Donna Andrews Barb Goffman Marcia Talley Popular Books

Donna Andrews Barb Goffman Marcia Talley Biography & Facts

Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series. Career Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia (the setting of her Meg Langslow series) and studied English and drama at the University of Virginia. Her first book, Murder with Peacocks (1999), introduced Meg Langslow, a blacksmith from Yorktown, Virginia. It won the St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional Mystery contest, the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards for best first novel, and the Lefty award for funniest mystery of 1999. The first novel in the Turing Hopper series, You've Got Murder (2002), debuted a highly unusual sleuth—an Artificial Intelligence (AI) personality who becomes sentient—and won the Agatha Award for best mystery that year. Personal life Donna Andrews lives and works in Reston, Virginia. Bibliography The Meg Langslow series Murder with Peacocks (1999). ISBN 0312199295 Murder with Puffins (2000). ISBN 0312262213 Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001). ISBN 0312277296 Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003). ISBN 0312277318 We'll Always Have Parrots (2004). ISBN 0312277326 Owls Well That Ends Well (2005). ISBN 0312329385 No Nest for the Wicket (2006). ISBN 978-0312329402 The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007). ISBN 978-0312329426 Cockatiels at Seven (2008). ISBN 978-0312377151 Six Geese A-Slaying (2009). ISBN 978-0312536107 Swan For The Money (2009). ISBN 978-0312377175 Stork Raving Mad (2010). ISBN 978-0312621193 The Real Macaw (2011). ISBN 978-0312621209 Some Like It Hawk (2012). ISBN 978-1250007506 The Hen of the Baskervilles (2013). ISBN 978-1250007513 Duck the Halls (2013). ISBN 978-1250028778 The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (2014). ISBN 978-1250009500 The Nightingale Before Christmas (2014). ISBN 978-1250049575 Lord of the Wings (2015). ISBN 978-1250049582 Die Like an Eagle (2016) ISBN 978-1250078551 Gone Gull (2017) ISBN 9781250078568 How the Finch Stole Christmas! (2017) ISBN 9781250115454 Toucan Keep a Secret (2018) ISBN 9781250115478 Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (2018) ISBN 9781250192943 Terns of Endearment (2019) ISBN 9781250192974 Owl Be Home For Christmas (2019) ISBN 978-1250305312 The Falcon Always Wings Twice (2020) ISBN 978-1250193001 Gift of the Magpie (2020) ISBN 9781250760135 Murder Most Fowl (2021) ISBN 9781250760166 The Twelve Jays of Christmas (2021) ISBN 9781250760180 Round Up the Usual Peacocks (2022) ISBN 9781250760203 Dashing Through the Snowbirds (2022) ISBN 9781250760227 Birder, She Wrote (2023) ISBN 9781250760241 Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (2023) ISBN 9781250893963 Between a Flock and a Hard Place (2024) ISBN 9781250894083 Rockin' Around the Chickadee (2024) ISBN 9781250894359 A Murder Hatched: Collects the first two Meg Langslow novels. Released in 2009 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint. The Two Deadly Doves: Collects two novels, Six Geese A-Slaying and Duck the Halls. Released in 2015 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint. Meg Langslow short stories "A Christmas Rescue" in Two Deadly Doves (2015). "Night Shades" in Chesapeake Crimes (2004). "Birthday Dinner" in Death Dines In, Claudia Bishop and Dean James, editors (2004). The Turing Hopper series You've Got Murder (2002). ISBN 042518191X Click Here for Murder (2003). ISBN 0425188566 Access Denied (2004). ISBN 0425198383 Delete All Suspects (2005). ISBN 042520569X Short stories "Not Another Secret Passage Story" in School of Hard Knox, (August 2023) "Something Dark and Dangerous" in Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder , (August 2022) "A Night at the Opera" in Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers, (September 2021) "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, (April 2020) "The Last Caving Trip" in Storm Warning: Chesapeake Crimes 7, (April 2016) "A Christmas Trifle" in Homicidal Holidays: Chesapeake Crimes 6, (September 2014) "Mean Girls" in This Job Is Murder: Chesapeake Crimes 5, (May 2012) "Normal" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2011 "The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes 4: They Had It Comin' (2010) "Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects, Dana Stabenow, editor (2008) "The Haire of the Beast" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (2008) "A Rat's Tale" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September–October 2007 "Cold Spell" in Powers of Detection, Dana Stabenow, editor (2004) "An Unkindness of Ravens" in The Mysterious North, Dana Stabenow, editor (2002) Awards Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction. As of 2009 she has earned 3 Agatha Awards, 1 Anthony Award, 1 Barry Award, 2 Lefty Awards, 2 Toby Bromberg Awards and 1 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Andrews has also been nominated for 3 Dilys Awards. 'Murder with Peacocks' 1999 Agatha Award for Best First Novel 2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel 2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel 2000 Lefty Award 2000 Finalist for Dilys Award 1999 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery 'Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos' 2009 Lefty Award nomination 'You've Got Murder' 2002 Agatha Award for Best Novel 2003 Finalist for Dilys Award 'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon' 2003 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2003 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery 2004 Finalist for Dilys Award 2004 Lefty Award nomination 'We'll Always Have Parrots' 2004 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2005 Lefty Award 'Owl's Well That Ends Well' 2005 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 'No Nest for the Wicket' 2007 Lefty Award nomination 'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much' 2007 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2008 Lefty Award nomination "A Rat's Tale", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – Sept/Oct. 2007 2007 Agatha Award for Best Short Story 'Six Geese A-Slaying' 2008 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2009 Lefty Award nomination 'Swan For the Money' 2009 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2009 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery 2010 Lefty Award nomination 'Stork Raving Mad' 2010 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2011 Lefty Award nomination 'The Real Macaw' 2011 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel 2012 Lefty Award Professional memberships Sisters in Crime (Chesapeake Chapter) Mystery Writers of America (Mid-Atlantic chapter) Private Investigators and Security Association References External links Donna Andrews' Official Website Mystery Authors Online – Donna Andrews WebbsBlog – Interview With Donna Andrews Works by Donna Andrews at Open Library . Discover the Donna Andrews Barb Goffman Marcia Talley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Donna Andrews Barb Goffman Marcia Talley books.

