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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
After reading Sookie Stackhouse and Lily Bard-two series I really like-I was interested in reading this older series of Harris', now back in print. I had mixed feelings about it.
Aurora Teagarden is a young librarian in a small satellite town near Atlanta. She is also in a group called Real Murders that studies old unsolved murders. Then Aurora finds a corpse at one of the meetings posed to look like the scene they were to discuss that night. Then more people die, all staged to look like famous crime scenes. You'd think since the members of Real Murders are all either potential victims or suspects and a fairly small group they'd be clearly delineated and memorable, but most of them are bare wisps of characters that sometimes lack almost any description. One member is black. One member sells insurance and was married to the first victim. Another one is creepy, has a weird haircut and may be gay. And that's almost all you'll learn about them.
I also wasn't fond of the romance aspect. Although Harris makes Aurora out to be a spinster, she is immediately pursued by two eligible bachelors, and I found that both slightly unbelievable and distracted from the story. Still, you can catch glimpses of the charm that makes Harris a cut above mystery/paranormal authors. I'll read at least one more book in this series before I decide to give it up.
Aurora Teagarden is a young librarian in a small satellite town near Atlanta. She is also in a group called Real Murders that studies old unsolved murders. Then Aurora finds a corpse at one of the meetings posed to look like the scene they were to discuss that night. Then more people die, all staged to look like famous crime scenes. You'd think since the members of Real Murders are all either potential victims or suspects and a fairly small group they'd be clearly delineated and memorable, but most of them are bare wisps of characters that sometimes lack almost any description. One member is black. One member sells insurance and was married to the first victim. Another one is creepy, has a weird haircut and may be gay. And that's almost all you'll learn about them.
I also wasn't fond of the romance aspect. Although Harris makes Aurora out to be a spinster, she is immediately pursued by two eligible bachelors, and I found that both slightly unbelievable and distracted from the story. Still, you can catch glimpses of the charm that makes Harris a cut above mystery/paranormal authors. I'll read at least one more book in this series before I decide to give it up.
Fun book. Easy to read. The characters are likable, with a couple of exceptions (no spoilers!). Perfect for a cold night curled up with the pups.
After the darkness of "All the light we cannot see", I needed a light fun read so I picked up this book I have had on my shelf for forever! While this book wasn't too light as it was a murder mystery with some dark and twisted murders, it was a great read! I am giving it my highest rating for fiction due to the fact that the characters were lovable, the murders were inventive and I was unable to figure out who the murderer was (even though after it was uncovered, there were clues dropped along the way). I can usually figure these out so the fact that I couldn't gave this book that extra star! Great read! Now I am curious to read the rest of the series!!
Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden is librarian who belongs to a club that has a specialty: they study real murder cases, old ones. They are studying old murder cases until one of their own club member's body is discovered and their focus seems to end up on a possible club member as the murderer.
Bodies start to pile up and everyone believes they will be next. The club needs to get busy and solve these murders. The interesting thing the bodies that are piling up seem to have identical features. The group does get implicated when a member of there group ends up dead and each member of the group becomes a suspect.
It was a quick enjoyable read. A nice cozy mystery.
Bodies start to pile up and everyone believes they will be next. The club needs to get busy and solve these murders. The interesting thing the bodies that are piling up seem to have identical features. The group does get implicated when a member of there group ends up dead and each member of the group becomes a suspect.
It was a quick enjoyable read. A nice cozy mystery.
This was a thrilling story and I couldn't lay down the book before I'd know who did it. I can recommend it to all crime and thriller fans and to those who don't like to read such books. I am excited for the next books in this series.
3.5 stars - A fairly run of the mill cosy murder, but lacking some charm and interesting characters
The first in the Aurora Teagarden series, following the titular librarian and amateur sleuth Aurora. The plot worked well and I didn’t work out who the murderer was before the reveal. It was a tight and well written story, but the characters were lacking, which meant I wasn’t really invested in either the victims, murderer or sleuth. Aurora herself was very bland, especially for a woman courting two men (who were also bland) and embroiled in a spate of murders connected to her true crime group. At times I wasn’t sure if this wanted to be more of a romance, cosy murder and suspense/thriller, and it failed to find its true voice as a result.
Not a bad book, but one I’m not likely to remember and doesn’t inspire me to continue on with the series.
The first in the Aurora Teagarden series, following the titular librarian and amateur sleuth Aurora. The plot worked well and I didn’t work out who the murderer was before the reveal. It was a tight and well written story, but the characters were lacking, which meant I wasn’t really invested in either the victims, murderer or sleuth. Aurora herself was very bland, especially for a woman courting two men (who were also bland) and embroiled in a spate of murders connected to her true crime group. At times I wasn’t sure if this wanted to be more of a romance, cosy murder and suspense/thriller, and it failed to find its true voice as a result.
Not a bad book, but one I’m not likely to remember and doesn’t inspire me to continue on with the series.
****SPOILER ALERT****Aurora Teagarden is a member of "Real Murders" a club gathered of people in a small town that are facinated by famous murders both solved and unsolved. When she arrives at a meeting ready to present a case that she's studied to the members, she stumbles upon one of the members, murdered. Throughout the story it becomes clear that the murderer is one of the members of the club itself, and they go about implicating the other members by way of a game.
The first novel in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries was a solid one. I enjoyed the story and twists. It's been awhile since I read a murder mystery and this was a fresh break from UF and PNR for me. My third exposure to Charlaine Harris, more enjoyable than Harper Connelly, but not as fun as Sookie, yet still a great start to a series.
The first novel in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries was a solid one. I enjoyed the story and twists. It's been awhile since I read a murder mystery and this was a fresh break from UF and PNR for me. My third exposure to Charlaine Harris, more enjoyable than Harper Connelly, but not as fun as Sookie, yet still a great start to a series.
A moderately good read but with an annoyingly unsupported conclusion.
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I have had several in this series on my TBR mountain for a long time...but it wasn't until last year I finally found the 1st one....and yes, it took me a year to get around to reading it. It is a decent mystery novel. I am not blown away, but I will read the other ones in the series.