Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews

Meg is not expecting to have to deal with a death at her grandfather's conference on owls but... well. She does encounter them more than the average person. This time, she's in the middle of a virtual locked room mystery since Virginia is being hit by a massive snow storm, one that was unexpected but explained in the book in a nice touch. Of course, the murdered man was the nastiest of the lot, Professor Frogmore. A man who was not only rude, he was also a racist mysoginist. So, lots of people were ready to celebrate his death.

I like that Andrews does time jumps between many of the books and makes an effort to not have the "Murder She Wrote" syndrome of why-would-people-live-there? Some of the characters were a little caricature-is but this book once again knocks it out of the park.

Four stars

This book came out October 15th, 2019

Meg Langlow #26

Follows Terns of Endearment
Followed by The Falcon Always Rings Twice

ARC kindly provided by St. Martin's Press and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

Reread May 2021 as ebook from CloudLibrary, July 2021 as ebook from Libby, December 2022, December 2023, December 2024 as Audible book