Helping a friend who is at risk of losing her farm and freedom when her unfaithful husband is discovered murdered at the state fair, Meg Langslow struggles to find the real killer and recover a stolen prize chicken to clear her friend's name.

After forcing employees to work through the holidays in Wales, an inconsiderate boss turns up murdered with too many possible suspects.

"In her 31st mystery, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold cases and wedding guests. Kevin, Meg's cyber-savvy nephew who lives in the basement, comes to her with a problem. He's become involved as the techie for a true-crime podcast that focuses on Virginia cold cases and unsolved crimes. And one of the podcast team has had a brush with death that Kevin thinks was an attempted murder, not an accident. Kevin asks for...

When the lookalike brother of a vindictive youth baseball manager is found dead, Meg Lanslow investigates her suspicion that the wrong twin was killed.