Sleepless nights, a cross-country chase and a temporary stint at motherhood all turn newlywed Aurora Teagarden's life upside down. When her husband...
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May 01, 2011
Yolanda
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I really enjoy this series. Every time I pick up the next book, I get totally captivated by what's going on in Roe's life, and can't believe just how much trouble she gets into.
Just when Roe is sure her day can't get any worse--after the handyman dropping off some timber flips out in her backyard--Regina, Martin's niece, drops in unannounced. With a baby. When no one even knew she was expecting. If that's not strange enough, the erratic behaviour of their dinner hosts adds to her lis More...
Just when Roe is sure her day can't get any worse--after the handyman dropping off some timber flips out in her backyard--Regina, Martin's niece, drops in unannounced. With a baby. When no one even knew she was expecting. If that's not strange enough, the erratic behaviour of their dinner hosts adds to her lis More...
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Aug 16, 2010
Brooke
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Aurora Teagarden's (Roe) life is feeling quite perfect lately. She loves her husband, although she thinks he works too much, and she loves her part-time job at the library. She hasn't even found any dead bodies lately, which is a relief to poor Roe, since she always seems to be a suspect. When her wood delivery guy goes crazy in her side yard, ripping off his clothes then proceeding to dance around and sing, Roe knows that things can only get worse from here. When Martin's niece shows up with a
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Jan 06, 2010
Aaron
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Local, part-time Librarian Aurora Teagarden is about to be pulled into a mystery that is almost too close to home. In fact, that is where the adventure starts. With winter setting in, Roe and her husband Martin have ordered some wood. The gentleman who was hired to bring in the wood seems to totally go nuts while doing so. After being led away by the police, it becomes clear that someone spiked his asprin.
And that is just the start of it. After Martin heads into work to do a couple o More...
And that is just the start of it. After Martin heads into work to do a couple o More...
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Oct 06, 2009
Debbie
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Having a strange day already, Aurora (Roe) Teagarden was not shocked by the appearance of her husband’s (Martin Bartell) niece Regina Graham. The surprise was Regina showing up with a baby nobody knew about. Returning home later that evening, Martin and Roe find Regina gone, her husband (Craig) dead on the steps, her baby (Hayden) under the bed, and their friend (Rory Brown) half passed out on their couch. With so many questions and Rory not giving any answers, Martin and Roe head to Ohio to try
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Jun 18, 2009
Becky
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Aurora Teagarden wants a baby, but has recently learned that she can't have one. She and husband Martin haven't really discussed any alternatives, but being surrounded by friends with new babies and friends who are pregnant isn't helping her ambivalence.
So how ironic is it that Martin's somewhat ne'er-do-well niece Regina should show up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby nobody knew she had? And how exponentially is that irony increased when Regina goes missing the next day, More...
So how ironic is it that Martin's somewhat ne'er-do-well niece Regina should show up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby nobody knew she had? And how exponentially is that irony increased when Regina goes missing the next day, More...
Jun 12, 2009
Genie
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This is a tale that explores the lengths to which people will go to obtain what they desire; in this case the central figure is a baby. Roe and husband, Martin, are surprised when Martin's niece Regina arrives unannounced with a new baby. Returning home after a dinner party, Roe and Martin find Regina's husband, Craig, has been murdered in their yard, Regina is gone and the baby, Hayden, has been hidden under a bed. Roe is burdened with Hayden's care as she and Martin attempt to find Regina who
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Aug 17, 2010
Kristin
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I've really been enjoying this series. Aurora is a cute, fun protagonist. But ever since she's married Martin Bartell, it's driven me crazy. I don't see the chemistry between them at all, and he's just a jerk. Then Harris adds these mysterious things in his past that do absolutely nothing for the story. Then in this installment, he suddenly begins treating her (even more) like a stupid woman who's there to serve and take care of him. It drove me absolutely crazy. In the first few books, Aurora w
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Oct 19, 2011
Syrdarya
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Another lackluster Aurora Teagarden book. The best part was when Aurora's friend Sally tried to gently tell her that she was being selfish and Aurora flies off the handle and describes herself with harsh but appropriate language. Not that she learned anything from the conversation. The book seemed a little disjointed, with the majority of it focused on the disappearance of Martin's niece Regina and Aurora and Martin trying to take care of Regina's baby. Despite having friends who have plenty
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Feb 12, 2009
Cashman
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Again, a reason to admire Harris even as I didn't really enjoy this book: despite her liberation(s) Aurora Teagarden is still a Southern belle. Harris' prose works within a set of restraints and constraints worthy of an unliberated Southern belle: gaps, silences, matters passed over in discussion. Harris' style is quite chameleon-like, adapting to the main character.
At first I thought I would enjoy this tale of a liberated Southern belle librarian and would recommend it to a fri More...
At first I thought I would enjoy this tale of a liberated Southern belle librarian and would recommend it to a fri More...
