Format: audio book 6 hr, 15 min, 272 page equivalent
Characters:Aurora Teagarden
Subject: unsolved murder
Setting: Georgia
Series: Aurora Teagarden mysteries
Genre: cozy mystery
Source: public library
While I'm not a big fan of the Southern Vampire series featuringSookie Stackhouse, I have enjoyed Harris' Harper Connelly series, and while looking for one of those to read, came across Aurora Teagarden, another of her cozy series I seem to have overlooked in the past. How could I have missed these? A librarian who helps solve murders?
Well constructed with some interesting characters, this delightful tale has all the standard ingredients of an amateur sleuth cozy murder mystery: intelligent professional woman who suffers from above average curiosity, and below average willingness to let the professionals handle the sleuthing; a cast of characters with enough meat on their bones to offer several different prospects for a culprit; a handsome, mannerly, and eligible suitor; an endearing pet (in this case a big orange cat named Madeline); a town eccentric in the person of an elderly spinster who leaves her house "and everything in it" to our heroine; a domineering mother--and a totally implausible mystery resulting from the "everything in it" whose details will not be revealed here. Don't want to spoil the fun!
Perfect for a snowy evening with a cup of chocolate while others are watching football games. And fun enough to have me go checking out at least one more to see if the series is worth pursuing.
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I'm not interested in the Sookie Stackhouse series either, but I did like the Harper one I read and this one too sounds like fun.
ReplyDeletethe cover is too cute.
ReplyDeleteI always liked Aurora Teagarden - I wish Harris did not give up on this series. Vampires has 0 interest for me.
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