Real Murders - Charlaine Harris

I honestly wasn't aware that Charlaine Harris wrote anything other than the Sookie Stackhouse books that became the True Blood TV series. So when audible.com had a sale and this was offered for a steal, I figured I'd give it a shot. 

It was a super fast read, as I think Harris is an expert at distilling her books to around 200 pages. I once read an entire Sookie Stackhouse book in a single day while temping at an ad agency answering phones. So it was no surprise that this one also came in a swift little package. 

The heroine of this series is Aurora Teagarden "Roe". She's a tiny little librarian, daughter to a wealthy mother, and a single gal in her late 20s. She's a brunette Sookie Stackhouse basically. However, there are no supernatural elements in this story. 

Aurora is a member of "Real Murders," a group of townspeople who get together to discuss real murders once a month. Each month, a different club member presents the details of a historical murder. On the appointed day when Aurora is supposed to present her murder, a club member is found murdered in a manner copied from the presentation that day. Over the course of the next week, more citizens of their little town are found murdered. Aurora is up to her elbows in crime scenes as the murderer attempts to implicate members of the club with each murder. 

Aided in her attempt to unravel the mystery by her new neighbor and love interest, Robin Crusoe, and detective, and love interest (because it's not a Harris book without a love triangle) Detective Arthur (can't remember his last name), Aurora finds herself suspicious of everyone. 

Harris does a good job creating several possible murder suspects so we are never entirely sure if Aurora is safe or not. I will pat myself on the back for figuring out the real murderer about 25 pages before the book did it for me.

Overall this book was entertaining but kind of mindless. A perfect summer capstone for Labor Day weekend.

3/5 Stars.