Nov 14, 2010
Jeanette
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OMG!!! This book is the reason to read the series!!!! It doesn't get really really good until the last 50 pages, but holy bananas it keeps you on the edgeof your seat and the curve all it throws came out of nowhere!!!
In this book, Roe's husband's niece Regina shows up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby no one knew she had and a secret. Regina disappears as fast as she shows up, leaving behind her baby and the body of her ax murdered husband.
Roe is left with the b More...
In this book, Roe's husband's niece Regina shows up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby no one knew she had and a secret. Regina disappears as fast as she shows up, leaving behind her baby and the body of her ax murdered husband.
Roe is left with the b More...
Nov 24, 2011
Emily
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I don't think I liked this book. The people are all unlikeable, most particularly the main character. She really is just selfish and whines a lot. I appreciated one of the characters actually saying this to her face, but it doesn't seem to have helped as the author kept her very unpleasant. Also, how incredibly stupid to not go to the police with everything. You find someone you don't know in your house after someone is killed on your property? Call the police! You figure out the baby you aren't
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Apr 08, 2011
Deborah
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I nearly lost all respect for Charlaine Harris over this book. It is probably fine for people who have had/want/like babies. I am not into them myself and this book rapidly turned into a long list of disgusting things babies do. And isn't it tiring looking after a baby. And they vomit on you. And their excrement smells. And they pee on you. And you have to change nappies. And you don't get enough sleep. And they scream. And .....
Are you bored yet?
I was mind numbingly bored by the tim More...
Are you bored yet?
I was mind numbingly bored by the tim More...
May 18, 2009
Tatiana
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This is book #6 in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series. Martin’s troublesome niece, Regina, shows up on Roe’s doorsteps. Several hours later she disappears leaving behind a month-old baby and her husband’s corpse. Once again Aurora finds herself in the middle of a mystery.
This is definitely one of the better books in the series. Writing is very engaging as usual. I enjoyed seeing Roe interact with a baby which she thought she wanted to have so badly but couldn’t. I also thought the mys More...
This is definitely one of the better books in the series. Writing is very engaging as usual. I enjoyed seeing Roe interact with a baby which she thought she wanted to have so badly but couldn’t. I also thought the mys More...
Aug 24, 2010
Kathy
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I think I'm just reading these to say I finished the series at this point. This book finds Roe's husband's niece showing up at her front door with a baby no one knew she had. The niece disappears, leaving the baby and a dead body behind. Roe and Martin then head back to his hometown to try to give the baby to some relatives. Any relatives, I think.
There were lots of deaths in this one, an implausible story and again with the final explanation right at the end. Also, a lot more o More...
There were lots of deaths in this one, an implausible story and again with the final explanation right at the end. Also, a lot more o More...
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Feb 03, 2012
Kate
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I've enjoyed the series up to this point, but this book is disjointed and incredibly slow-paced. Characters aren't developed so much as they are tools to reach a plot point. There is more casual racism and disdain for those to aren't as together as Aurora Teagarden sees herself. The number of times the main character complains about the rigors of taking care of a baby is ridiculous, all the while feeling sorry for herself that she cannot have a child of her own. The very coy way that any sexual
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Aug 07, 2011
I didn' t mind this Aurora book but just had to comment on some of the inaccuracies in this book. Firstly it keeps saying Aurora is thirteen years younger than Martin, but in previous and subsequent books it's fifteen. Also Amina's daughter has measles. In the 90s there is no way she should be having the measles. And also Hayden (the baby) is smiling. Um he's under a month old don't think he'd be smiling. All in all the story was actually more exciting than the rest of the books as it stays on t
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Sep 19, 2011
Heather
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Feb 22, 2010
David
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I really really like this book. I need to read it again because this reading was stop and go due to life. My wife pointed out to me that I had read Charlaine Harris before in a vampire series. They were great.
A Fool is also a good read. The characters were varied and most believable. The story was fun and sad at the same time. But the most enjoyable part of the book was the main character. She is strong and vulnerable. She is loving and mean or hateful. The author allows u More...
A Fool is also a good read. The characters were varied and most believable. The story was fun and sad at the same time. But the most enjoyable part of the book was the main character. She is strong and vulnerable. She is loving and mean or hateful. The author allows u More...
Jan 30, 2010
Anne Hawn
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This is the sixth in this series and Aurora gets a chance to find out what taking care of a baby was like. Martin's niece unexpectedly appears with a baby no one knows she has and before she can get settled, her husband comes and it promptly murdered and the niece disappears.
Martin and Roe are even more surprised by another young man who appears behind the couch in their front room. He is a friend of Regina's and her husband. Aurora and Martin have to take him back to Regina's hom More...
Martin and Roe are even more surprised by another young man who appears behind the couch in their front room. He is a friend of Regina's and her husband. Aurora and Martin have to take him back to Regina's hom More...
