{"product_id":"duck-the-halls-paperback","title":"Duck the Halls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonna Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis time, Meg has got herself into a Holy mess \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA yuletide funfest.--\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDuck the Halls\u003c\/i\u003e, the brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers boughs of holly and barrels of laughs with Meg's latest adventure in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series. A few nights before Christmas, Meg Langslow is awakened when volunteer fireman Michael is summoned to the New Life Baptist Church, where someone has rigged a cage full of skunks in the choir loft. The lengthy process of de-skunking the church requires its annual pre-Christmas concert to relocate to Trinity Episcopal, where Mother insists the show must go on, despite the budget-related protests of Mr. Vess, an elderly vestryman. Meanwhile, when Meg helps her grandfather take the skunks to the zoo, they discover that his boa has been stolen. . .only to turn up later during the concert, slithering out from the ribbon-bedecked evergreens. The next morning is Sunday, and the congregation of St. Byblig's, the local Catholic church, arrives to find it completely filled with several hundred ducks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtravagantly funny. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's clear that some serious holiday pranksters are on the loose, and Meg is determined to find them. But before she can, a fire breaks out at Trinity, and Mr. Vess is found dead. Who would have murdered such a harmless--if slightly cranky--old man? Who has the time, during the busy holiday season, to herd all of these animals into the town's churches? And will Meg ever be able to finish all of her shopping, wrapping, cooking, caroling, and decorating in time for Christmas Eve? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quirky...humorous...holiday treat. --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDONNA ANDREWS's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMurder with Peacocks\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced the Meg Langslow series and won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry Awards for best first novel, as well as a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for best first mystery. She has also received three Lefty Awards (\u003ci\u003eMurder with Peacocks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have Parrots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Macaw\u003c\/i\u003e) and two Toby Bromberg awards for funniest mystery (\u003ci\u003eCrouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSwan For the Money\u003c\/i\u003e). She spends her free time gardening at her home in Reston, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 7 x 4.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692810375231,"sku":"9781250773227","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/779614cbfc9a4ec506b0ee5c86854b48.webp?v=1764996703","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/duck-the-halls-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}