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The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries #4)
Love at first sight turns into newlywed bliss for former librarian Aurora Teagarden until violence cuts the honeymoon short.
Wealthy businessman Martin Bartell gives Roe exactly what she wants for their wedding: Julius House. But both the house and Martin come with murky pasts. And when Roe is attacked by an ax-wielding maniac, she realizes that the secrets inside her four...more
Wealthy businessman Martin Bartell gives Roe exactly what she wants for their wedding: Julius House. But both the house and Martin come with murky pasts. And when Roe is attacked by an ax-wielding maniac, she realizes that the secrets inside her four...more
Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
Published
June 3rd 2008
by Berkley
(first published February 1st 1995)
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I was temping for a company that basically only needed someone to babysit the front desk. While sitting there I saw this book at the receptionist's desk.
I like this book because it's a "pop-corn" (a quick read). I loved the writing and the quirky characters. The mystery wasn't really the main focus and normally I hate picking up a book in the middle of a series, but I found that it was enjoyable. It made me laugh and I think I'll pick up the other "Teagarden" nov...more
I like this book because it's a "pop-corn" (a quick read). I loved the writing and the quirky characters. The mystery wasn't really the main focus and normally I hate picking up a book in the middle of a series, but I found that it was enjoyable. It made me laugh and I think I'll pick up the other "Teagarden" nov...more
The fourth in the Aurora Teagarden mystery series sees Roe starting married life with Martin in the Julius House a house she had always wanted and he had given her for a wedding gift. She had purchased for him, his childhood farm home in Ohio. While there she met his ex and learned that he may have secrets. The Julius House was notorious because six years earlier the family who had recently moved in had disappeared. The wife's mother who lived in an apartment above the garage had discovered the ...more
The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries aren't nearly as detailed as Harris' Southern Vampire series, and sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes that's a bad thing. The plot surrounding the Julius House/Disappearance worked quite well, with just enough detail to make it interesting (and it even creeped me out a bit!) although I figured it our before Aurora did.
On the other hand, the plot line regarding Martin's background is far too sketchy to 1) be believable and 2) be enjoyable. As t...more
On the other hand, the plot line regarding Martin's background is far too sketchy to 1) be believable and 2) be enjoyable. As t...more
OK, a little more grousing about this series; near the beginning of the novel, the main character Roe says something like, "I wonder how the writer Robin is doing? Last I heard, he'd moved to California..." o.0
And then you find out that THREE YEARS have passed since the first novel in this series, Roe's little brother had moved across country, and there was a wedding planned!
So things have heated up between Roe and Martin so much, the wedding was planned already. The wr...more
And then you find out that THREE YEARS have passed since the first novel in this series, Roe's little brother had moved across country, and there was a wedding planned!
So things have heated up between Roe and Martin so much, the wedding was planned already. The wr...more
Considering that the third book in the series set up two of the main plots for this book, I had hoped this book would be much better than it was. The Julius House is, I hope, the worst book Charlaine Harris has written. The characterization of Aurora is uneven: she reacts strangely to other characters, she has bizarre thoughts which could use more explanation, she's still not very likable. The first few chapters of the book don't even have anything to do with the mystery, and there are some s...more
Okay, I started reading this series exactly a week ago... and I haven't been able to stop. As I've already mentioned, I loved the first, second, and third books, so I couldn't wait to get stuck into this one!
So much has happened in this former librarian's life. She's helped solve several mysteries, inherited quite a lot of money from a friend, had several disastrous relationships that haven't lasted, and is slowly trying to find what she wants to dedicate her life to now that she no ...more
So much has happened in this former librarian's life. She's helped solve several mysteries, inherited quite a lot of money from a friend, had several disastrous relationships that haven't lasted, and is slowly trying to find what she wants to dedicate her life to now that she no ...more
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Figuring I like Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse stories, I decided to try her mysteries. This is the Aurora Teagarden series. It’s book four (that’s where the library started). And it’ll pretty much be the only one I read. Four books were published in under a year bearing out my thought that these were either highly rushed or much older works.
