Between a Flock and a Hard Place: A Meg Langslow Mystery

· Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
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"Listening to Bernadette Dunne perform the Meg Langslow audiobooks gives listeners a sense of coming home to a beloved family." —AudioFile on The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Earphones Award winner)

Listeners will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the award-winning Meg Langslow series.


Meg's neighbors, the Smetkamps', have won a makeover for their old home from Marvelous Mansions, a flashy, yet dubious company, focused on making historic homes more "modern." The company already several days into its makeover of the Smetkamps' house, and tensions are running high--not only between the officious, demanding Mrs. Smetkamp and her neighbors, but also between her and the renovation crew. Meg, who is trying to keep the peace and prevent the makeover crew from trampling on every clause of the county's building code, arrives at the Smetkamps to find that Caerphilly's resident flock of feral turkeys has moved into their yard--or been relocated there by someone who wanted to cause them trouble.

The turkeys are huge, territorial, cranky and aggressive - and impossible to move! Meg does what she can to calm down the irate neighbors and help the makeover crew make progress in spite of the turkeys. She comes up with a plan to gather a group of turkey wranglers to snatch them early in the morning. But when they arrive, they find the body of Mrs. Smetkamp in her backyard. Someone stabbed her, and then tried to make it look as if she was attacked by one of the turkeys, but Meg, the Chief, and the Sheriff are not fooled. Together, they must figure out what really happened to Mrs. Smetkamp...and what to do with all these turkeys!

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"Listening to Bernadette Dunne perform the Meg Langslow audiobooks gives listeners a sense of coming home to a beloved family." —AudioFile on The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Earphones Award winner) Listeners will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the a...

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4 reviews
Ana C. M. (Booksy.Tx.Ana)
July 30, 2025
What a wild turkey of a read! This community definitely flocks together in times of need. The wild turkey escape was such a fun situation for them to be dealing with. The trapping of the turkeys took up practically half the book. I really enjoyed the process of finding out who did it. The murder aspect didn’t occur for a while. I kept waiting for it. But the wait wasn’t off-putting for me. The whole situation was entertaining.
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Terri Chlapek
August 12, 2024
This mystery is so funny! The town is overrun with feral turkeys and Meg is hot on their tail feathers. The mystery revolves around the turkeys, but also around a home renovation in the town that is really not turning out to be what the homeowners were expecting. Throw in a murder or two, a couple of little cadaver finding dogs, lots of teenagers who are on the bubble of trouble and you have a wildly entertaining book! I listened to the audio version of this book narrated by Bernadette Dunne. The narration was very well done and I loved the tone of her voice. It really resonates a maturity to the character of Meg and helps you believe that she really is capable of solving the mysteries. Thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this audiobook. All thoughts are my own.
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DONNA ANDREWS has won the Anthony, Barry, and three Agatha Awards, an RT Book Reviews Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Novelists, Inc. Andrews lives in Reston, Virginia. Between a Flock and a Hard Place is the 35th book in the Meg Langslow series.
DONNA ANDREWS has won the Anthony, Barry, and three Agatha Awards, an RT Book Reviews Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Novelists, Inc. Andrews lives in Reston, Vir...

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