When elderly spinster Jane Engle dies, Roe gets the shock of a lifetime. Jane has given Roe her house and more than half a million dollars. Altho...
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Mar 22, 2009
Gail
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Aurora Teagarden is a lousy librarian and an irritating girl-woman. The mystery was good but she's so very irritating with her dating agita and less than humor-filled life. I know the reviewers say that these are full of humor but I don't see it. There's a level of seriousness at odds with the shallowness of the heroine.
The first 50 pages were hopeful as she mourns the death of an acquaintance and as she finds out this woman leaves her house with an amazing amount of money and a m More...
The first 50 pages were hopeful as she mourns the death of an acquaintance and as she finds out this woman leaves her house with an amazing amount of money and a m More...
Aug 27, 2011
Carolyn
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This is the second book in Charlaine Harris's "Aurora Teagarden" series named after the main character, a public librarian who goes by the nickname "Roe". Like the first, Real Murders, it a lighthearted mystery that brings humor to a grim situation. This second book is less intense than the first, which dealt with a series of grisly murders, and Roe, the stereotypical bespectacled, mousy librarian, is very entertaining in how she sees herself and her relations with various
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Jun 12, 2011
I bought this at Annie's Book Stop in Freeport, Maine. It took us forever to find the dang place, so I wanted to pick up a few things to make the effort worthwhile. This series appeals to me because the main character is a librarian! I missed the first one, but I don't feel like that mattered much - I still really enjoyed this one. Aurora Teagarden, librarian, true-crime aficionado, and bachelorette, receives a huge windfall when an elderly acquaintance dies and leaves her everything - inclu
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Jan 13, 2011
Yolanda
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Well, after reading the first book in this series and enjoying it so much, I decided to get stuck into the second one right away. Actually, I think I'll probably end up reading the whole omnibus, one story after another. I've really been hooked into Roe's world.
Over a year has passed since the murderous events of Real Murders, and after the fiasco involving two of its members, the crime group has disbanded. That doesn't mean that Roe's life is any easier, though. She's attended two w More...
Over a year has passed since the murderous events of Real Murders, and after the fiasco involving two of its members, the crime group has disbanded. That doesn't mean that Roe's life is any easier, though. She's attended two w More...
Nov 13, 2010
Jeanette
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Oct 06, 2009
Debbie
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While leaving Jane Engle’s funeral, Aurora ‘Roe’ Teagarden was approached by Jane’s lawyer (Bubba Sewell) in order to inform her that Jane had left everything to her. With the inheritance of the money and the house, Roe decided to quick her job at the Library and was considering her option for what to do with the house. It may have been a lot of money, but she wondered if it would be enough to compensate her for dealing with the skull she found in the window seat while she was looking around the
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Jul 09, 2009
Aaron
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While Charlaine Harris is best known for the mysteries she has set with paranormal characters, I have found that I am enjoying a lot of her other, regular, everyday mysteries as well. Aurora "Roe" Teagardenis a librarian in small-town Georgia. This is her second "cozy" mystery.
The story starts as Roe shares with the reader that she has been really busy as she has attended three weddings and a funeal. Ironically, some of the weddings have not been any more upbeat t More...
The story starts as Roe shares with the reader that she has been really busy as she has attended three weddings and a funeal. Ironically, some of the weddings have not been any more upbeat t More...
Jul 18, 2009
Julie H.
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Let me preface this review with the fact that Charlaine Harris is one of my favorite mystery and paranormal fiction writers. Her Sookie Stackhouse (inspiration for HBO's Trueblood), Harper Connelly, and Lilly Bard series are all top-notch. However, if A Bone to Pick, the second in the Aurora Teagarden mystery series, is any indication, she has officially hit the wall.
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The so-called mystery part of the story was about as compelling as "Honey, where did you put the rake?" More...
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Feb 05, 2009
Erica
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This was the worst Charlaine Harris book I have read. I forced myself to read through page after page of Auroras boring life of working at the library and biggest decisions being how to braid her hair. One of my biggest irks with this books is the characters. Is it just me or is everyone in the story battling with multi-personality disorders? From real murders I found so many of the characters to have changed who they were for example Sally. I understand that she was going through problems what
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Nov 29, 2010
Kathy
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Aurora has inherited the house and bank account from Jane - one of the elderly women who was part of the murder book club... and in the house, Roe finds a skull... hmmmmm
So though Roe does not actively seek clues as to whose skull it is, she does catalog the information - 2 men missing in Jane's neighborhood over the last 5 years... she meets the neighbors... someone has been breaking into the houses over the last year, though nothing was taken - including Jane's house most recentl More...
So though Roe does not actively seek clues as to whose skull it is, she does catalog the information - 2 men missing in Jane's neighborhood over the last 5 years... she meets the neighbors... someone has been breaking into the houses over the last year, though nothing was taken - including Jane's house most recentl More...
