Name: Six Geese A-Slaying
ISBN: 9780312536107

Donna Andrews

With their home being used as the marshalling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade, Meg Langslow, her husband Michael, and Chief Burke find the festivities interrupted by murder when the local curmudgeon playing Santa turns up dead.

A Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery

Six Geese A-Slaying

A quick, easy cozy read that doesn't ask much mentally. I am bummed that this didn't focus more on the mystery and that half of the book was about the holiday parade. I mean even a death didn't make Meg consider stopping the parade for the investigation, which seems weird to me and made it hard to fully immerse myself in the story.

While the characters were fun to read, they were paper thin and made their own cliche proud. I don't like the endings where the murderer is discovered and a standoff is made which also seems unrealistic. It is hard for me to care about characters that haven't given me much reason to care at all throughout the entire book. 

If you're looking for a simple, Christmas themed read for the holidays, then this fits the bill. I don't think this would make any big waves in your life, though.

Six Geese A-Slaying A Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery