Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden Mystery, #5)

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Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries #5)

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What's the world coming to when you cant relax with a glass of ice-cold beverage in your own backyard without a body falling from the sky into your garden?

Part-time librarian and amateur investigator Roe Teagarden has good reason to ask herself this question when the remains of one of the Lawrenceton, Georgia police departments finest catapults into her flower bed. The my...more

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Published August 5th 2008 by Berkley (first published 1996)

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Dec 23, 2012 Brianna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-series

I got this book from the library, without reading the first four in the series. Luckily for me, the characters were well introduced so that it wasn't necessary for me to have read the first books in order to understand this one. This was a very short novel, and it was easy to read, making this a fast read. I thought that the characters were interesting, and while I wouldn't say this was a good enough book (at least in my opinion) to spend money on, I think that it was a good way to spend an afte...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Jeff Cothern rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Soon after happily married Aurora Teagarden discovers her husband's shady past, the dead body of Detective Sergeant Jack Burns is unceremoniously dumped in her backyard by a small plane and she cannot help but wonder if it is related to Martin's secrets. 10,000 first printing.

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This uninspired addition to the Aurora Teagarden series (The Julius House, etc.) opens memorably with Lawrenceton, Ga.'s premiere librarian adjusting her lawn chair and observing Angel Youngblood, h

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This uninspired addition to the Aurora Teagarden series (The Julius House, etc.) opens memorably with Lawrenceton, Ga.'s premiere librarian adjusting her lawn chair and observing Angel Youngblood, her bodyguard and all-around helper, cut the grass. From a plane that has been circling overhead drops the recently dead body of Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, Aurora's local law-enforcement nemesis. Aurora, or Roe as her friends call her, sets out to find out who killed him and why her garden was targeted for the corpse. As she conducts her unorthodox search, she has the nagging thought that perhaps the death has something to do with Angel or her husband, Shelby, or perhaps with her own husband, Martin, and his mysterious and dangerous past. She is not reassured when the FBI is called in, nor when several other murders are committed. In between visiting crime scenes and attending company banquets (the one-dimensional Martin is a bigshot exec), Roe also deals with the post-honeymoon letdown of her two-year-old marriage and ponders the strangely intimate relationship she has developed with her bodyguards. True Teagarden enthusiasts may feel rewarded by this latest episode, but Harris is a bit too down to earth this time out--the suspense barely cranks up before the solution descends with a thud not unlike that of Jack Burns's corpse.
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Usually outspoken and witty, Aurora Teagarden is nearly struck dumb when a body falls from a circling plane and lands in her backyard, barely missing her bodyguard and buddy, Angel. The body belongs to a local policeman--no great friend--but strange events follow: government agents appear; someone clobbers Angel's husband; and a co-worker at the library is murdered after a showdown with Aurora. In her likable, indomitable fashion, Aurora sleuths in self-defense. Infectious prose, engaging characters, crafty plotting; recommended.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Apr 26, 2011 Yolanda Sfetsos rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

After really enjoying the first omnibus of The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series, I was looking forward to getting stuck into the second omnibus. And I definitely wasn't disappointed. :)

Roe is in her yard with her bodyguard/friend, Angel Youngblood, trying to adjust her lounger while Angel mows the lawn, and a body falls out of the sky. The dead body of Detective Sergeant Jack Burns is thrown from a small plane and lands on the grass. He happens to be a cop who didn't like Roe much. He was alway...more

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Nov 13, 2010 Jeanette rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Book 5 in the Aurora Teagarden series is my least favorite so far. In book 5, Roe is married to Martin, living at the Julius House and working part-time as a librarian when the remains of Jack Burns, one of the Lawrenceton police department's finest catapults into her flower bed one beautiful sunny morning. Roe's friend and bodyguard, the long-legged, bikini-clad Angel Youngblood, is mowing the grass and Roe is reclining on a lounger when a small red-and-white plane flies low overhead and drops...more

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Sep 07, 2010 Sandy Vaughan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

FINALLY! ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY ON THE NET!!! My pocket book is happy!

I have a fondness for Charlaine Harris after listening to one of the True Blood books. Naturally, when I saw her name, I thought, "Let's see if I can down load this!"

Dead Over Heels

Not a vampire or fairy or shapeshifter in the whole thing! But dead bodies and mayhem and humor abound! Yes, there has been a murder...how else do you get a body (sans parachute) enbedded in your yard! And right next to where you and your "friend"...more

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Nov 02, 2009 Aaron rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Two years have past since the previous book in the series (The Julius House), and Aurora Teagarden and her husband Martin have settled into their life together. Gone is the mysterious dealings that helped make Martin a successful businessman. Instead, he is focusing on a more traditional career choice with his wife in Lawrenceton, Georgia.

Living in an apartment above their garage is Angel Youngblood and her husband Shelby. They were originally hired as bodyguards because of Martin's shady dealin...more Two years have past since the previous book in the series (The Julius House), and Aurora Teagarden and her husband Martin have settled into their life together. Gone is the mysterious dealings that helped make Martin a successful businessman. Instead, he is focusing on a more traditional career choice with his wife in Lawrenceton, Georgia.

Living in an apartment above their garage is Angel Youngblood and her husband Shelby. They were originally hired as bodyguards because of Martin's shady dealings, but they have settled down into just being helpers around the house. Roe and Angel are enjoying a relaxing afternoon while cutting the lawn when they receive an unexpected visitor. As a small plane is flying overhead, it deposits the body of Sergeant Jack Burns, a detective for the local police department with whom Roe has a less then friendly relationship.

Knowing Roe's interest in true crime as well as her past history into helping out with local murders, it will probably not surprise the reader to find her diving in to see if she can help get to the root of the problem, particularly when the body landed in her yard.

Of course doing so means finding the time to do a proper investigation. Roe has now returned to working part time at the local public library. She is currently running the children's department since the librarian is on maternity leave. She has a true love of books and also seems like a natural with the kids.

The list of investigators gets longer when a pair of FBI agents arrive. They have been called into the case because it is suspected that the sergeants murder may be tied to the fact that a resident in town is in the Witness Protection Program, and he likely know who the person really was.

Things become even more complicated as more citizens in town are attacked, though (thankfully) most are not actually killed. The question is whether Roe and the others can sort out who the assailant is before she, or someone near her, becomes the next target.

As with the earlier books in the series, this volume is full of interesting characters in a quaint southern town. While set in the south, the series always makes me think of Jessica Fletcher and her small Maine town in the Murder She Wrote television show. Everyone is quirky and has a surprisingly dark and mysterious past. Of course, that is what makes every cozy mystery interesting. There is no shortage of red herrings in this tale as Roe gets closer and closer to the murderer.

I do have to say that I really can't stand Martin. I feel like he is a controlling man, and it bothers me that Roe almost seems to subsume her own needs and wants for his even as she praises him for allowing her to make her own choices. I really wish they would bring back the really nice writer she was interested in from the first two books. Martin can just get out.(less)

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Oct 06, 2009 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-suspense

Having a body fall out of the sky into her yard left even Roe (Aurora Teagarden) wondering if there was some connection between the death of police Detective Jack Burns and him landing in her yard. Everyone knew that Jack and Roe didn’t like each other but what connected the strange things that had started happening around Roe and Angel (Youngblood, bodyguard, neighbor and friend)? The mysterious delivery of flowers, a pretty ribbon on Madeline (the cat), the death of the Librarian assistant, th...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Marianne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-copy-returned

Dead Over Heels is the fifth novel in the Aurora Teagarden series by American author, Charlaine Harris. Two years after her marriage to Martin Bartell, Roe has gone back to part-time library work. When strange things start happening, Roe is convinced that they are aimed at her bodyguard, Angel Youngblood. First, the body of Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, not one of Roe’s favourite people, is thrown from a plane into her backyard; a mystery admirer sends a vase of flowers; Roe’s cat appears with...more