Aurora is getting ready to marry the significantly older Martin. Turns out they both buy each other property as a wedding gift. He buys her the Juli...more
Aurora is getting ready to marry the significantly older Martin. Turns out they both buy each other property as a wedding gift. He buys her the Juli...more
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Finally deciding on a wedding present for each other, Aurora (Roe) Teagarden and Martin Bartell exchanged gifts. Knowing Roe's fascination with true crimes, he gave her a home that had been the site of 3 missing persons almost 6 years ago. After the honeymoon was over, Martin went back to work and Roe jumped right into her investigation mode, trying to find out what had happened to the Julius family, with the help of the new garage apartment tenant, Roe was determined to find out what had happen...more
Aurora Teagarden is continuing her life changes in the fourth volume in the series centering around this small town girl from Lawrencetown, Georgia. Roe is still finalizing her wedding plans as the date she will marry the very wealthy Yankke, Martin Bartell, approaches. Martin wanted to get her something special for her wedding so he arranges to by the Julius House.
Many people would probably want to avoid the house. While it is one of the biggest houses in town and doesn't lack for b...more
Many people would probably want to avoid the house. While it is one of the biggest houses in town and doesn't lack for b...more
My first introduction to Aurora Teagarden made me want to get to know her better. What was she like when she was a librarian? Why is she so interested in mysteries? What will happen with her and her elusive husband, who seems so loving...but you just don't know. I plan to to start from the beginning in the Aurora Teagarden series and get to know her properly. I was happy, though, that I could pick up in the middle of a series and learn about the characters in the book; if there was history carr...more
For the first 100 pages or so of The Julius House, Aurora Teagarden is too caught up in preparations for her wedding and her new life with Martin Bartell to worry about sleuthing. Roe travels to Ohio to surreptitiously buy the farm Martin grew up on as a wedding present; when she presents it to him, he presents her with the deed to the Julius House. She spends lots of time--and lots of money--fixing the house up. Then Martin presents her with another present: an assistant. Shelby Youngblood ...more
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I read this to fulfill the Georgia requirement in the Read Around the USA challenge. Aurora Teagarden, a former librarian, marries Martin Bartell, a man of some mystery. As a wedding gift, he buy the Julius house for her. In that house, six years before, a family of three mysteriously disappeared one night and were never seen again. They left their cars in the garage and apparently didn't take anything from the house with them. So, naturally, Aurora decides to solve the mystery of what happ...more
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...more
Slight spoilers ahead for some of the previous books but nothing you wouldn't see on the back cover of the edition I've read.
Aurora is busy planning her wedding to Martin Bartell, still trying to find out what the secrets he's keeping are. She finds the perfect gift for their wedding for Martin and he buys her the Julius House. Six years ago (and a few months) the whole family disappeared one day and Roe is curious, so she begins digging into the story.
Martin installs a...more
Aurora is busy planning her wedding to Martin Bartell, still trying to find out what the secrets he's keeping are. She finds the perfect gift for their wedding for Martin and he buys her the Julius House. Six years ago (and a few months) the whole family disappeared one day and Roe is curious, so she begins digging into the story.
Martin installs a...more
Roe is married off and receives the Julius House, a farmhouse just outside of town whose occupants disappeared in a missing persons case six years previously, as a wedding gift from Martin. Martin's potentially shady background element is played to the hilt, and Roe deals with it pretty well all things considered. The story is the best in the series by far and the first time Roe actually appears to have a spine--if not a good right hook. Hey, at least she can throw a frisbee and is not afraid...more
After getting into the Southern Vampire mysteries last year, I decided to dive into some of Harris's other work. While she's not a bad writer at all (first person narrative is tricky, and she does it well), I took to another of her supernatural series first: The Harper Connelly Mysteries. I loved them. Decided to try out the Aurora Teagarden mysteries. The first book's premise was lovely, but without the famous murder club presented in the first novel (not a spoiler, it's in the title!), it beca...more
Book 4 in the Aurora Teagarden series. I thought this one had a bit of a darker feel to it...Roe's doubts about her husband, the backgrounds of new characters, and the Roe's determination to solve the case of the missing Julius family. While I liked that the novel was a little different from the past ones I also kind of miss the old Aurora. I liked the Real Murders Club and how involved Roe and the other members were in the group. But, that group has fallen apart and Roe has started on anoth...more
This book is definitely on par with book 3 (which makes it a world better than book 1 or 2). I like the direction she has taken with Martin (albeit a little unrealistic) and I love the Roe-Martin pairing. This is my favourite mystery to date (as in book 3 when the Julius house was mentioned I hoped she would uncover the story). However, the ending was a little obvious and seems a little implausible (a Harris trait). I like the addition of the two new bodyguards who add a different dimension to t...more
Reading the Aurora Teagarden books, you can see the seed of the writer Charlaine Harris later becomes. But, ultimately, I find them disappointing, and wish there were more elements about what I like in Harris's later mysteries.