Sep 20, 2011
Alice
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I enjoyed the earlier Aurora Teagarden books. Due to unfortunate circumstances, I hopscotched from book three to book six. If you enjoyed the earlier books, you may enjoy this as well. The plot is compelling and Aurora is an interesting character. Personally, I'm rarely interested in a lot of backstory in a series, this goes for TV too. And the backstory in this is a little bit too involved for my taste. I would be happier if Aurora stayed a librarian who eventually found true love and the
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Jul 27, 2009
Granola~flutterby
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I'm not yet 1/2 way through this. But it is book 6, I've enjoyed the first 5. I really like Roe, she is a funny Southern character who just cracks me up. This is the same author who writes the Sookie Stackhouse books.
Alright, I finished it. Bought it Fri, finished it Sat night, after staying up waaaayyyyyy too late! lol I'm actually REALLY REALLY PISSED at the author about how she ended this one. Like, hunt her down and smack her pissed!
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Alright, I finished it. Bought it Fri, finished it Sat night, after staying up waaaayyyyyy too late! lol I'm actually REALLY REALLY PISSED at the author about how she ended this one. Like, hunt her down and smack her pissed!
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Feb 19, 2009
Jennifer
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I have really enjoyed all the Aurora Teagarden books, but this one did bug me a bit. There was not one, but two mysteries in this one. The main mystery was actually pretty good. There were a few good little twists and turns in it that kept you guessing though there was one part towards the end that I didn't like because you loose a character that you've only just started to get to know. It was the other mystery that bugged me. It was mentioned in the first 5 pages, again on the last 5 pages, a
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May 05, 2009
Judy
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Apr 06, 2008
Cherie
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This is the sixth installment in Charlaine Harris's now defunct Aurora Teagarden mystery series, which go up to book number 8. In A Fool and His Honey, we meet a few new members of Roe's husband Martin's family, including Martin's niece Regina who has shown up on their doorstep with a new baby in tow, not even a month old yet.
Unfortunately, when Regina's new husband Craig turns up dead on the doorsteps leading to the garage apartment, and Regina suddenly goes missing, leaving baby Hay More...
Unfortunately, when Regina's new husband Craig turns up dead on the doorsteps leading to the garage apartment, and Regina suddenly goes missing, leaving baby Hay More...
Dec 10, 2011
Jo
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While I've quite enjoyed this series to date, Aurora is becoming more and more annoying, self-pitying, pathetic and just plain stupid. She's depressed because she can't have a baby, then when her niece turns up with a new baby, and promptly disappears leaving her dead husband outside their house and the baby under a bed, Roe whinges non-stop about how hard taking care of him is. She and Martin decide to take him back to his family in Ohio, and as usual the bodies pile up. The end still came as a
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Dec 18, 2011
Meredyth
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I could see why people would, and do, like this novel, but it just wasn't for me. I absolutely loved the story... until the very end. No spoilers here, but I felt the ending was abrupt and unjust. I get that it was supposed to feel like that, but that type of ending doesn't sit well with me and although I did enjoy the book up until that point, it really tainted my experience of it. That being said, it is a GREAT mystery novel, and I did love following along trying to figure it all out.
May 26, 2011
Georgiann
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This is the first Aurora Teagarden book i have read. I enjoyed it. Aurora loves her husband and her part time job at the library. When her wood delivery guy goes crazy in her sideyard. Ripping off his clothes and singing and dancing . Aurora knows things can only get worse. When Martin's niece shows up with a baby and than disappears leaving the baby and a dead body. Roe and Martin must travel to Ohio where his family is from. They need answer's and they need someone to take care of the baby.
Mar 07, 2010
Ann Marie
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This was the first I've read by Charlaine Harris. This was a lightly written, modern day mystery. While I had the who done it part figured out, nothing surprised me more than the totally unexpected twists and turns. Aurora Teagarden's niece shows up on their doorstep with a baby no one knew she had. This was the beginning of a saga that brought Aurora and Martin back to Martin's hometown where they learned more than they bargained for about their family and neighbors. I liked this book and
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Jan 17, 2009
WHAT. THE. HECK??!!?!?
What was Harris thinking?? I am convinced she was taking some of those little white pills that Ellen What's-Her-Face was drugging people around town with. That's the ONLY way to explain the sheer absurdity of this book. Aurora is written so wildly out-of-character that she is frankly unrecognizable. And the ending is such a huge cop-out that it is as laughable as it is disappointing. I can't even bring myself to give this book one star.
What was Harris thinking?? I am convinced she was taking some of those little white pills that Ellen What's-Her-Face was drugging people around town with. That's the ONLY way to explain the sheer absurdity of this book. Aurora is written so wildly out-of-character that she is frankly unrecognizable. And the ending is such a huge cop-out that it is as laughable as it is disappointing. I can't even bring myself to give this book one star.
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Oct 02, 2011
Chance
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Gah, this one was frustrating, like reading two different books. The beginning is so disjointed, boring, and plodding. Too much time is spent inside Roe's head, with her whining about this and that and not doing much of anything. There's also a strange tampered-with prescription drug subplot that doesn't seem to fit into anything. The last 1/4 of the book is tense and well done, but not enough to save it from a two-star fate.
