Now for a lighter crime novel. Toucan Keep a Secret is no. 23 in the Meg Langslow Mystery series. Once again Donna Andrews takes us to Caerphilly where there always seems to be a crime to solve.
The story begins when Meg is locking up the local church after a meeting and hears a noise in the columbarium. Investigating, she discovers the body of one of the vestry on the floor surrounded by the ashes and broken urns of former parishioners. Meg immediately calls the police.
Meg, of course, becomes involved in the investigation and also has the role of reassuring the rector, who is on sick leave, that all is well. As part of this role she takes Nimitz, the toucan being minded by the rector, home much to the delight of her two sons.
Robyn, the rector, asks Meg to contact the next of kin on behalf of the church to establish how they want the ashes reinterred. Discussions with the next of kin soon provide background information that Meg passes on to Chief Burke. In order to solve the crime it is necessary to establish connections between the people whose ashes have been disturbed and it becomes obvious that one connecting link is a burglary committed thirty years ago.
As usual Meg's family and many of the citizens of Caerphilly become involved in this humourous crime novel. An entertaining read.
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