A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden, #2)

by Charlaine Harris

THE SECOND AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERY--NOW A HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERY ORIGINAL STARRING CANDACE CAMERON BURE!

Death comes calling on small-town librarian Aurora Teagarden in this entertaining mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris.

Going to two weddings--one of a former lover--and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime study club keeps Aurora "Roe" Teagarden quite busy for a few months. Unfortunately, her personal life seems to be at a standstill--until her fortunes unexpectedly change.

After the funeral Roe learns that Jane Engle, the deceased, has named her as heir to a rather substantial estate, which includes money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Knowing Jane, Roe concludes that the elderly woman has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of Jane's ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer--without putting herself in deadly danger...

• ISBN10: 0425219798
• ISBN13: 9780425219799
• Publish Date: 1 February 2008 (first published 1 November 1992)
• Publish Status: Temporarily Withdrawn
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 262
• Language: English

Reviews

I really enjoyed the first one in this series - the real murder aspect was cool. This one felt a bit flat - especially since I've seen the movie. The movie seemed to have a lot more investigating and back and forth and progress - the book she thought about it briefly and the culprit fell into her lap. There was no actual sleuthing involved to get to that point. Which seemed odd. Still I kind of like Aurora, she's quirky.

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I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first one. I still liked Roe, and her inheritance does make for some interesting plot twists, but the basic plot just didn’t connect with me. I think the problem is that if I were to inherit a house, snoop around, and find a skull hidden somewhere, my thoughts wouldn’t immediately jump to “murder!!!”. I’d think, “Cool, I wonder where they got that?” Unless, of course, there was a big ole knife sticking out of it or something.

My like of Roe is what pulled me through. She’s found that her love life has taken a couple of unexpected turns. I’m interested in seeing what new adventures her inheritance allows her to undertake.