Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden, #1)

by Charlaine Harris

The first Aurora Teagarden mystery, from the bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries

Lawrenceton, Georgia, may be a growing suburb of Atlanta, but it's still a small town at heart. Librarian Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden grew up there, and she knows more than enough about her fellow townsfolk - including which ones share her interest in the darker side of human nature.

With these fellow crime buffs, Roe belongs to a club called Real Murders, which meets once a month to analyse famous cases. It's a harmless pastime - until the night she finds a member dead, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the very crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal copycat killings follow, Roe finds herself having to uncover the person behind the terrifying game that is casting all the members of Real Murders - herself included - as prime suspects - or potential victims.

• ISBN10: 0425218716
• ISBN13: 9780425218716
• Publish Date: 1 December 2007 (first published 1 December 1990)
• Publish Status: Temporarily Withdrawn
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

I happened across the Hallmark series and really enjoyed the first two episodes/movies, so I was interested in reading the books - although I usually try to read the book first. I liked the mystery. I love the idea of the Real Murder club. Aurora was an alright character, she could be a bit boring at times but I generally liked her. She's a librarian so you know. The mystery was interesting and I didn't guess the ending. The love interests were meh but the focus fell on the murder so that kept me happy enough. Overall enjoyable cozy mystery.

[ibeforem]

This is one of Charlaine Harris’s non-paranormal series, and I liked it quite a bit. Roe Teagarden is our mild-mannered librarian heroine – tiny, bespectacled, and unable to keep her nose out of other people’s business. Though when she’s the one to find the body of one of her fellow Real Murders Club members prior to a meeting, it’s hard to argue that it’s not her business too.

Through Roe, we meet her other true-crime-obsessed associates and try to figure out which one could possibly be the killer. We also get a little bit of a love triangle, as Roe finds herself attracted to not only the detective assigned to the case, but her new neighbor, a crime novelist. In true cozy mystery fashion, the characters in Lawrenceton are quite colorful.

Definitely a series I will be continuing.

[mbtc]

Entertaining tale with many twists and turns. An enjoyable read.