Some Like It Hawk

By Donna Andrews

Meg is in charge of a huge, loud, days long fundraising event for the town of Caerphilly.  Huge, because the former mayor mortgaged the town & embezzled the money. Loud, because the county clerk is burrowed in the courthouse basement, and they need to smuggle supplies through a creaky trap door.  Days long, to fend off the financial company that now "owns" the town & wants to develop the surrounding land with condos & a golf course.  So of course a financial executive is murdered right by the barricaded entrance to the basement, in order to frame the county clerk & get him out of there.  Meg is once again in the right place & at the right time to hear & see it all... and solve the case.

I enjoyed this book MUCH more than the previous one, if for no other reason than Meg was back to blacksmithing instead of napping.  Plus, I was tired of every story based around their overpopulated household.  Much nicer to have it take place during a fair, where she was surrounded by quirky people for a legitimate reason.  I'm a little sad, though, that her husband will probably not be a major character anymore... seems he's the one who takes over the child care while Meg solves murders.  At least she has the rest of the year to forge iron pokers & chase after their twins.