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Aug 16, 2010 Brooke rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When Detective Sergeant Jack Burns falls from a plane into Roe's front yard, she's not exactly sure what to think? Was it dropped on her property on purpose? Could it possibly be an accident that the plane circled over head several times before dropping the body? At least she's not a suspect in this case since she obviously can't be up in a plane and in her front yard at the same time. When other strange things start occurring around her property and her, she decides it was no coincidence and de...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Xulieta NeveraDeLibros rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, cozy-mystery

Poco a poco voy engullendo toda la bibliografía de esta magnífica escritora, que no es poca. Esta es la quinta entrega de su saga protagonizada por una peculiar e inocente Aurora Teagarden que sin querer se ve envuelta en todo asesinato que ocurre en la pequeña aldea de Lawrencenton, Georgia.

Tras el anterior libro nos encontramos con una feliz y casada pareja ya que Martin ha dejado atrás su pasado oscuro armamentístico y Aurora ha vuelto a trabajar en la biblioteca a tiempo parcial llenando lo...more Poco a poco voy engullendo toda la bibliografía de esta magnífica escritora, que no es poca. Esta es la quinta entrega de su saga protagonizada por una peculiar e inocente Aurora Teagarden que sin querer se ve envuelta en todo asesinato que ocurre en la pequeña aldea de Lawrencenton, Georgia.

Tras el anterior libro nos encontramos con una feliz y casada pareja ya que Martin ha dejado atrás su pasado oscuro armamentístico y Aurora ha vuelto a trabajar en la biblioteca a tiempo parcial llenando lo que eran sus horas de aburrimiento.

Un buen día estando en el patio trasero disfrutando del sol, aparece un avión que deja caer de él el cadáver del más que conocido enemigo de Aurora, el detective Jack Burns, por lo que las preguntas que se comienza a hacer son evidentes. ¿Por qué lo han tirado exactamente en su patio habiendo mil sitios más?¿Quién lo habrá asesinado?.

Es entonces cuando Aurora, a la vez que el sheriff Padgett Lanier y el agente John Dryden, comienza a especular sobre el/la asesino del serio detective.

Charlaine sigue haciendo un uso mágico de su pluma y crea con la misma facilidad que en entregas anteriores una nueva aventura peligrosa para Aurora y sus allegados repleta de giros inesperados y protagonizada por una Aurora más temeraria e imprudente.

Esta es una novela muy amena, que se lee enseguida y te entretiene desde el principio al final. Con una prosa sencilla y ágil la escritora te va mostrando la evolución de los habitantes de Lawrencenton y recordando brevemente quién es quién para no sentirte pérdida en caso de haberte leído las anteriores entregas hace tiempo.

Pese a que es una novela a la que se le podía haber dotado de más intensidad y tensión en algunos momentos de miedo, no deja de pertenecer al género cozy mystery, donde nuestra heroína tendrá que aplicar su ingenio e inteligencia para sobrevivir, ayudar a los que le rodean y entretenernos a nosotros, los lectores, con un misterio más light que en las novelas de crimen que suelen haber en el mercado.

En resumen, esta es la quinta entrega de la saga Aurora Teagarden de la magnífica escritora sureña Charlaine Harris. Encontrarás cadáveres, intentos de asesinatos, heridos y sentimientos a doquien en el paso de sus hojas. Una novela entretenida y amenas que te hará disfrutar de la evolución de los personajes que habitan la pacífica pero a veces perturbada Lawrencenton.

Lo mejor: los giros inesperados.
Lo peor: podría haber dado más emoción en algunas escenas.(less)

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Sep 09, 2011 Cherie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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 only cr...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Annette Ahrens rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

These books just keep getting worse - and I keep reading. At this point I think it's morbid fascination to see just how bad they'll get. (And as I'm several chapters into book #6 - pretty bad).

