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A Bone to Pick
Aurora Teagarden Series #2

by Charlaine Harris



      Before the advent of the intrepid Sookie Stackhouse, Aurora Teagarden (Roe) was Charlaine's best known character, and quite rightfully so. Roe is a delightful small-town librarian, struggling with relationship issues while dealing with two weddings and a funeral. The weddings are tragic enough, especially since one is of a former lover, but the aftermath of the funeral presents Roe with a doozy of a problem!

Jane Engle, the dearly departed, a former a member of Roe's crime discussion group, has left Aurora the beneficiary of her large estate. Roe is enchanted to learn this bequest includes some beautiful jewelry, a chunk of money; and, unfortunately, a house with a problem. Definitely "a bone to pick" because the problem is a skull, secreted in a hidden window seat! Why did Jane leave such a grisly legacy to Roe?

Charlaine Harris is such a wonderful writer, no matter what format she uses, and her female protagonists are clever, witty and possessed of an inner strength they don't know exists. As Roe unravels this bony problem, she comes to terms with her past relationships, including her parental ones, and forges ahead valiantly with solving the case of the missing body. The dialog is provocative, the characters three-dimensional, and the plot paces through the mystery like a hot knife through butter. It is fantastic to see that Berkley Prime Crime agrees, and is republishing the entire series. Book one in the series - Real Murders - hit the stands in December, and will be followed every couple of months by the rest of the titles in the series. Climb on board for a great read, if you haven't discovered Aurora Teagarden yet, you are way overdue!

The Book

Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, published by the Penguin Group
February 2008
Mass Market Paperback
978-0-425-21979-9
Mystery
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Excerpt
NOTE: Reprint of second book in Aurora Teagarden Series, originally published in 1992

The Reviewer

Laura Strathman Hulka
Reviewed 2008
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