About 75% of this book consists of puttering and the passage of time, before the plot actually picks up. The biggest mystery of the book is stumbled across by accident, and the ending is telegraphed a little too strongly. Chances are good that, in a mystery ...more
About 75% of this book consists of puttering and the passage of time, before the plot actually picks up. The biggest mystery of the book is stumbled across by accident, and the ending is telegraphed a little too strongly. Chances are good that, in a mystery ...more
Aurora gets married and moves into the Julius house with her new husband. Out of sheer boredom she takes on a case of the former house owners' mysterious disappearance and (you guessed it), she solves it!
While I liked Charlaine Harris' writing style and enjoyed the mystery case, there was something out of place in this book. I think the story line about Aurora's husband's dark dealings was really overdone and felt very foreign to the small-town feel of the entire series.
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While I liked Charlaine Harris' writing style and enjoyed the mystery case, there was something out of place in this book. I think the story line about Aurora's husband's dark dealings was really overdone and felt very foreign to the small-town feel of the entire series.
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So far I've enjoyed the Aurora Teagarden mysteries as uncomplicated, but fun little stories, but this one was kind of slow.
More than half the book is taken up with Aurora's relationship with Martin and her discoveries about them which seem completely bizarre and out of place in this series. The mystery surrounding the Julius House however is put to the background and it's only in small snippets do we get to the msytery for which the book is named.
Everything, and I do mean ...more
More than half the book is taken up with Aurora's relationship with Martin and her discoveries about them which seem completely bizarre and out of place in this series. The mystery surrounding the Julius House however is put to the background and it's only in small snippets do we get to the msytery for which the book is named.
Everything, and I do mean ...more
Marianna
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Stupid, stupid woman. All misfortune and bad predicaments are due to the heroine and her inability to grasp common sense, and let well enough alone! Or at least leave it up to the people who know what they are doing...LIKE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT!!! But no, she has to rub her nose in stuff she shouldn't. I had enough. I decided to give up on this series. By the by, there really wasn't a mystery going on, or one that was actively discussed. It was a book about Roe's adjustment to married life. Yawn...more
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BOTTOM LINE: Another strongly-plotted cosy mystery, one of Harris's early works, fast-paced and with likable characters. Good stuff. Looking forward to reading #5, DEAD OVER HEELS, 1996.
Roe Teagarden has recently married, and her new spouse Martin (somewhat older than Roe) is very quiet about his past. But he loves her very much and purchases for her a house she's always wanted, the Julius House, so-named because the Julius family simply disappeared from there one afternoon about ten...more
Roe Teagarden has recently married, and her new spouse Martin (somewhat older than Roe) is very quiet about his past. But he loves her very much and purchases for her a house she's always wanted, the Julius House, so-named because the Julius family simply disappeared from there one afternoon about ten...more
Aurora (Roe) Teagarden marries the love of her life, Martin Bartell. As a wedding present. he gives her the house of her dreams, the Julius House. So what could go wrong? Well, just about everything. Roe knows that Martin is hiding something from his past, but loves him so much she is willing to wait for him to be ready to tell her. And the house, well, 3 people disappeared from it 6 years before, never to be heard from again. None of this really bothers Roe, but when Martin moves his friends An...more
Aurora "Roe" Teagarden has received a most unusual but welcome wedding present from her fiancé, Martin Bartell. He has given her "the Julius House", a local house that's been shrouded in mystery for the last 6 years since it's previous occupants went missing. Roe has always been drawn to the house, as well as the circumstances surrounding the unexpected and sudden disappearance of its previous inhabitants. But when she starts sleuthing, can she handle the things she discov...more
Another solid cozy mystery. I love the renters-cum-bodyguards, enjoyed the complex murder mystery, and kind of disliked the emo romance subplot. Martin is the sort of person I'd run screaming from in about ten minutes, because he goes around radiating drama all the time and then acts surprised when people notice he's not telling all the truth. I can handle people with complicated pasts; I dislike incompetent liars.
So a mixed bag, but my standards for the genre are low and this was stil...more
So a mixed bag, but my standards for the genre are low and this was stil...more
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