Aurora Teagarden has got to be the most annoying protagonist I have ever come across. I haven't found a redeeming quality in her yet and since she has to recite a mantra to herself that she "likes black kids as much as she likes white kids and black patrons as much as she likes white patrons," I'm starting...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Marissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cozies

Before I go into my review, just want to remark that I've always thought this title was wasted on this book. It would've been much better as a title for one of the SVM/Sookie books.
Moving on, this was definitely when the series jumped the shark. All this build up to who was doing all these horrible things, and then literally no explanation of why. I would've much preferred to find out WHY he was obsessed with Roe, what brought it about, how the other crimes were actually committed, etc. It only...more

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May 01, 2013 Lindsay Griffin rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Booooooooooring. Too many mundane details, not enough murder mystery intrigue, character substance interest. Like the last book, I don't like Aurora's perfect slightly racist Christian housewife personality - she's kind of an idiot. She reminds me of a female Ned Flanders (annoying). I still hate how she idolizes her husband and tries to be the perfect subservient wife. I liked her MUCH better as a single independant woman who was interesting and had a much better personality. I don't like that...more Booooooooooring. Too many mundane details, not enough murder mystery intrigue, character substance interest. Like the last book, I don't like Aurora's perfect slightly racist Christian housewife personality - she's kind of an idiot. She reminds me of a female Ned Flanders (annoying). I still hate how she idolizes her husband and tries to be the perfect subservient wife. I liked her MUCH better as a single independant woman who was interesting and had a much better personality. I don't like that Harris just randomly threw in the fact that Row can't have kids (and how she was being an unconvincing cry-baby about it) and that the mystery of Angel's pregnancy remained unresolved. It was irritating that there was no explanation for the break-up of Arthur and Lynn and how Lynn was surviving alone with their baby. It's generally weird that Martin hired Angel and Shelby to be live-in body guards to Roe, especially since they didn't really protect her from anything and turned out to be superflous and uselss in the end. The ending was anti-climactic: I don't like that the murderer turned out to be practically a nobody character - yes we would never have guessed it was Paul, only because he's so lame and insignificant. A practically random crazy man in love with and stalking Roe? As if her ego wasn't big enough with Arthur childlishly pinig after her. The denouement offered no explanation as to why Paul stocked, murdered and injured other charactersfor 'Roe's sake', nor how he committed these acts. Harris seems to be recycling characters too much. I read and painfully finished book #4, and was deissappointed. The same is true for this book - I'd hoped #4 was a one-off bad apple of the bunch, but turns out this book was too. I am determined to finish the series, as painful and boring as it may be. It's hard for me to believe that Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (which I love) and the Harper Connely series (which I liked) wrote 2 such crappy books in the Teagarden series. What happened?? A final word about the confusing title: it would have been a better title for the Sookie Stackhouse series.(less)

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Mar 01, 2013 Olga Godim rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries

I enjoyed this short novel. Its heroine Aurora is not your usual lady detective. She's not a detective at all; she just happens to solve a crime, and judging from this book being #5 in a series, it's not her first solved crime either. I haven't read this series before and I'm not so enamored of the story that I want to continue reading the series, but I definitely want to read back, to know what happened in books ## 1 - 4.
Although the characters in this book are kind of flat, the plot is engros...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Amber rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fun quick series. I like reading these because they aren't super long. And for me quicker reads. Lets face it right now I have zip time to read so if I can get a couple of chapters in and finish a book quick I'm all about it. I like the main character Aurora (Roe) but I'm still on the fence about her husband Martin. He seems like a good guy and I really hope he ends up staying that way. There always seems to be some murder in her little town and she always seems to be right in the middle of it....more

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May 11, 2009 Tatiana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, mysteries-thrillers-horror

Aurora Teagarden series came to be a guilty pleasure of mine. I know these are not the best mystery books out there and they are not as exciting as the books in Sookie Stackhouse series, but Charlaine Harris never disappoints me with her engaging writing style. I have no idea how she manages to make mundane everyday things so interesting to follow.

