Real Murders
9 journalers for this copy...
Publisher's Weekly
An ingenious plot and sufficient flow of blood keep the pages flying in Harris's ( Sweet and Deadly ) third novel, as a series of killings patterned after celebrated murders is perpetrated on the small community of Lawrenceton, Ga. Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden, professional librarian, belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes. As a meeting is to begin, Roe discovers the massacred body of a club member. She recognizes the method of slaughter as imitating the very crime she was to address that night--suddenly her life as armchair sleuth assumes an eerie reality. The murderer continues to claim victims, each in the style of a different historical killer. Roe herself becomes a target, and also attracts two admirers, Robin Crusoe, a famed mystery writer new to Lawrenceton, and club member/detective Arthur Smith. Death seems to have infused new life into her waning social calendar, an irony not lost on this pensive character. Harris draws the guilty and the innocent into an engrossing tale while inventing a heroine as capable and potentially complex as P. D. James's Cordelia Gray. (Dec.)
An ingenious plot and sufficient flow of blood keep the pages flying in Harris's ( Sweet and Deadly ) third novel, as a series of killings patterned after celebrated murders is perpetrated on the small community of Lawrenceton, Ga. Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden, professional librarian, belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes. As a meeting is to begin, Roe discovers the massacred body of a club member. She recognizes the method of slaughter as imitating the very crime she was to address that night--suddenly her life as armchair sleuth assumes an eerie reality. The murderer continues to claim victims, each in the style of a different historical killer. Roe herself becomes a target, and also attracts two admirers, Robin Crusoe, a famed mystery writer new to Lawrenceton, and club member/detective Arthur Smith. Death seems to have infused new life into her waning social calendar, an irony not lost on this pensive character. Harris draws the guilty and the innocent into an engrossing tale while inventing a heroine as capable and potentially complex as P. D. James's Cordelia Gray. (Dec.)
This was the original bookring that was sent out
1. Real Murders
Here are all the books in this series that are going to be sent out in a book spiral.
1. Real Murders
2. A Bone to Pick
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
4. The Julius House
5. Dead Over Heels
6. A Fool and His Honey
7. Last Scene Alive
8. Poppy Done to Death
Here are the participants and mailing order:
Wyvernfriend--->Ireland/Europe
sunlightbub--->UK/Int
CandyDarling--->Finland/int
Morgaine77--->Switzerland/Europe
shaunesay-->USA/US,Can
Please return Real Murders to CheriePie.
needmorezoloft-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders, 2.Bone to Pick, 7.Last Scene Alive)
ctgmom-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders)
MaplesFlowers-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders;3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse;4.The Julius House;6.A Fool and His Honey;7.Last Scene Alive;8.Poppy Done to Death )
lizziwhizz-->USA/USA
(Not 1.REAL Murders; 3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse; 7.Last Scene Alive; 8.Poppy Done to Death
sanddanz-->USA/Int
(Not 1.REAL Murders; 4.The Julius House; 5.Dead Over Heels; 6.A Fool and His Honey; 7.Last Scene Alive)
Rianonne--->Austria/Europe
Not 1.Real Murders or 2.Bone to Pick)
Amberkatze--->Austria/Europe
(Not 1. Real Murders; 2. Bone to pick 3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse; 7.Last Scene Alive; 8.Poppy Done to Death)
1. Real Murders
Here are all the books in this series that are going to be sent out in a book spiral.
1. Real Murders
2. A Bone to Pick
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
4. The Julius House
5. Dead Over Heels
6. A Fool and His Honey
7. Last Scene Alive
8. Poppy Done to Death
Here are the participants and mailing order:
Wyvernfriend--->Ireland/Europe
sunlightbub--->UK/Int
CandyDarling--->Finland/int
Morgaine77--->Switzerland/Europe
shaunesay-->USA/US,Can
Please return Real Murders to CheriePie.
needmorezoloft-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders, 2.Bone to Pick, 7.Last Scene Alive)
ctgmom-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders)
MaplesFlowers-->USA/USA
(Not 1. Real Murders;3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse;4.The Julius House;6.A Fool and His Honey;7.Last Scene Alive;8.Poppy Done to Death )
lizziwhizz-->USA/USA
(Not 1.REAL Murders; 3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse; 7.Last Scene Alive; 8.Poppy Done to Death
sanddanz-->USA/Int
(Not 1.REAL Murders; 4.The Julius House; 5.Dead Over Heels; 6.A Fool and His Honey; 7.Last Scene Alive)
Rianonne--->Austria/Europe
Not 1.Real Murders or 2.Bone to Pick)
Amberkatze--->Austria/Europe
(Not 1. Real Murders; 2. Bone to pick 3.Three Bedrooms, One Corpse; 7.Last Scene Alive; 8.Poppy Done to Death)
Sending out sometime this week.