Dec 11, 2011
Xulieta
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Seguimos dentro del mundo de Aurora Teagarden con esta nueva entrega llamada La paciencia de los huesos donde mi querida y carismática protagonista se ve envuelta sin querer en un asesinato que no se ha resuelto hasta el día de hoy ya que si nadie se ha encontrado con un cuerpo ¿cómo van a saber que se ha producido un asesinato?
La vida de Aurora sigue estancada, el club de los Real Murders se ha disuelto, uno de sus antiguo amores ha abandonado Lawrencenton, el otro se va a casar y s More...
La vida de Aurora sigue estancada, el club de los Real Murders se ha disuelto, uno de sus antiguo amores ha abandonado Lawrencenton, el otro se va a casar y s More...
Sep 08, 2011
Cherie
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My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl
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Feb 22, 2010
Dlora
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Very enjoying, satisfying cozy murder mystery. No supernatural elements, no gritty forensic details, no hard-boiled detectives, just a nice mystery with appealing characters, light humor, and good human insight. The blurb on the back page is well put: "A small-town librarian feels like life is passing her by, while, at the same time, death come calling." This Aurora Teagarden series started with a group of people who were part of a Real Murders discussion group, who enjoyed discussing
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Jun 30, 2009
Becky
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A Bone to Pick is the second Aurora Teagarden mystery. Although Roe, her friends, and fellow Lawrenceton, Georgia denizens continue to grow as characters, her sleuthing abilities remain strictly passive in this installment.
As the story begins Roe learns that she has been bequeathed the not insignificant estate of Jane Engle, a recently deceased member of the now-defunct Real Murders true crime club. In addition to inheriting Jane's bank account, Roe has also come into possession of a More...
As the story begins Roe learns that she has been bequeathed the not insignificant estate of Jane Engle, a recently deceased member of the now-defunct Real Murders true crime club. In addition to inheriting Jane's bank account, Roe has also come into possession of a More...
Sep 16, 2011
Susan
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So far I've read three of the Aurora Teagarden stories: the first two and one from the middle or end of the series. I'm honestly not sure if I like this. The main character is kind of boring and whiny (at least mentally). Roe is just not all that likeable or sympathetic. The description of her internal thoughts that start off chapter 10 borders on being really annoying and unrealistic. Come one, how can someone reach the age of 28 (or so), have grown up in a small southern town, and never taken
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Feb 25, 2009
Susan
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Back of Book:
In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagraden series, a small-town librarian feels like life is passing her by, while, at the same time, death comes calling…
Going to two weddings-one of a former lover-and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime discussion group 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.
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In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagraden series, a small-town librarian feels like life is passing her by, while, at the same time, death comes calling…
Going to two weddings-one of a former lover-and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime discussion group 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.
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Jul 15, 2010
Lana
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This one was a little tame for me, and in comparison to other books I've read by this author, I was a little puzzled. Turns out it was published in 1992, which then made it all make sense.
I was not comfortable with the chatty first-person dialogue - it seemed overly wordy in some areas, though that could be the character. Some people can just flat talk, can't they? Maybe I won't read any more of these librarian mysteries, if the books are always written first-person. There are pl More...
I was not comfortable with the chatty first-person dialogue - it seemed overly wordy in some areas, though that could be the character. Some people can just flat talk, can't they? Maybe I won't read any more of these librarian mysteries, if the books are always written first-person. There are pl More...
Mar 21, 2011
AstrogirlM42
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I didn't think the series or characters could become anymore bland....but they have. This story made NO sense. The murder reveal at the end was ludicrous and the romantic interests are PAINFUL. It was not a bad book, nor was it a good book...it was just bland. Aurora has (to me) no interesting qualities what-so-ever and I actually find her unlikeable. Strange as I usually like Ms Harris's heroines. Oh well. I have the first four books sitting here so will continue to read what I have, but I will
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Apr 17, 2010
Wendalyn
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These books are so cute I just love them and I like it cause I can listen to them through my ipod speakers and I don't have to worry about anything bad coming out of them. LOL. I am really liking Aurora though I wish her and Robin would get back together. This one was about Jane dying and Jane leaving everything to Aurora. Wow wish someone would do that for me but anyways she left her $550 thousand and a skull. So the whole book is basically Aurora trying to piece together who's skull is hiding
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Jun 13, 2011
Lissa
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I really liked the Real Murders, with the mix of Aurora's interpersonal relationships and murders. But I found this book a disappointment. I was really a book about Aurora's female and male relationships/friendships and setting Aurora up to be independent of a job. But the mystery was pretty much non-existent. She thought about it once in a while, between taking care of the cat, quitting her job, and sorting through Jane's things, and dating. But no real investigation happened, no questions wher
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Mar 04, 2011
Alice
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This book was nothing to write home about. It wasn't terrible, but it also wouldn't have held my interest if I had tried to read a paper copy.
