Real Murders

An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Book 1

By: Charlaine Harris

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Though a small town at heart, Lawrenceton, Georgia, has its dark side - and its crime buffs. One of them is librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It's a harmless pastime - until the night she finds a member killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss.

As other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects - or potential victims.

©1992 Charlaine Harris (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"An ingenious plot and sufficient flow of blood keep the pages flying....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." ( Publishers Weekly)

CH is AWESOME

The only complaint that I had was that sometimes I wasn’t sure which character the narrator was supposed to be! Other than that a great book!

Love the author. But this was a horrible narration.

I really enjoyed both the Harper Connelly series and the Sookie Stackhouse serious. I like Ms. Harris' work, but the woman who narrates this audio book did a horrible job.
This is only the third audio book I've listened to, but I'm almost turned off from any future. Most certainly will not be purchasing anything narrated by T Plummer.
Would not refer this audiobook.

When you like mysteries and need easy relaxation

This series is not for hard core mystery buffs but is great for some simple escape for folks that like a bit of mystery! It's a good listen for when you are doing other things while listening because you don't have to give your full attention to the story to stay involved.

I love these books for getting through Saturday housework or gardening, they make the time fly as I listen and work through the story. The stories are light but good enough to keep your attention and have you wanting to know "who done it".

Some have complained that there are holes in the structure and character development as well as the police procedure. These things are true; my rebuttal is that this is not a serious mystery where such things are very important, so them being missing here is minor.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

good story

I like the main character and the story. the reader can get a bit sing-song.

I was hoping for more suspense

A bit disappointed but it was a very easy listening book with well spoken narration. However, there was never a time I really felt scared for the main characters. The lightness of the narration prevented any real suspense.

a fun story but I had to suspend my disbelief

a couple of decisions were made about a young child by the main character that I had to suspend my disbelief about to enjoy the rest of the story I would have preferred a little more detecting but generally it was a fun story to listen to and I like the authors style I wouldn't mind if clothing was talked about maybe three times less but other than that it's fun

Fun afternoon read

Enjoyed trying to find the killers! Easy to follow with enough twist to make interesting!

Drove me nuts...

I almost quit listening to this book in the last 45 minutes. I didn't even care who the killer was. There were a lot of characters and I didn't care about a single one of them. The character development was a little lacking.

Cute, happy story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

It was a fun diversion.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The premise..

What aspect of Therese Plummer’s performance would you have changed?

She did a fine job.

Could you see Real Murders being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Maybe made for TV.

Any additional comments?

The characters were engaging.

Fun Book

The story moves along at the right pace and has believable characters. Loved it.