the murderer and I will admit I did not see their identity coming. Another rollicking escapade with Meg’s eccentric family. Highly recommended. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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