Best Seller Donna Andrews Barb Goffman Marcia Talley Books of 2024

  • Rogue Alpha synopsis, comments

    Rogue Alpha

    Kimber White

    One touch made her crave him. But the pull of fate could be the path to ruin. College student Laura Prince lands a plum internship deep in the Michigan wilderness. When she discove...

  • Silver Santa synopsis, comments

    Silver Santa

    Lacey Silks

    Trapped together on Christmas, their unintended onenight stand becomes a lifechanging encounter amidst the snow. Laura Young's professional role as a security guard at the Sil...

  • The Seduction Series Boxset synopsis, comments

    The Seduction Series Boxset

    Roxy Sloane

    “Sensual, thrilling and wild!”   Discover the bestselling series in one collection: THE SEDUCTION, THE BARGAIN, and THE INVITATION. Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Sierra S...

  • Tempting the King synopsis, comments

    Tempting the King

    Jessa York

    An escaped Mafia Queen, hiding from her past. A Mafia King who wants to claim her… Giselle They think I'm lostbut I know better. I can never be found. The path I've creat...

  • Death at Hazel House synopsis, comments

    Death at Hazel House

    Betty Rowlands

    ‘Riveting, can't put it down! I love this story… a wonderfully twisted tale of a crime that has more twists than I thought possible... fantastic.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ...

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes synopsis, comments

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    An Apple Books Classic You get not one, not two, but 25 gripping mysteries in Arthur Conan Doyle’s first of five collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Follow the brilliant ...

  • Pride and Prejudice synopsis, comments

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possessio...

  • Just Me synopsis, comments

    Just Me

    Lexy Timms

    We all need somewhere where we feel safe… After leaving her abusive husband, Katherine Marshall is out on her own for the first time. She's hopped from city to city to avoid t...

  • The Three Little Pigs synopsis, comments

    The Three Little Pigs

    Mark Lesky

    Classic fairy tales, legends and folk stories in short version without violence retold with lovely illustrations in simple language. Perfect for reading aloud to small chi...

  • Eternal synopsis, comments

    Eternal

    W.J. May

    She will fight for what is hers. When the king is murdered, Katerina, his only daughter, must flee for her life. She finds herself on a strange and dangerous path. Alone for the fi...

