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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
The premise of this book is that a club of people meet to discuss real murders, whodunit and why? Then at one meeting, Aurora Teagarden finds the body of one of the members. She has been murdered apparently to copycat the murder the club was going to discuss that very night. Onward the story goes, the trail of bodies getting bloodier. There seems to be no doubt to anyone that one of the members of the club is the murderer. The plot of 'Real Murders' is excellent. Aurora is sort of bland, at least in this first installment. I didn't find myself feeling one way or another towards her, except I thought it was cute when she would notice how odd it was that she suddenly had the attention of not one, but two men, after years of being single. I admit I had my pick of who the murderer was about half way through and I was suprised to find out that I was wrong. I always enjoy a mystery with a suprises ending. To summarize, this was a good, not a great book. I can't really put my finger on what it is that kept this book from being less than stellar in my eyes. Maybe I just expected it to be more. "Real Murders" was worth the money, and brief amount of time it took for me to read it.
I first read this book over 7 years ago. Was still as captivated as I was back then. Didn't even remember who did it until the very end. That's what I call a good mystery!
I had tried to read Harris' Vampire series and could not make it through it, and I am normally a huge fan of the paranormal. I wanted to give her a second shot and picked up this series as the second attempt for her. I am thrilled that I chose to give her a go again.
Aurora Teagarden might seem like a dull an uninteresting girl at first but that is just at first glance. Simple is not always what it seems. First she is in a group that studies real murders that have taken place and at said event a murder actually takes place. Sorry I just do not find that boring. I also do not find boring the fact that somehow she always gets drug into the middle of everything that could go wrong in the middle of this book.
She is also described, or at least she describes herself this way, as sorta drab and just plain, but she gets attention from the gentlemen, so she has to have something going on!
This book made me very happy that I decided to leave the world of paranormal and YA for awhile and head over to mystery. I will be finishing this series!!
Aurora Teagarden might seem like a dull an uninteresting girl at first but that is just at first glance. Simple is not always what it seems. First she is in a group that studies real murders that have taken place and at said event a murder actually takes place. Sorry I just do not find that boring. I also do not find boring the fact that somehow she always gets drug into the middle of everything that could go wrong in the middle of this book.
She is also described, or at least she describes herself this way, as sorta drab and just plain, but she gets attention from the gentlemen, so she has to have something going on!
This book made me very happy that I decided to leave the world of paranormal and YA for awhile and head over to mystery. I will be finishing this series!!
I'll read at least one more in this series, but at this point I can take it or leave it.
this was a big, steaming, pile of doo. 'nuff said.
needless to say, i won't be reading the other books in the series.
needless to say, i won't be reading the other books in the series.
This was a nice change of pace from the Sookie series.
Aurora Teagarden is the local librarian for her small Georgia town and also part of a club that calls themselves the "Real Murders Club". Each member has a fascination with real life murders and meet with that common interest. That is until one day one of their club members turns up dead!
Aurora finds herself in the middle of this tragedy and quickly finds a scary link that makes all her club members both suspects and possible victims in these murders.
Aurora is just a great character. She isn't helpless like Sookie can be and I didn't find myself getting annoyed with her antics. Overall, I enjoyed this first book and will continue reading right away!
Aurora Teagarden is the local librarian for her small Georgia town and also part of a club that calls themselves the "Real Murders Club". Each member has a fascination with real life murders and meet with that common interest. That is until one day one of their club members turns up dead!
Aurora finds herself in the middle of this tragedy and quickly finds a scary link that makes all her club members both suspects and possible victims in these murders.
Aurora is just a great character. She isn't helpless like Sookie can be and I didn't find myself getting annoyed with her antics. Overall, I enjoyed this first book and will continue reading right away!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
I read this because it was on the front page of my library's available e-books and I was in the mood for something light. It was a fun, quick read. Interesting premise.
Real Murders is the first book in a murder mastery series, turned into a series of Hallmark movies. I will admit I decided to read the book after catching a few of the Hallmark movies. This was a good start to a new cozy series. Unlike a lot of cozies Charlaine Harris included darker and more adult contest-for a cozy at any rate. The main character Roe is interesting and relatable and there's the typical town of misfits. I really like the fact that Roe is a true crime buff. It made her more knowledgable than most cozy protagonists and it allowed her to actually enjoy aspects of the investigation. The text is a bit dated, but it's not distracting. I definitely plan to continue with the series.
Parts of this book were super cheesy (and the romance element was pretty eye rolling), but the mystery itself was fun. Definitely a quick read and nothing deep.