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Five Golden Wings (Meg Langslow, #38) was the most recently released book by Donna Andrews, on October 14th, 2025.

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Donna Andrews Stats: The highest rated book by Donna Andrews on Book Notification is The Gift of the Magpie, the 28th novel in the Meg Langslow series. The second-highest rated book is Round Up the Usual Peacocks (Meg Langslow #31).

The most read book by Donna Andrews on Book Notification is Murder With Peacocks, the first novel in the Meg Langslow series. The second most read book is Murder With Puffins (Meg Langslow #2).

Below is a complete list of Donna Andrews books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Donna Andrews is the Meg Langslow Series.

List of Meg Langslow Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Murder With Peacocks
1999
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2
8.1
Murder With Puffins
2000
Go
3
8.6
Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
2001
Go
4
9.2
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
2002
Go
5
9.4
We'll Always Have Parrots
2003
Go
6
9.1
Owls Well That Ends Well
2005
Go
7
8.6
No Nest for the Wicket
2006
Go
8
8.5
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
2007
Go
9
8.8
Cockatiels at Seven
2008
Go
10
9.2
Six Geese A-Slaying
2008
Go
11
8.8
Swan for the Money
2009
Go
12
9.2
Stork Raving Mad
2010
Go
13
9.1
The Real Macaw
2011
Go
14
9
Some Like it Hawk
2012
Go
15
9.1
Hen of the Baskervilles
2013
Go
16
9
Duck the Halls
2013
Go
17
8.8
The Good, the Bad, and the Emus
2014
Go
18
9.1
The Nightingale Before Christmas
2014
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19
8.9
Lord of the Wings
2015
Go
20
8.9
Die Like an Eagle
2016
Go
21
9.1
Gone Gull
2017
Go
22
9.4
How the Finch Stole Christmas!
2017
Go
23
9.1
Toucan Keep a Secret
2018
Go
24
9.4
Lark! the Herald Angels Sing
2018
Go
25
9.4
Terns of Endearment
2019
Go
26
9.3
Owl Be Home for Christmas
2019
Go
27
9.2
The Falcon Always Wings Twice
2020
Go
28
9.6
The Gift of the Magpie
2020
Go
29
9.3
Murder Most Fowl
2021
Go
30
9.5
The Twelve Jays of Christmas
2021
Go
31
9.6
Round Up the Usual Peacocks
2022
Go
32
9
Dashing Through the Snowbirds
2022
Go
33
9.2
Birder, She Wrote
2023
Go
34
9.3
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
2023
Go
35
9
Between a Flock and a Hard Place
2024
Go
36
9.1
Rockin' Around the Chickadee
2024
Go
37
8.8
For Duck's Sake
2025
Go
38
9
Five Golden Wings
2025
Go
39
Probable Caws
2026
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List of Turing Hopper Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.4
You've Got Murder
2002
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2
8.7
Click Here For Murder
2003
Go
3
8.9
Access Denied
2004
Go
4
8.9
Delete All Suspects
2005
Go

List of Chesapeake Crimes Books in Publication Order

Award winning mystery stories by Chesapeake Bay area authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Chesapeake Crimes
2004
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2
Chesapeake Crimes 3 (With: Marcia Talley, Carla Coupe)
2008
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3
Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies (With: Shari Randall, Carla Coupe)
2018
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List of Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Books in Publication Order

