Other novels in the series went on to win or be nominated for some of the previously mentioned awards and other awards. The novel was also nominated for a Macavity for Best First Novel and a Dily. Murder with Peacocks the first novel has won the most number of awards winning the Agatha, Lefty, and Anthony Awards for Best Novel, the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Novel. The novels in the series have won many awards over the years. Meg now finds herself with a to do list that not only involves bridal registries and flower arrangements, but also catching a ruthless killer who may just kill her next.

But the stranger has clashed with too many people that when she turns up dead in mysterious circumstances, it is hard to finger a suspect. There is one fly in the ointment though an insensitive newcomer put guests ill at ease by hinting at skeletons in their closets. Amid a sea of outrageous neighbors and relatives who want her attention, Meg only keeps her sanity with the help of a mysterious handsome man, who rumors say is gay. While exciting, it has not been easy, as one bride insisted on a Native American herbal purification ceremony, while another insists that her wedding would only be complete if she could get live peacocks strutting on the green. She has planned and been the maid of honor at three weddings of her close relations and friends. The first novel in the series, Murder with Peacocks begins with Meg Langslow having an awesome summer in her hometown in Virginia. She is also large for a woman, and physically fit given the physical nature of her work. As compared to her family, she is quite the oddball, being reliable and sensible rather than eccentric or absent-minded.

Meg Langslow is an exceptional decorative blacksmith that earns her living making metal sculptures.

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