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libraryladyjess's review against another edition
4.0
Aurora Teagarden is a librarian that is part of a murder club called Real Murders. They go over old crimes and discuss the facts involved, speculating on who did it. But their club is about to be torn apart by copycat murders, which target the members as the victims and the murderers. Pretty good book. Will definitely read the next.
nccasado's review against another edition
4.0
Aurora Teagarden es una joven bibliotecaria que vive en Lawrencetown, Georgia.
Tiene una curiosa afición, le encanta leer y debatir sobre asesinatos reales y forma parte de un club llamado precisamente así, Real Murders.
Y es en una reunión de ese club donde empiezan a complicarse las cosas: alguien está replicando crímenes famosos asesinando a miembros del club.
Este es el punto de partida de las aventuras de Roe Teagarden, en una exitosa serie de diez novelas escritas por la autora estadounidense Charlaine Harris.
A lo largo de las seis primeras vemos a Roe, enamorarse de un policía, salvar su vida y la de su pequeño hermanastro de milagro gracias a su vecino escritor, heredar una casa con cadáver incluido de una compañera bibliotecaria de Club Real Murders, asistir a la boda de su madre Aida con un viudo, salir con el nuevo pastor de su parroquia y caer rendidamente enamorada de un atractivo ejecutivo con oscuro pasado y casarse a la vez que encuentra la casa con la que siempre soñó.
Y todo esto, desentrañando todos los misterios y muertes que no paran de suceder a su alrededor en la pequeña población donde siempre ha vivido.
Me he leído del tirón los seis primeros libros de la serie y no veo el momento de ponerme con los cuatro restantes.
Una lectura sin pretensiones, entretenida y muy adictiva.
Existe una versión televisiva, más políticamente correcta que las novelas y con diversos cambios en personajes y sucesos que tampoco está mal
#realmurders #aurorateagarden #charlaineharris #leoautoras #womenwriters #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #abonetopick #threebedroomsandacorpse #thejuliushouse #deadoverheels #afoolandhishoney
Tiene una curiosa afición, le encanta leer y debatir sobre asesinatos reales y forma parte de un club llamado precisamente así, Real Murders.
Y es en una reunión de ese club donde empiezan a complicarse las cosas: alguien está replicando crímenes famosos asesinando a miembros del club.
Este es el punto de partida de las aventuras de Roe Teagarden, en una exitosa serie de diez novelas escritas por la autora estadounidense Charlaine Harris.
A lo largo de las seis primeras vemos a Roe, enamorarse de un policía, salvar su vida y la de su pequeño hermanastro de milagro gracias a su vecino escritor, heredar una casa con cadáver incluido de una compañera bibliotecaria de Club Real Murders, asistir a la boda de su madre Aida con un viudo, salir con el nuevo pastor de su parroquia y caer rendidamente enamorada de un atractivo ejecutivo con oscuro pasado y casarse a la vez que encuentra la casa con la que siempre soñó.
Y todo esto, desentrañando todos los misterios y muertes que no paran de suceder a su alrededor en la pequeña población donde siempre ha vivido.
Me he leído del tirón los seis primeros libros de la serie y no veo el momento de ponerme con los cuatro restantes.
Una lectura sin pretensiones, entretenida y muy adictiva.
Existe una versión televisiva, más políticamente correcta que las novelas y con diversos cambios en personajes y sucesos que tampoco está mal
#realmurders #aurorateagarden #charlaineharris #leoautoras #womenwriters #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #abonetopick #threebedroomsandacorpse #thejuliushouse #deadoverheels #afoolandhishoney
aliciathebird's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't sure I would enjoy this book. I don't often read adult fiction. In fact, when my mother saw me reading this, she commented, "are you reading a big-people book???" I do enjoy Harris' Sookie series, and was a bit sad if not surprised to learn that it will soon be coming to an end. I realized that I was sad mostly because I love the character of Sookie so much. So, I decided to try one of Harris' other series in hopes the characters would be as endearing. Well, while I wasn't quite as drawn to Aurora as I've been to Sookie, I did like her a lot. It might help that she's a librarian like myself. I can't remember the last time I read a murder mystery without a hint of fantasy. Maybe never. I really enjoyed it - it was clever without being overly complicated. I did wonder at the characters' lack of technology a few times, but that might be a regional culture gap or maybe I've watched too many episodes of The First 48 OR maybe I'm just a skeptic. I know it was published in 2007, but not even the cop has a cell phone? In the end, this was a fun and refreshing escape for me - especially since I've had to read so much middle grade fiction this year. I don't feel compelled to read the next, but I surely will.