In this book Roe (again) finds herself an epicenter of various crimes: a body is dropped onto her yard from an airplane; her bodyguard is found uncon...more

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Jun 04, 2011 Kerri rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 21, 2012 Bianca rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-series

The tag line of this book says it all - Roe is relaxing in her backyard when a body falls from the sky. Then more people in the town start getting hurt and if course Roe obsesses about the connection between all of these acts. However, closer to home, it appears that Roe and Martin and growing apart as he spends more and more time on work trips and at the plant, the main time they spend together are at work functions and Roe is upset about this development in their relationship. She knows Martin...more

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Dec 14, 2011 Abbey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: series, myst-cosies, myst-fems-project, myst-set-andor-auth-usa

BOTTOM LINE: Roe finds yet *another* body in her small town, with this one deliberately dropped onto her front lawn via airplane... Even though the plotting is tight and the pacing good, this is not one of Ms. Harris's best, with a pretty nearly unbelievable main premise and a really theatrical solution. However, it is enjoyable you like the character of Roe Teagarden, which I do.

Roe and her friend/bodyguard Angel are sunning themselves on her lawn one fine summery day, when a small plane drops...more BOTTOM LINE: Roe finds yet *another* body in her small town, with this one deliberately dropped onto her front lawn via airplane... Even though the plotting is tight and the pacing good, this is not one of Ms. Harris's best, with a pretty nearly unbelievable main premise and a really theatrical solution. However, it is enjoyable you like the character of Roe Teagarden, which I do.

Roe and her friend/bodyguard Angel are sunning themselves on her lawn one fine summery day, when a small plane drops a body from it after having circled repeatedly to position itself. Not only does it appear that they've been deliberately targeted, the body proves to be of someone they'd both known, and didn't get along with. Nice local "color", fun/entertaining characters, and the always enjoyable Roe as the main "voice", made this enjoyable for me, but the plot was not believable at all; revealing much more of it would be a definite spoiler, though. And IMO the description with the edition is far, far too revealing, ick! (Pet Peeve).

Suffice it for me to say that Roe seems to find far, far too many dead bodies for one nice youngish woman in a small town, and they all seem to be connected to her somehow. Well, OK, it *is* a very small town, and she does have connections to pretty much most of the people there, but, really...! The concept "how do I allow my amateur sleuth to find enough bodies to sustain a long series and still make it believable" is one that has drowned many cosy authors before Ms. Harris, and almost does her in with this book. But she's a very good writer, and usually manages to make me forget how improbable most of the Roe stories have been, carrying me along rather nicely. This book *does* have many nice things in it (mainly character development/interactions), it's just that not only was the premise one of my least favorite ones in cosy mysteries or thrillers, her execution of the conclusion did NOT ring true for me. In fact, it was an "oh, puh-leeeze!!" moment.

While this Roe Teagarden story was somewhat disappointing, I'm still looking forward to reading the rest of this (usually) nice series, and to slowly work my way through Ms. Harris's long list of books - she's a very good, and always entertaining, writer, well, most of the time.(less)

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Nov 08, 2011 Abby rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Waring: Spoiler/Rant

Wasn't Paul Allison the same nice guy from Three bedrooms, One Corpse? The guy who wooed Sally Allison?
When did he suddenly become obsessed with Roe? When did he go crazy?
These are just a few of the many questions left unanswered from this book.

It would have been nice if they'd gone into Shelby/Angels relationship a little more. I'm confident the baby was Shelby's, but it'd have been nice if they'd given us the results of his checkup, etc.
It just skips so much!

I also di...more

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Oct 04, 2012 Kathy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A couple of years have passed since Roe and Martin have been married and they are settling in pretty good. She's made friends with her "bodyguard" Angel and is working part time at the library once more. But then a dead body drops from an airplane onto the lawn of her home and Roe knows she can't competely relax yet. While they search for the killer and more people end up hurt or dead, she comes to the conclusion, it must be someone she knows. But who?
All round fun book.