  • My Paper Heart synopsis, comments

    My Paper Heart

    Magan Vernon

    One piece of paper can change everything After my parents received the letter I failed out of college, they didn't ask questions. They just sent me to work for my great aunt i...

  • Nothing to Hide synopsis, comments

    Nothing to Hide

    Scarlett Finn

    Prize of a lifetime: travel the world with a celebrity billionaire. Come to LA with us, Roxie… It will be so much fun! We have tickets for a latenight talk show! What could possibl...

  • Saltwater Cove synopsis, comments

    Saltwater Cove

    Amelia Addler

    Second chances...and the secrets that sabotage them. At 48 years old, Margie Clifton never expected to be starting her life all over again. But when her brother gifts her a propert...

  • Bewitching a Highlander synopsis, comments

    Bewitching a Highlander

    Roma Cordon

    Defying all for the love of a bewitching lass. Breena MacRae, a healer from Skye with a touch of witchery in her blood, embarks on a dangerous search for her missing father. She ar...

  • Assisting the Bosshole synopsis, comments

    Assisting the Bosshole

    Kristin MacQueen

    No hot water? Check Missed the train? Check Broke my heel? Check Dropped my coffee? Check My first day of my new job can’t possibly go worse, right? Wrong. When I meet Parker Scott...

  • Good Guy synopsis, comments

    Good Guy

    Kate Meader

    He's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow . . . Fa...

  • School of Potential synopsis, comments

    School of Potential

    W.J. May

    USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or ...

  • Dream Psychology synopsis, comments

    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbr...

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz synopsis, comments

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

    An Apple Books Classic edition. You’ve seen the iconic 1939 movie, but do you know about the talking field mice, the Winkies, and the Witch of the North that appear in the original...

  • Teased by Fire synopsis, comments

    Teased by Fire

    Molly O'Hare

    From USA Today bestselling author Molly O’Hare comes an enemiestolovers, older brother’s best friend, romantic comedy with a curvy, antisocial, supernaturalobsessed, allyearround h...

  • Dark Psychology and Manipulation synopsis, comments

    Dark Psychology and Manipulation

    Margaret Morrison

    THE MENTAL MANIPULATOR WILL NO LONGER KEEP SECRETS FROM YOU! Are you fed up with the wool being pulled over your eyes?Are you prepared to stand up to those who believe they can man...

  • Masters of Restraint synopsis, comments

    Masters of Restraint

    Ines Johnson

    My new boss is good at giving orders. But his latest demand is NSFW. Especially when his two business partners want in on our deal. My new boss My boss’s boss Their investor &#...

  • The Stoic Mind synopsis, comments

    The Stoic Mind

    Addy Osmani & GoLimitlesss

    Discover the timeless wisdom of Stoicism in a modern context with "The Stoic Mind," an enlightening visual guide by Addy Osmani and GoLimitlesss. This rich exploration co...

  • Finding Cinderella synopsis, comments

    Finding Cinderella

    Colleen Hoover

    #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends With Us writes a free novella about the search for happily ever after. A chance encounter in the dark leads ei...

  • Becoming Lady Dalton synopsis, comments

    Becoming Lady Dalton

    Carrie Lomax

    A dance of desire and deceit... In the glittering world of London's ton, Mrs. Viola Cartwright revels in her newfound freedom as a lady of leisureuntil a series of jewel theft...

  • A Christmas Carol synopsis, comments

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens

    An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s Christmas Eve in Victorian England. While some families don’t know where their next meal will come from, Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his large hom...

  • The Art of War synopsis, comments

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

    An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BChundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters ex...

  • Holy Bible synopsis, comments

    Holy Bible

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    The 2013 edition of the Holy Bible contains all of the study aids contained in the 1979 edition and includes revisions to the study aids, several new photos, updated maps, and adju...

  • The Icing on the Cake synopsis, comments

    The Icing on the Cake

    Linda Seed

    She’s a baker without a kitchen. He’s got a double oven to spare. It’s a recipe for success, until his mother starts stirring up trouble … Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a...

  • Salvation synopsis, comments

    Salvation

    Meghan O'Flynn

    If you like mouthy detectives, serial killers, and suspenseful mysteries that don't quit, this chilling and actionpacked hardboiled detective series has you covered! Try this ...

