Audiobook Review: Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews

Some Like It Hawk
Author: Donna Andrews
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Series: Meg Langslow (Book 14)
Publication: Dreamscape Media (July 17, 2012)
Length: 8 hours and 51 minutes

Description: Meg Langslow is plying her blacksmith's trade at Caerphilly Days, a festival inspired by the town's sudden notoriety as "The Town That Mortgaged Its Jail". The lender has foreclosed on all Caerphilly's public buildings, and all employees have evacuated - except one. Phineas Throckmorton, town clerk, has been barricaded in the courthouse basement for over a year. But the lender seems increasingly determined to evict him, and may succeed after one of its executives is found shot, apparently from inside the basement.

Meg and her fellow townspeople suspect that someone hopes to end the siege by framing Mr. Throckmorton. Meg soon deduces that the killer isn't just trying to end the siege but to conceal information that would help the town reclaim its buildings.

My Thoughts: Hijinks and a murder ensues when the Caerphilly government buildings are seized by lenders after the former mayor absconded with the town's funds. Only Phineas Throckmorton, town clerk, has remained in the courthouse. He's barricaded himself in the basement with all the town records. 

Unknown to the lenders, the town is secretly supporting Throckmorton and bringing in supplies via a tunnel under the bandstand. When one of the "evil lender's" employees is murdered right outside the barricade, the police with Meg's help need to prove he is innocent before they are forced to remove him from his fortress.

Since the trapdoor to the tunnel makes a horrendous noise, Meg is coordinating local entertainment - the louder the better - on the bandstand so that people can get to Throckmorton. 

This episode takes place around the fourth of July and is filled with patriotic music and fireworks. But it is up to Meg to figure out why the evil lender is so intent on getting Throckmorton out of the basement before the courthouse goes up with a bang.

This was another fun, funny, and fast-paced adventure in the Meg Langslow series. Fans won't want to miss it.

I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.