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Sep 15, 2012 Elizabeth Nesbit-comer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another cozy mystery with Aurora Teagardner :) She is becoming quite a sassy lady though I must admit that since she is described as tiny and bookish looking with glasses I am often surprised by how many guys in the town have a thing for her. This time a body falls into her yard and she sets out to see who threw him there. I wish they would bring back the true murder club that is my favorite part about Aurora and I miss its references. There were pretty much none in this book.

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Jul 31, 2009 Joy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Joy by: Impishimpi

Roe and her friend Angel are having a peaceful afternoon in the yard when a body falls from an airplane and nearly bull's-eyes them. It's the start of a trail of deaths placing Roe under suspicion. There's no way Roe would lie down under such injustice. Besides, she has Martin and their friends the Youngbloods to look after, and her job back at the library.

These have been the 5 Aurora Teagarden books that I own. Of the 5, A BONE TO PICK and DEAD OVER HEELS are my favorites.

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May 02, 2013 Shannon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A little bit better than some of the previous stories but still wrapped up in a hurry and in a bit of a long shot kind of way. The suspect in this case is not developed at all to me and the reason for the murders is just plain stupid. I wish that Harris would have developed some of the supporting characters better. And for some reason, I just don't buy Aurora being attractive at all - I'm sure it's the way Harris writes her but I just can't visualize her as a young sexy vixen type.

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Apr 15, 2013 Jessica Lamb rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So, I like the Southern Vampire novels so I thought I'd give these a try. I sort of hopped into the middle of the series (my library doesn't have them all) and read two, and have the general impression they're less polished. The mystery part is ok, but not riveting, and I just don't get into Roe so much. I really don't get her relationship with Martin. Anyway, they're ok, but I probably won't go seek out the rest of the books.

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Jul 28, 2011 Mirah W rated it 4 of 5 stars

For a small town there sure are a lot of creepy things happening in Lawrenceton. Roe never seems to have a dull moment. and it seems things have changed with her and Martin since the last book. It seems that a lot of Roe's life is just getting from one moment to another. She doesn't seem very ahppy with what she's living right now...hopefully things will improve for her in the coming books. Overall, a basic Roe read...fast-paced, some funny parts, and a crime that gets resolved.

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Apr 09, 2012 Hilary rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, mysteries

Aurora Teagarden? If only the character were as memorable as her name! The mystery is shallow (so is the character development). Provides a cautionary tale to those who sleep around -- if you plan to reside in the same small town that you grew up in and fooled around in, your husband will always wonder...does that man (the grocery clerk, police officer, lawyer, and so on) know about the mole on my wife's thigh....?

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Dec 22, 2008 bookczuk rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was going to take this with me on a trip this fall, but the trip got cancelled because we found out my mom (87) had breast cancer. I read the book while waiting to hear when her surgery was to be scheduled, etc. I figured something light-ish was good for that time period. I was quick, and didn't take a lot of brain power to read. Not sure I could recall the exact plot for you now, but that's the way it is.

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Dec 19, 2011 Erin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: aurora-teagarden

This series is super fun. Although Roe gets a little more selfish each book, I still enjoy her. The body falling out of the sky was an interesting, original touch. I love how Charlaine Harris describes things, she has a way of it that makes you think "yes, I know what she is talking about!".

The characters are really interesting, even the ones you aren't meant to like, and everything ties in well together.

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About Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was wr...more Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, she had the opportunity to stay home and write, and the resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of writing mystery series, and soon had her own traditional books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.

Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.

When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers. The Southern Vampire books are published in Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Thailand, Spain, France, and Russia.

In addition to Sookie, Charlaine has another heroine with a strange ability. Harper Connelly, lightning-struck and strange, can find corpses… and that’s how she makes her living.

In addition to her work as a writer, Charlaine is the past senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church, a board member of Mystery Writers of America, a past board member of Sisters in Crime, a member of the American Crime Writers League, and past president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. She spends her "spare" time reading, watching her daughter play sports, traveling, and going to the movies. (less)

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