Very little actually happens in the book. Most of it involves Roe, the main character, ruminating about the clues she's run across so far, and having a social life. When the solution comes, it basically falls into her lap, and made me feel vaguely frustrated. The outcome felt like it was a matter of Roe biding her time until the solution pr More...
Very little actually happens in the book. Most of it involves Roe, the main character, ruminating about the clues she's run across so far, and having a social life. When the solution comes, it basically falls into her lap, and made me feel vaguely frustrated. The outcome felt like it was a matter of Roe biding her time until the solution pr More...
Oct 10, 2010
February
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The entire premise of the book was rather ridiculous, but the reasoning behind what Jane did and why she did it (well, before she died) was great. I just wish it had all been written WELL. I can't get over how ridiculous the rest of the premise is, and a lot of the time what Aurora does in the book is dictated more by what has to happen in the book rather than by logical reasoning. I suppose Real Murders was 5-6 years ago in book time, but when did she get to be such a... I guess "waste
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Jan 03, 2010
Nikki
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Jan 18, 2010
Anne Hawn
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This is the first book in this series that I have read and I enjoyed it so much more than the one Sookie Stackhouse book I read. I guess it was the subject matter rather than the author. I'm glad I gave this one a try. Something of a cozy mystery, the characters are amusing and the heroine is delightful. Aurora has been left a house and sizable inheritance by an elderly friend who was in murder mystery group with her. The house includes a hidden skull and a mystery to solve. The book is ch
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Jul 05, 2011
Syrdarya
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Aurora was not easy to like in this one, but luckily the mystery and new characters were interesting enough to offset her personality. She inherits a house and a lot of money from a friend and discovers that the friend left her a mystery to solve. The one problem with the book is that we get far too much of Aurora's self-pity and mean/weird thoughts, and the only thing all her internal whining does is stretch out the story and make me dislike her more than ever.
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May 30, 2011
Chance
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I liked this, but I'm not sure why. It's definitely one of the lamest mysteries ever. The number of clues Aurora Teagarden discovered on her own: zero. Seriously, it's like the mystery just happened around her, and she got caught up in it, too busy flirting with a couple of small-town men to even notice or care. She wasn't even trying!
But the dialogue was good. The characters are actually a lot of fun. This makes the plot-driven story so much more disappointing.
Also, as I men More...
But the dialogue was good. The characters are actually a lot of fun. This makes the plot-driven story so much more disappointing.
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Oct 30, 2010
Myra
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What's Aurora "Roe" Teagarden to do when an elderly acquaintance dies and leaves her a house, a substantial amount of money, and an old murder to solve?
This is the second in this series by Charlaine Harris and I found it better than the first. Roe does a lot of soul-searching of a sort in this installment, all while trying to figure out why Jane left her the bulk of her estate. The murder is almost a side plot of the book as Roe doesn't know who the victim is. Yet that bec More...
This is the second in this series by Charlaine Harris and I found it better than the first. Roe does a lot of soul-searching of a sort in this installment, all while trying to figure out why Jane left her the bulk of her estate. The murder is almost a side plot of the book as Roe doesn't know who the victim is. Yet that bec More...
Apr 30, 2009
Tatiana
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Like some reviewers have mentioned, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries are not actually mysteries. Rather, these books are about Roe's life, with a little bit of a mystery thrown in, mostly in the end of the books. I personally didn't mind that. Charlaine Harris has that special talent of describing everyday life of an ordinary person (in this case, Aurora's) and lives and gossip of a small town in a very entertaining manner. Although this series lacks uniqueness of the supernatural world described in t
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Oct 13, 2011
Cassi aka Snow White
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It was fun. Good narrator (I did this on audiobook). Nice mystery. Liked it well enough to pick up next one (or should I pick up the first one since I accidentally read these out of order?)
Actually I was surprised that it was so easy to read the second book in a series without feeling lost. I could tell that these were written a little while ago just because the way people communicate has changed A LOT since the early 90s. Sometimes I was like "Why don't you use your cellph More...
Actually I was surprised that it was so easy to read the second book in a series without feeling lost. I could tell that these were written a little while ago just because the way people communicate has changed A LOT since the early 90s. Sometimes I was like "Why don't you use your cellph More...
Dec 26, 2011
Aurora Teagarden inherits a house and plenty of money from her friend Jane Engle. When she begins to explore Jane's little house she makes a grizzly discovery in the window seat and a note in one of the books "I did not do it". Aurora is confronted by many different possibilities including deciding what to do with the house, about her job as a librarian and what to do about the nasty surprise in the window seat. Interesting characters including the neighbors, Aurora's mother and new
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