_melreads_'s review against another edition
2.0
I liked this so much until about halfway through. DNF’d at 65%.
stelaw's review against another edition
3.0
A bit too grim for me. Hard to keep track of all the characters who were only ever drawn in two dimensions.
jonesy_reads's review against another edition
4.0
A fun, quick read full of twists and turns. It will keep you guessing til the very end! Charlaine Harris never disappoints.
sarabearian's review against another edition
Before her Southern Vampires series, Charlaine Harris wrote about a small-town Librarian, Aurora “Roe” Teagarden, a smart and single lady who has an interesting hobby: studying true crime. Roe has found others who also enjoy this hobby and the Real Murders club meets to learn all about and debate the grisly events of well-known crimes. The club is going great until members begin being murdered! Suddenly all the Real Murders club members are possible suspects, not to mention possible victims. This cozy murder mystery is the first in a series of books featuring Roe and her hometown full of quirky characters… and murderers. – Michelle V.
bickleyhouse's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I know several people who really love this series, and they are all quite diverse, so I thought I would give it a try. And it fit a reading challenge category of the first book in a "new-to-you series." I was not disappointed.
First off, I had no idea that Aurora Teagarden is a librarian! That instantly made the book cooler. And, having been written in the nineties, before there were things called "podcasts," I truly believe that the premise of the book is a forerunner to the "true crime" podcast. Because Real Murders is the name of the little club that Aurora and her friends have going on. They meet on a regular basis, and at each meeting, one of the members presents a talk about a murder that they have researched. Sounds a lot like "My Favorite Murder," doesn't it?
It's all fun and games until Aurora shows up for the club meeting one night, and one of the members has been brutally murdered in the place where they are meeting, and the crime scene has been arranged to look like the very murder that Aurora was going to present that night! More murders happen, each one copied after an older, somewhat famous murder (one of them even mimics Lizzie Borden). Aurora and a couple others are convinced that the perpetrator is one of the club members.
This book was so much fun! First off, I am very familiar with Charlaine Harris's work, having read a number of Sookie Stackhouse books, and all of the existing Gunnie Rose series (hoping there are going to be more of those), so I am a fan, for sure. But darn it, this author is diverse! Vampire stories, dystopian westerns with wizards, and just plain mysteries with nothing supernatural in them. There's more, because I know of at least one or two other series that she has written.
In this one, one of the main characters is named Robin Crusoe. I thought that was hilarious. And the murders that the book murders were patterned after are real. I looked up the first one, which was the Julia Wallace murder in England. And of course, who doesn't know the story of Lizzie Borden. And a book was mentioned, concerning that murder, and I now have it on my TBR.
There is a good bit of humor in this story, along with the intensity of the plot. But there is plenty of serious mystery, as well, and I didn't guess who the killer (s) was/were.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery, as well as anyone who has read some of Ms. Harris's other works. Not exactly "cozy," I don't think, so if you're looking for one of those, you might not want to try this.
First off, I had no idea that Aurora Teagarden is a librarian! That instantly made the book cooler. And, having been written in the nineties, before there were things called "podcasts," I truly believe that the premise of the book is a forerunner to the "true crime" podcast. Because Real Murders is the name of the little club that Aurora and her friends have going on. They meet on a regular basis, and at each meeting, one of the members presents a talk about a murder that they have researched. Sounds a lot like "My Favorite Murder," doesn't it?
It's all fun and games until Aurora shows up for the club meeting one night, and one of the members has been brutally murdered in the place where they are meeting, and the crime scene has been arranged to look like the very murder that Aurora was going to present that night! More murders happen, each one copied after an older, somewhat famous murder (one of them even mimics Lizzie Borden). Aurora and a couple others are convinced that the perpetrator is one of the club members.
This book was so much fun! First off, I am very familiar with Charlaine Harris's work, having read a number of Sookie Stackhouse books, and all of the existing Gunnie Rose series (hoping there are going to be more of those), so I am a fan, for sure. But darn it, this author is diverse! Vampire stories, dystopian westerns with wizards, and just plain mysteries with nothing supernatural in them. There's more, because I know of at least one or two other series that she has written.
In this one, one of the main characters is named Robin Crusoe. I thought that was hilarious. And the murders that the book murders were patterned after are real. I looked up the first one, which was the Julia Wallace murder in England. And of course, who doesn't know the story of Lizzie Borden. And a book was mentioned, concerning that murder, and I now have it on my TBR.
There is a good bit of humor in this story, along with the intensity of the plot. But there is plenty of serious mystery, as well, and I didn't guess who the killer (s) was/were.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery, as well as anyone who has read some of Ms. Harris's other works. Not exactly "cozy," I don't think, so if you're looking for one of those, you might not want to try this.
alicetheowl's review against another edition
3.0
While this was an enjoyable read, and I'll be going through all the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, it was clearly a debut novel. The dialogue was clunky, the prose needed tightening, and I kept wondering if Roe was supposed to be a mind reader. She kept glancing at people, then jumping to these absurd conclusions that usually turned out to be true.
Despite its faults, though, it was a compelling mystery, and it kept me listening. So I can't complain too much. It was just a little jarring, after reading only Harris's later books, to see how much she'd grown as a writer.
Despite its faults, though, it was a compelling mystery, and it kept me listening. So I can't complain too much. It was just a little jarring, after reading only Harris's later books, to see how much she'd grown as a writer.
kimrader111's review against another edition
3.0
A light and easy read. Perfect for the train and the treadmill. Not as good as the Sookie Stackhouse or Harper Connelly books, but I will probably read more of series.