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| Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 3540
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425218716
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425218716
ASIN: 0425218716
Publication Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
Though a small town at heart, Lawrenceton, Georgia, has its dark side-and crime buffs. One of whom is librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It's a harmless pastime-until the night she finds a member killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects-or potential victims.
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 A fun mystery December 30, 2008
This was a fun little book. A group interested in true crime start a club called the Real Murders in small-town Georgia. Things turn sinister when someone is taking pages out of their case studies and murdering people fashioned after other cases. The main character, Aurora Teagarden, finds herself in the thick of things as she stumbles upon bodies and evidence, sometimes merely being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I admit the culprit wasn't obvious to me, so Harris did a good job "fooling" me until the reveal occurred. I liked Aurora Teagarden - not as well, admittedly, as Harper Connelly or Sookie Stackhouse, but I'll read more to see how this librarian grows.
Sample too short November 4, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I may have really enjoyed this book, but I will never know. The sample was less than 3 pages long-maybe 6 paragraphs!
This was not enough to decide to buy the book.
 Excellent read you will like it September 25, 2008
Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1)This first book in the series was so good. I have read five so far and can't wait for more to be republished. The series is older for Harris and is getting new life from a new publisher. Harris is so good. I read all of her mystery series and think you can not go wrong if her name if on it. Now I have not read her vampire series, but other friends tell me it is great. Guess I will have to get them eventually.
Murders that resemble old murder cases August 18, 2008
Aurora "Roe" Teagarden is a librarian. She doesn't have much of a social life. Once a month on Friday she meets her fellow murder mystery enthusiasts, and they discuss a real murder. This Friday it's Roe's turn to present the case of Wallace. She spent hours preparing and arrives early to the community center to make sure everything is ready. She can't find the woman who unlocked the building and set up. When she does find her, she wishes she hadn't. She'd been murdered in a similar way to Wallace's case.
Soon it is apparent that someone is taking things too far. Others begin dying in ways similar to murders of past. Who is doing it and why? Can Roe help ferret out the killer without becoming the next victim?
I have never read anything by this author. I loved Roe. I can't wait to read more! I thought the plot was well written and the characters were interesting. I had trouble putting down the book between readings. There were plenty of suspects and twists to keep me wondering who the killer was right up until all was revealed. I highly recommend this book.
Aurora Teagarden -- book one July 21, 2008
This is the first book of the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora, known as Roe to her friends, is a 28 year old librarian in the small Georgia town in which she was raised. She belongs to a group called "Real Murders" that meets monthly to discuss famous murders. Things get too real, though, when one of the members is found murdered at the monthly meeting. Hence begins a series of murders in their small town, with the victims and the settings staged to replicate a famous murder.
The members and the police know if is probably a member of the group, but which one? This is a great introduction to the series and the folks of Roe's town. I just read this one, after reading all of the rest. Unlike a lot of series, the Roe's friends and townspeople recur in the other books.
This is an amusing, southern cozy and I recommend it for a relaxing read.
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