Fast and fun, light-hearted mystery stories that are easy to enjoy and perfect for casual readers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Cozy Case Files Volume 1 (By: Ellie Alexander, Cynthia Riggs, Mindy Quigley)
2017
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2
Cozy Case Files Volume 2
2017
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3
Cozy Case Files Volume 3
2017
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4
Cozy Case Files Volume 4 (By: Parnell Hall, Shari Randall, Ellen Hart, Ellie Alexander, Frances Brody, Tessa Arlen, Vivien Chien, Julia Chapman, Paige Shelton, Jane K. Cleland, Mindy Quigley)
2018
Go
5
Cozy Case Files Volume 5
2018
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6
Cozy Case Files Volume 6
2019
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7
Cozy Case Files Volume 7
2019
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8
Cozy Case Files Volume 8 (By: M.C. Beaton, Diane Kelly, Vivien Chien, Paige Shelton, Susan Cox, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley)
2020
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9
Cozy Case Files Volume 9
2020
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10
Cozy Case Files Volume 10
2020
Go
11
Cozy Case Files Volume 11 (By: Diane Kelly, Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Paige Shelton, Mariah Fredericks, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley)
2021
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12
Cozy Case Files Volume 12
2021
Go
13
Cozy Case Files Volume 13 (By: Mindy Quigley)
2021
Go
14
Cozy Case Files Volume 14 (By: Diane Kelly, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Paige Shelton, Mindy Quigley, Korina Moss)
2022
Go
15
Cozy Case Files Volume 15 (By: Mindy Quigley)
2022
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16
Cozy Case Files Volume 16
2022
Go
17
Cozy Case Files Volume 17 (By: Rhys Bowen, Diane Kelly, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Paige Shelton, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Matthews, Olivia Blacke, Mindy Quigley, Clare Broyles, Korina Moss, Anastasia Hastings)
2023
Go
18
Cozy Case Files, Volume 18
2023
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19
Cozy Case Files, Volume 19
2023
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20
Cozy Case Files, Volume 20 (By: Rhys Bowen, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Paige Shelton, Olivia Matthews, Jennifer J. Chow, Olivia Blacke, Mindy Quigley, Clare Broyles, Anastasia Hastings)
2024
Go
21
Cozy Case Files, Volume 22
2024
Go
22
Cozy Case Files, Volume 23 (By: Diane Kelly, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Paige Shelton, Jennifer J. Chow)
2025
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Anthology series. If author is listed on a book then this author wrote a story within that book.

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Rat's Tale
2007
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List of Murder Most Books in Publication Order

Sleuths solve murders in various historical and culinary settings.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder Most Sacred ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1989
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2
8
Murder Most Medieval ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1993
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3
Murder Most Delicious (By: Martin H. Greenberg, Barbara Paul)
1995
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4
Murder Most Irish ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1996
Go
5
Murder Most Delectable ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2000
Go
6
Murder Most Divine ( By: Ralph McInerny)
2000
Go
7
Murder Most Romantic (By: Martin H. Greenberg, Susan Sizemore)
2001
Go
8
Murder Most Postal ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2001
Go
9
Murder Most Feline (By: Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman)
2001
Go
10
Murder Most Confederate ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2003
Go
11
Murder Most Celtic ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2003
Go
12
Mystery Most Humorous (With: Marcia Talley, Gigi Pandian, Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier)
2025
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List of Donna Andrews Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Murder Most Delicious
1995
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2
Murder Most Romantic
2001
Go
3
Murder Most Feline
2001
Go
4
The Mysterious North
2002
Go
5
Chesapeake Crimes I
2004
Go
6
8
Powers of Detection
2004
Go
7
Chesapeake Crimes II
2006
Go
8
Chesapeake Crimes 3
2008
Go
9
Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'
2010
Go
10
Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder!
2012
Go
11
Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
2014
Go
12
Cozy Case Files Volume 1
2017
Go
13
Cozy Case Files Volume 2
2017
Go
14
Cozy Case Files Volume 3
2017
Go
15
Cozy Case Files Volume 4
2018
Go
16
Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
2018
Go
17
Cozy Case Files Volume 5
2018
Go
18
Cozy Case Files Volume 6
2019
Go
19
Cozy Case Files Volume 7
2019
Go
20
Cozy Case Files Volume 8
2020
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21
The Beat of Black Wings
2020
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22
Cozy Case Files Volume 9
2020
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23
Cozy Case Files Volume 10
2020
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24
Cozy Case Files Volume 11
2021
Go
25
Cozy Case Files Volume 12
2021
Go
26
Cozy Case Files Volume 13
2021
Go
27
Cozy Case Files Volume 14
2022
Go
28
Cozy Case Files Volume 15
2022
Go
29
Cozy Case Files Volume 16
2022
Go
30
Cozy Case Files, Volume 19
2023
Go
31
School of Hard Knox
2023
Go
32
Cozy Case Files, Volume 23
2025
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Donna Andrews

Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia, USA.

Donna Andrews is the author of the Meg Langslow series which currently consists of 39 novels. The Meg Langslow series started in 1999 with the novel Murder With Peacocks. The most recently released novel in the Meg Langslow series was Five Golden Wings which was released in 2025. There is an upcoming novel for the Meg Langslow series titled Probable Caws which is being released on August 4th, 2026.

Donna Andrews has also written the Turing Hopper series which has 4 books including You've Got Murder and Click Here For Murder.

Donna Andrews: Awards & Accolades

Donna Andrews has won multiple awards including: The Agatha Award, Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2025 and the Edgar Award, Grand Master, in 2026.