Edit Jan 16: sent by air yesterday.
Edit Jan 16: sent by air yesterday.
arrived today looking forward to it.
Journal Entry 5 by wyvernfriend at BookMooch Member in Bookmooch.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 20, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (3/20/2008 UTC) at BookMooch Member in Bookmooch.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases
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finally. I've been dogged by ill health this year and this one fell to the wayside.
Very sorry for the delays. I did enjoy it as a read and look forward to more in the series.
finally. I've been dogged by ill health this year and this one fell to the wayside.
Very sorry for the delays. I did enjoy it as a read and look forward to more in the series.
Got this one today..Looking forward to it muchly. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs to Wyvern who i hope is feeling better xx
Hugs to Wyvern who i hope is feeling better xx
One day i'll get around to the Southern ampire series, but in the meantime, I' m really enjoying Harris's other books and this was no exception. Aurora does seem a bit like Lily Bard sans muscles but this did not detract from this enjoyable mystery.
THis is now on it's way to CandyDarling
THis is now on it's way to CandyDarling
Received today, thank you!
Journal Entry 9 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Thursday, August 14, 2008
I really enjoyed this first Aurora Teagarden mystery. Charlaine Harris has a distinct style that I like a lot, and so far none of her books have disappointed me. This series does remind me a bit of the Lily Bard series though.
It was nice to read a mystery book for a change. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
I mailed this with the second book, A Bone to Pick, to Morgaine77 a couple of weeks ago.
It was nice to read a mystery book for a change. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
I mailed this with the second book, A Bone to Pick, to Morgaine77 a couple of weeks ago.
Arrived safely in Germany. Looking forward to reading this! Thanks so much for sharing!
Journal Entry 11 by Morgaine77 from Münchenstein, Baselland Switzerland on Thursday, September 4, 2008
I absolutely loved it! Roe is a very loveable character and I very much enjoyed the mystery. I don't know what it is about Charlaine Harris, but so far, I liked all of her books, no matter from which series. I'm so glad I have the next book in the series already here and can start reading it right away! :-)
I'll hang on to "Real Murders" until I'm done with "A Bone to Pick".
Thanks so much for making this Ring available!
I'll hang on to "Real Murders" until I'm done with "A Bone to Pick".
Thanks so much for making this Ring available!
Journal Entry 12 by Morgaine77 at -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (11/25/2008 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
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Travelling by surface mail to shaunesay. Save travels, little book!
Travelling by surface mail to shaunesay. Save travels, little book!
Arrived in Kansas! Looking forward to the series! Note: I believe that Nan1970 is MIA with books owed on BookObsessed (and I see she is not on this list but was on the list for #2), so I will likely not send to her, but to NeedMoreZoloft instead. Thanks!
PM'd NeedMoreZoloft to say I was ready to send this soon, but she asked to be taken off the ring, so I guess this copy goes back to CheriePie, per the directions!
Heading back to CheriePie this weekend, with #2. Thanks all, I'm now hooked on this series!
Received back from Shaunie last week. NeedSun wanted me to have these back since I originally got them for her. So thanks. I'll keep them moving to more readers. :)
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Mailed the first two books of the Aurora Teagarden series, plus a book from Kiri, to Jordanne on 06-July-2009 via USPS First Class International. Enjoy! :)
Mailed the first two books of the Aurora Teagarden series, plus a book from Kiri, to Jordanne on 06-July-2009 via USPS First Class International. Enjoy! :)
Thanks a lot! Charlaine Harris is a writer I've been wanting to read for some time!
Journal Entry 19 by iliotropio at Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thank you jordanne, Aurora is one of my favourite mystery characters!
(Mystery VBB, bookobsessed.com)
(Mystery VBB, bookobsessed.com)
Journal Entry 20 by iliotropio at Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Monday, February 6, 2012
Sent overseas to a fellow bookmoocher.