World Famous Comics: Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1)
Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1)
By: Charlaine Harris Publisher: Berkley Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Berkley Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 304 Publication Date: December 04, 2007
Product Description: Though a small town at heart, Lawrenceton, Georgia, has its dark side-and crime buffs. One of whom is librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It's a harmless pastime-until the night she finds a member killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects-or potential victims.
Excellent read you will like it Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1)This first book in the series was so good. I have read five so far and can't wait for more to be republished. The series is older for Harris and is getting new life from a new publisher. Harris is so good. I read all of her mystery series and think you can not go wrong if her name if on it. Now I have not read her vampire series, but other friends tell me it is great. Guess I will have to get them eventually.
Murders that resemble old murder cases Aurora "Roe" Teagarden is a librarian. She doesn't have much of a social life. Once a month on Friday she meets her fellow murder mystery enthusiasts, and they discuss a real murder. This Friday it's Roe's turn to present the case of Wallace. She spent hours preparing and arrives early to the community center to make sure everything is ready. She can't find the woman who unlocked the building and set up. When she does find her, she wishes she hadn't. She'd been murdered in a similar way to Wallace's case.
Soon it is apparent that someone is taking things too far. Others begin dying in ways similar to murders of past. Who is doing it and why? Can Roe help ferret out the killer without becoming the next victim?
I have never read anything by this author. I loved Roe. I can't wait to read more! I thought the plot was well written and the characters were interesting. I had trouble putting down the book between readings. There were plenty of suspects and twists to keep me wondering who the killer was right up until all was revealed. I highly recommend this book.
Aurora Teagarden -- book one This is the first book of the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora, known as Roe to her friends, is a 28 year old librarian in the small Georgia town in which she was raised. She belongs to a group called "Real Murders" that meets monthly to discuss famous murders. Things get too real, though, when one of the members is found murdered at the monthly meeting. Hence begins a series of murders in their small town, with the victims and the settings staged to replicate a famous murder.
The members and the police know if is probably a member of the group, but which one? This is a great introduction to the series and the folks of Roe's town. I just read this one, after reading all of the rest. Unlike a lot of series, the Roe's friends and townspeople recur in the other books.
This is an amusing, southern cozy and I recommend it for a relaxing read.
Librarians notice everything... Aurora "Roe" Teagarden works as a librarian in her hometown of Lawrenceton, Georgia. She is also the building manager for the townhouse community she lives in that her mother owns. But, Roe has a passion -- it's crime. So, she's a member of Real Murder, a group that meets monthly to discuss a real murder and whether they believe the murderer was indeed caught or who the murderer could be. It's all interesting and harmless intellectual fun until someone starts to murder the members of Real Murders and setting up the scenes to match historical cases. Now it's a case of finding the murderer before he or she kills again.
Originally published in 1990, the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries are being re-released. I, for one, am very glad to see these books again. Unlike many people who read mysteries and can remember tiny details years later, I'm lucky if I remember that I read the book, which explains why I end up with so many of the same book with new covers. So, this was like reading a "new" book.
As with so many of Harris's plots, there are layers upon layers, red herrings, and no one is quite as you, or the major character, believed. It's a bit slower to develop than the more recent works by Harris but well worth the reading. Roe Teagarden is a character that has potential for growth and change. She's definitely a woman of the South in that weird time where women were closer to Mary Tyler Moore's Mary Richards, than X-Files's Dana Scully. Basically, you can relate to her problems of working full time, babysitting her step-brother, wondering what to wear on a first date, and missing her close friend who has recently moved away. She's an every-woman who has found herself in a situation that is out of the ordinary and requires her to call upon strengths she didn't know she had.
So if like me, you can't remember whether you read this when it first came out, or don't remember who did it -- give it a try. And even if you remember everything you've ever read in detail -- visit the 90s and spend some time with Roe, it's time well spent.
There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. - Ambrose Bierce Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden leads a relatively normal and quiet life. She is her home town librarian and she manages the townhouses that she resides in and her mother owns. She doesn't date a lot and she knows everyone in her town.
The one thing that sets Roe apart from a lot of people in her town and the one thing she looks forward to is her monthly get together at the VFW hall. Roe is a member of a small group called Real Murders. She and a few others get together to discuss real murder cases, each one taking a turn to present a case. Sometimes the cases have been solved, sometimes they haven't. Whoever's turn it is that month studies up on their particular case and presents a lecture of sorts. The lecture then opens up to an open discussion.
The current murder case is Roe's to present and when she arrives at the hall she discovers a gory murder. When more murders happen, it is apparent a copy cat serial killer is on the loose targeting or framing the Real Murders group.
Roe and her band of buddies make an unusual and eclectic group of individuals that get wrapped up in murder cases. While outsiders find them ghoulish, the group actually isn't at all.
The characters that fill these pages are what I have come to expect from Charlaine Harris. She takes your ordinary, average, every day people and adds a decent dose of charm and a healthy heaping of eccentricities. Roe may lead a rather staid lifestyle on the surface, but she is anything but boring. I found myself chuckling quite a few times at the things that go through her head.
The mystery is exciting and kept me guessing... I was shocked at the ending and it was hard to discover that a Sherlock Holmes I will never be. I just never pick the right person! Enjoy!
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