  • All Fired Up synopsis, comments

    All Fired Up

    Kathryn Shay

    Captain Jarek Zenko, a war veteran and firefighter, meets Lacey Roth at a bar one night. They don’t share their real identities, even when they retreat to a hotel. When they meet t...

  • Little Women synopsis, comments

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Meet the Marches! Louisa May Alcott’s classic introduces us to four unforgettable sisters: beautiful Meg, tomboyish Jo, delicate Beth, and Amy, the ...

  • Noxious synopsis, comments

    Noxious

    Lexy Timms

    Stop setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. Brady and Levi have been together since high school, since before he became famous and started thinking only about himself....

  • Inception of Gold synopsis, comments

    Inception of Gold

    Lexy Timms

    Things are not as bad as they seem. They are worse. Being the personal assistant to a narcissistic actress who just happens to own the key to my family's undoing isn't ex...

  • A Green Kind of Witch synopsis, comments

    A Green Kind of Witch

    Sierra Cross

    Cinderella crossed with Mean Girls.   That's what Hazel's daily existence feels like. Born to a family of elegant yet shallow Beige Witches, seventeen y...

  • Enemies With Benefits synopsis, comments

    Enemies With Benefits

    Roxie Noir

    I don’t love him. I don’t even like him. I just want him. Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to...

  • Law of Attraction synopsis, comments

    Law of Attraction

    Jordan Hollis

    How to Finally Overcome the Hurdles of Manifesting Proven, effective and enjoyable ways to help you manifest faster… Right now, think of something that makes you successful. If you...

  • Awaken Me synopsis, comments

    Awaken Me

    Jenna Jacob

    He was more than a ghost haunting my dreams…he was real. By day, I’m Julianna Garrett …a prim, proper accountant. By night, I’m tormented by dreams of an alpha, ambereyed Adonis wh...

  • How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days synopsis, comments

    How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days

    Lila Monroe

    The only thing more hilarious than the movies is… real life?! Fall in love with the sizzling grumpysunshine romantic comedy perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Ali Hazlewood! ...

  • Escape, A New Life synopsis, comments

    Escape, A New Life

    David J Antocci

    To save herself, she had to lose everything. Trapped in a tropical paradise with no memory of how she got there, Abby is thrust into a fight for her life. Hunted by a madman, and c...

  • Think and Grow Rich synopsis, comments

    Think and Grow Rich

    Greg Habstritt & Napoleon Hill

    Think and Grow Rich is one of the most popular success book of alltime, having sold more than 60 million copies since it was first published more than 70...

  • The Count of Monte Cristo synopsis, comments

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Alexandre Dumas’ classic paints a portrait of Edmond Dantès, a dark and calculating man who is willing to wait years to exact his perfect plan for r...

  • Meditations synopsis, comments

    Meditations

    Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

    Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

  • The Holy Bible - King James Version synopsis, comments

    The Holy Bible - King James Version

    King James

    Holy Bible King James Version Few Sample Paragraphs from The Holy Bible eBook, Genesis (OT) 1 Gen. 1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was with...

  • A Bookshop to Die For synopsis, comments

    A Bookshop to Die For

    M.P. Black

    Ditching her fiancé at the altar, Alice Hartford bolts to her childhood hometown to reconnect with the last, happy remnant of her past: her mom's old bookstore. But the bookst...

  • Whiskey Girl synopsis, comments

    Whiskey Girl

    Melissa Belle

    They'll do anything for each other…except commit. Logan Wild isn’t just the hottest broncriding cowboy in Texas. He’s also my best friendwith benefits. And that’s all we’ll ev...

  • The Scarlet Letter synopsis, comments

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Hester Prynne lives in infamy. After committing adultery and bearing a child with a man whose name she refuses to divulge, the heroine of Nathaniel ...

  • The Great Gatsby synopsis, comments

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    An Apple Books Classics edition. The Roaring Twenties are in full effect in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s riveting classic. Manabouttown Jay Gatsby seems to have it all, including loads of...

  • The Odyssey synopsis, comments

    The Odyssey

    Homer

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Homer’s eighthcentury epic poem is a companion to The Iliad . It tells the story of Odysseus, who journeys by ship for 10 years after the Trojan War...

  • The Target synopsis, comments

    The Target

    Lexy Timms

    When you seek revenge be sure to dig two graves… Revenge was the only thing I had going for me. It kept me awake at night and drove me into desperate situations in dive bars across...