Books like We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews

A neighborhood mystery unfolds when pets start vanishing, and McGurk leads a band of amateur sleuths to uncover the culprit in their own backyards before the panic spreads.

During a Caerphilly Christmas decorating contest, designer Meg Langslow’s mother becomes the prime suspect after a sabotage‑related murder, and Meg must solve the crime before her girlfriend is unjustly arrested.

A Texas Ranger and a group of paranormal investigators solve a case of murder and disappearance in San Antonio.

Meg and Michael host a bustling garage sale that turns into a murder mystery as a buyer unlocks a chest to find a body, sparking a frantic investigation among the crowded relatives and friends.

When blacksmith Meg Langslow and her fiancé settle into a new house in Caerphilly, Virginia, a buried corpse surfaces while the family digs a pool for penguins from the town’s failed zoo, with the keeper nowhere to be found.

When a farmhand’s husband is found murdered at the state fair, Meg Langslow helps her friend clear her name by uncovering the killer and retrieving a stolen prize chicken.

Normally a workaholic techie, Zack has missed work for several days. So his friend, Turing, does the only neighborly thing and checks to see if Zack is logged in from home. No luck. Then she skims the databases of local banks to find his personal identification number. Nothing. Next she searches police and hospital records throughout the state. No Zack. Turing is no crazed stalker: she is an artificial intelligence personality of Zack's creation. But, unlike other AIPs, Turing is sentient--and she senses foul play. Fortunately, when Zack created her, he downloaded into Turing every murder mystery in his library, so Turing would think like a detective. She does find some clues to Zack's disappearance, but the enemies may well lie in the real world--where Turing has no ability to move. Fresh, funny, and surprisingly moving, You've Got Murder is a novel you'll never forget--and the first mystery to feature the equally unforgettable character of Turing Hopper a mainframe computer with a mind like Miss Marple and hardware that hides a suspiciously human heart.

Meg Langslow, the eager maid‑of‑honor in a tiny Virginia town, must juggle wedding plans for three brides—one with a Native‑American purification ritual and another wanting live peacocks—while an off‑beat newcomer’s murder and a string of accidents threaten the Southern summer.

In "Die Like an Eagle", Meg Langslow, the quick‑witted blacksmith heroine, teams up with her son’s baseball coach to solve a bizarre murder on opening day of the Caerphilly Eagles – a quirky mystery full of humor and American‑pastime charm.

After a divorce, single mother Andrea Henderson relocates to Moses Lake with her son Dustin, who lands into trouble while Andrea starts her new role as a social worker. When game warden Mart McClendon intervenes, a bond grows between them, offering hope and healing for the family.