If it were up to her, Minneapolis Homicide Detective Megan "Meg" Brown would execute her father's recent Cancer diagnosis with her pistol, light it on fire, then dance drunkenly on its ashes with all of her friends. Unfortunately, her father seems a little ambivalent about it and is more concerned that she do her job and track down the murderer of a 17 year old boy who is skulking somewhere in her town. Can she hold it all together long enough to bring the murderer to justice? Will she muster enough poise and focus not to put holes in the heinous evil woman at the dog park? Will she have to smack her father with a baseball bat before he finally let's her help him? She's going to need to do a bit more than just get by with a little help from her friends, Spike, Kenzie, Emily, and Julia. But that's all she's got. And it better be enough. Meg Beats Cancer is the sixth of the Meg Brown Mystery series, and the best yet. Come join Meg and her merry crew of misfits, cops, and general weirdos for another fun and peril filled adventure.