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03678aam a22006015i 4500 001 1154E48642BD11ECB803261622ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211111010012 008 210823s2021 meu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021945773 020 $a 1432892460 020 $a 9781432892463 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Andrews, Donna $e author. 245 14 $a The twelve jays of Christmas / $c Donna Andrews. 250 $a Large print. 263 $a 2111 264 1 $a Waterville : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 487 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Meg Langslow ; $v 30 520 $a "Meg and Michael's annual holiday celebration is well underway, with a throng of out-of-town relatives staying at their house. Hosting these festivities is a little harder than usual--they have to relocate all the events normally held in their library, currently occupied by Roderick Castlemayne, the irascible wildlife artist who's creating twelve paintings of birds to illustrate Meg's grandfather's latest nature book. Still, the celebrations continue--and the entire family rejoices to learn that Meg's brother Rob and his longtime fianceÌe Delaney have finally decided to tie the knot. Unfortunately, they decide to do this in the middle of Meg and Michael's annual New Year's bash, dashing their mothers' hopes of planning the wedding to end all weddings. Delaney's mother sneaks into town so she and Meg's mother can secretly plot a way to talk the happy couple into having a big bash. Hiding her only adds to Meg's holiday stress--it's almost a full-time job fending all the visitors who want to confront Castlemayne--reporters, bill collectors, process servers, and several ex-wives in search of unpaid alimony. Then someone murders Castlemayne in the middle of a blizzard and sets loose the birds he was painting. Can Meg help the police crack the case before the killer strikes again? Can she keep Christmas merry in spite of the body in the library? Can she negotiate a compromise between Rob and Delaney and their disappointed mothers? And can she recapture the twelve escaped jays before they begin nesting in the Christmas tree? This intrigue-filled Christmas mystery takes readers home to Caerphilly to join in Meg's family's holiday celebration--including, of course, another baffling mystery"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 $a Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character) $x Fiction. 650 $a Blizzards $x Fiction. 650 $a Elopement $x Fiction. 650 $a Murder $x Fiction. 650 $a Christmas stories. 650 $a Detective and mystery fiction. 650 $a Mystery fiction. 650 $a Christmas fiction. 650 $a Humorous fiction. 941 $a 20 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012015404.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025841.0 952 $l LEPI975 $d 20231006013147.0 952 $l RNPC397 $d 20230805011036.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014258.0 952 $l EXPC755 $d 20230308010708.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20230106010111.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221122011247.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804024440.0 952 $l HNPC845 $d 20220531010516.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20220309011615.0 952 $l WXPD305 $d 20220304010903.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20220205012037.0 952 $l WMPC185 $d 20220118154326.0 952 $l VIPA334 $d 20220104015242.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20211203011813.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20211203010745.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20211203010110.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211118010622.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20211111010911.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1154E48642BD11ECB803261622ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search