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For me, Real Murders was a pretty good read. The premise is great as members of the Real Murders Club (a club where members discuss murders throughout history) begin to get picked off in manners that resemble murders that have taken place in the past, such as the Lizzie Borden story. Aurora Teagarden is a librarian/member of the Real Murders club, and she finds the first dead body. I enjoyed reading the small town setting and all of the details surrounding Aurora's life. The characters are pretty good. Aurora lives in a small townhouse and manages the other tenants in the neighboring townhouses for her mother who owns the complex. A writer by the name of Robin Crusoe moves in next door and helps Aurora in her quest to uncover clues that will lead to the murderer. There is some light romance in the story and some interesting characters reside in the small southern town where she lives.

All in all, the mystery was okay in the end. The characters and the murders were interesting to read about but the real solution to the mystery was a bit of a yawn at the end and didn't seem to be fleshed out as much as it could have been since the whole book moves toward catching the bad guy responsible. There are a few light red herrings to deter the reader into thinking it could be a number of folks around town, but nothing earth shattering, but it could have been a lot worse as well.

I own a couple of books in this series and I will certainly read them as I enjoyed the main character very much. I am not a Sookie reader but I do enjoy a well done cozy, and I think this series will improve from this first offering and I look forward to reading more.


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Real Murders Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Book 1 Charlaine Harris 9780802757692 Books Reviews

I’m calling “uncle”. I’ve loved her other books and was so excited to start reading this series. My and I go through dozens of books and year and Ican count on one hand with fingers left over the number of books I’ve started and not finished, however, halfway into this book, a murder mystery no less, I’m done. I just don’t care who did it, why they did it, what past famous murder they were mirroring, or which of the two guys she end up with. I don’t care enough that I didn’t even skip to the end to see “who dun it” or if she stayed with either of the two men. Bummed. I may have to re-read one of the other series to get the magic back.
Recently, I've been reading a lot of "cozy mysteries" - which seem to follow a basic formula, which can get a bit tiring. This authir's approah is different. The chacrater has more depth, the "romance" is more realitic (not graphic, just more interpersonal and lifelike), and the mystery a bit more challenging. Very enjoyable reading!
I was first introduced to the aurora teagarden mysteries through the hallmark mysteries movies channel
So I had a thought to look up the books and I did and so I bought all the books on kindle format and I read them all on my iPhone I was hooked and I preordered the new book
The books are much better than the tv series and I'm hooked on those as well
i highly recommend these books
The books are much better than the tv series I highly recommend them
I have been a fan of this series since the very first book came out and had no idea that she had released some new ones or that there were movies (I cut cable years ago)! I have all of the originals in paperback but they have sadly been packed away for a very long time so I listen to the audio versions. I just repurchased all of the books in kindle format just so that I always have them on hand! I cant wait to delve back into the world of murder and books! If you have not read this series I say give it a chance. I was never a fan of the Sookie books but these have a very close spot in my heart!
I must confess, I'd never even heard of Aurora Teagarden until I started seeing advertisements for a new film on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel (which is kind of my default "background noise" station, because seriously can you ever have too many Murder She Wrote re-runs? No, obvs...). And even then, nothing in the trailer clued me into the fact that it was a book series, until I finally did a google search on the name and discovered that not only was the upcoming film inspired by a series of books, but the main character was a LIBRARIAN. My book loving heart was overcome -- this is total cozy mystery catnip for the likes of me, people!

Real Murders is the first installment of Aurora's sleuthing adventures, and it is so 1990s it was giving me all the nostalgic feels. No internet! Phones on CORDS attached to WALLS! Not to mention Aurora's fashion sense. *wink* Aurora (also called Roe) is all of 4'11" with coke-bottle glasses and a mass of hair she usually keeps tame with a braid...quiet and bookish and perfectly ordinary. She's content with her lot in life until her existence is upended with a terrifying splash of murder, the likes of which she's only found in her true crime books. Her passion for history and mystery met its outlet in the Real Murders Club, a diverse group of locals who met once a month to discuss a historical murder case or related crime-solving topic. But when one of the club members turns up dead, the body staged to mimic that meeting's topic -- the Julia Wallace murder -- Roe's amateur passion for murder casts an unwelcome and all too real shadow over her carefully ordered life. Soon the perpetually-single Aurora is juggling not one but two potential boyfriends, all while wondering which member of her criminally savvy fellow club members decided to take their passion for history's more gruesome chapters and bring it to life in her hometown...and where, and how, would they strike next?

If you're craving the mystery equivalent of comfort food, Real Murders contains all the ingredients to satisfy one's craving for a mystery cozy -- a plucky heroine, a quirky small town, a dash of romantic possibility, and a few red herrings. Roe is a likable lead, if not particularly well-rounded, and the supporting players are typical of the assortment that normally populates stories of this ilk -- the flirt, the jock, etc. While not particularly groundbreaking Real Murders is an altogether pleasant way with which to while away a few hours. It may lack some of the finesse of a Christie novel, but it more than makes up for any predictability with its action-packed final act. This series has promise, and its premise makes it perfect material for a series of telefilms, all guaranteeing I'll revisit Aurora's world soon!
For me, Real Murders was a pretty good read. The premise is great as members of the Real Murders Club (a club where members discuss murders throughout history) begin to get picked off in manners that resemble murders that have taken place in the past, such as the Lizzie Borden story. Aurora Teagarden is a librarian/member of the Real Murders club, and she finds the first dead body. I enjoyed reading the small town setting and all of the details surrounding Aurora's life. The characters are pretty good. Aurora lives in a small townhouse and manages the other tenants in the neighboring townhouses for her mother who owns the complex. A writer by the name of Robin Crusoe moves in next door and helps Aurora in her quest to uncover clues that will lead to the murderer. There is some light romance in the story and some interesting characters reside in the small southern town where she lives.

All in all, the mystery was okay in the end. The characters and the murders were interesting to read about but the real solution to the mystery was a bit of a yawn at the end and didn't seem to be fleshed out as much as it could have been since the whole book moves toward catching the bad guy responsible. There are a few light red herrings to deter the reader into thinking it could be a number of folks around town, but nothing earth shattering, but it could have been a lot worse as well.

I own a couple of books in this series and I will certainly read them as I enjoyed the main character very much. I am not a Sookie reader but I do enjoy a well done cozy, and I think this series will improve from this first offering and I look forward to reading more.