Many of Donna Andrews's books have won awards, including:

  • Murder With Peacocks won the Agatha Award, Best First Novel, in 1999 as well as the Barry Award - Best First Novel in 2000, Lefty Award - Best Humorous Mystery Novel in 2000, Anthony Award - Best First Mystery in 2000.
  • You've Got Murder won the Agatha Award, Best Novel, in 2002.
  • We'll Always Have Parrots won the Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel, in 2005.
  • A Rat's Tale won the Agatha Award, Best Short Story, in 2007.
  • The Real Macaw won the Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel, in 2012.
  • Lord of the Wings won the Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel, in 2016.

The following novels by Donna Andrews were also nominated for these awards:

  • Murder With Peacocks: Dilys Award, Best Mystery Novel (2000). Macavity Award, Best First Mystery (2000).
  • Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos: Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2002).
  • Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2003). Dilys Award, Best Mystery Novel (2004). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2004).
  • You've Got Murder: Dilys Award, Best Mystery Novel (2003).
  • We'll Always Have Parrots: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2004).
  • Owls Well That Ends Well: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2005).
  • No Nest for the Wicket: Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2007).
  • The Penguin Who Knew Too Much: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2007). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2008).
  • A Rat's Tale: Macavity Award, Best Short Story (2008).
  • Dangerous Crossing: Agatha Award, Best Short Story (2008).
  • Six Geese A-Slaying: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2008). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2009).
  • Swan for the Money: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2009). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2010).
  • Stork Raving Mad: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2010). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2011).
  • The Real Macaw: Agatha Award, Best Novel (2011). Goodreads Awards, Best Humor (2011).
  • Hen of the Baskervilles: Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2014).
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Emus: Agatha Award, Best Contemporary Novel (2014). Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2015).
  • Die Like an Eagle: Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2017).
  • Gone Gull: Lefty Award, Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2018).
  • The Gift of the Magpie: Agatha Award, Best Contemporary Novel (2020).
  • The Beat of Black Wings: Anthony Award, Best Anthology / Collection (2021).
  • School of Hard Knox: Anthony Award, Best Anthology / Collection (2024).

Related Authors

Fans of Donna Andrews also enjoy these authors:

  1. Miranda James, author of the Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Series.
  2. Amanda Flower, author of the Amish Candy Shop Mysteries Series.
  3. Eva Gates, author of the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series.
  4. Sofie Ryan, author of the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.
  5. Leonie Swann, author of the Miss Sharp Investigates Series.
  6. E.J. Copperman, author of the Haunted Guesthouse Mysteries Series.
  7. Richard Osman, author of the Thursday Murder Club Series.
  8. Agatha Christie, author of: And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians.
  9. David Rosenfelt, author of the Andy Carpenter Series.
  10. Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series.

Donna Andrews: F.A.Q

Where was Donna Andrews Born?

Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia, USA and is American.

What awards has Donna Andrews won?

Donna Andrews has won the following awards: Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award at the Agatha Award (2025) and the Grand Master at the Edgar Award (2026).

What book awards has Donna Andrews won?

Murder With Peacocks: Agatha Award Best First Novel (1999), Barry Award Best First Novel (2000), Lefty Award Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2000), Anthony Award Best First Mystery (2000).
You've Got Murder: Agatha Award Best Novel (2002).
We'll Always Have Parrots: Lefty Award Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2005).
A Rat's Tale: Agatha Award Best Short Story (2007).
The Real Macaw: Lefty Award Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2012).
Lord of the Wings: Lefty Award Best Humorous Mystery Novel (2016).

What was the first book Donna Andrews wrote?

The first book written by Donna Andrews was Murder With Peacocks, published in 1999.

What was the most recent book Donna Andrews wrote?

Her most recently released work was Five Golden Wings on October 14th, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Donna Andrews?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Donna Andrews book is Murder With Peacocks. Here are her most popular books:
  1. Murder With Peacocks (8.3)
  2. Murder With Puffins (8.1)
  3. Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (8.63)
  4. We'll Always Have Parrots (9.36)
  5. Owls Well That Ends Well (9.12)

Are there upcoming new books by Donna Andrews?

Donna Andrews has a new book coming out on August 4th, 2026 called Probable Caws.

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How many books has Donna Andrews written?

Donna Andrews has written 48 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 39 books in the Meg Langslow Series, 4 books in the Turing Hopper Series, 1 book in the Chesapeake Crimes Series, 2 books in the Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Series, 1 Short Story/Novella, 1 book in the Murder Most Series.

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