Toucan keep a secret
(Large Print)

Sequel to: How the finch stole Christmas!

Meg Langslow is at Trinity Episcopal locking up after an event and checking on the toucan her friend Rev. Robyn Smith is fostering. After hearing a hammering in the columbarium (the small building where cremated remains are held), Meg finds an elderly parishioner lying dead on the floor of the crypt. Several niches have been chiseled open; several urns knocked out; and amid the spilled ashes is a gold ring with a huge red stone. The curmudgeonly victim had become disgruntled with the church and ranted all over town about taking back his wife's ashes. Did someone who had it in for him follow him to the columbarium? Or was the motive grave robbery? And if so, why was the ruby left behind? -- adapted from back cover