Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO's True Blood, NBC's Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.
"Roe is so charming, you will want to go back and read the first three."--Mostly Murder "Harris gives the reader quite a taste of small-town life in the South. Don't miss it."--The Knoxville News-Sentinel "In the best of the series to date...the author's brisk, upbeat style keeps tension simmering."--Publishers Weekly "A witches' brew of decorous old bones, whiffs of international intrigue, and helpful wedding tips, interspersed with nightly bouts of tasteful, enthusiastic offscreen coupling. Hands down Roe's most bizarre adventure to date."--Kirkus Reviews "Good reading, augmented by solid characterization and occasional humor."--Library Journal
In this best of the series to date, Aurora (Roe) Teagarden, the former librarian returned to her roots in Lawrenceton, Ga., marries Martin Bartell, the rich, secretive and charismatic businessman she met in Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994). For their home, Martin buys the house once occupied by T.C. Julius, his terminally ill wife Hope and their teenage daughter. Six years earlier, the Julius family had disappeared without a trace, leaving only Hope's mother in the garage apartment. Martin lets the apartment to an old Vietnam buddy, Shelby Youngblood, and his wife Angel, who seem suspiciously like bodyguards to Roe. As questions about Martin's past and present disturb her newfound happiness, Roe determines to solve the Julius family mystery, enlisting Angel's help. A vicious attack and a stunning discovery lead the two women to New Orleans and a dramatic set of answers to puzzles old and new. The author's brisk, upbeat style keeps tension simmering under the everyday surface, while Roe's inclination to girlish chatter (a trial in earlier works) is restrained. (Feb.)
"Roe is so charming, you will want to go back and read the first three."--Mostly Murder
"Harris gives the reader quite a taste of small-town life in the South. Don't miss it."--The Knoxville News-Sentinel "In the best of the series to date...the author's brisk, upbeat style keeps tension simmering."--Publishers Weekly "A witches' brew of decorous old bones, whiffs of international intrigue, and helpful wedding tips, interspersed with nightly bouts of tasteful, enthusiastic offscreen coupling. Hands down Roe's most bizarre adventure to date."--Kirkus Reviews "Good reading, augmented by solid characterization and occasional humor."--Library Journal
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