Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 created by author Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas with her husband and three children...

, in a series of eight Crime novels written from 1990

1990 in literature

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 to 2003

2003 in literature

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In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian

Librarian

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 and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes.

Aurora Teagarden Series

1. Real Murders
   Real Murders
   Released in 1990, Real Murders, is the first of eight in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television show "True Blood" is based.-Plot summary:...
   
   (1990)
2. A Bone to Pick
   A Bone to Pick
   Published in 1992, A Bone to Pick is the second of eight in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television show "True Blood" is based....
   
   (1992)
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
   Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
   Published in 1994, Three Bedrooms, One Corpse, is the third of eight books in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television series "True Blood" is based.-Plot:...
   
   (1994)
4. The Julius House (1995)
5. Dead Over Heels (1996)
   • "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997)
6. A Fool And His Honey (1999)
7. Last Scene Alive (2002)
8. Poppy Done to Death (2003)

External links

• Author's site