A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris Narrator: Therese Plummer
Series: Aurora Teagarden #2
Published by Recorded Books on November 20, 2009
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Length: 8 hours, 7 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Library
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Aurora "Roe" Teagarden's fortunes change when a deceased acquaintance names her as heir to a rather substantial estate, including money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Roe concludes that the elderly women has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of her new, ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer-without putting herself in deadly danger.
After the dramatic and dark finish to Real Murders, a few months later life in Lawrenceton, Georgia seems to be settling down. Then Aurora gets a surprising inheritance, complete with the mystery of a creepy skull and the new neighbors across the street are her ex and his new- very pregnant- wife. A murder mystery finds Aurora once again.
Charlaine Harris writes small town, slightly dark cozy mystery with panache. I began the Aurora Teagarden series with book one, stepped away for several years and now I’m finally back to press forward and enjoy where the series takes me. While A Bone to Pick presents a new mystery for Aurora to solve and could be read out of order in a pinch, there are lots of references to the previous book and an understanding that the reader/listener knows the score already, so definitely a good series to get in order.
A Bone to Pick is a mystery, but it is also much more than that. Aurora is trying to solve the mystery her old Real Murders club friend, Jane left her by way of that skull and the inheritance, but she is also really struggling with her feeling that all her friends are moving onto into marriage or long-term relationships. Even her gorgeous Southern Lady mom has found happiness and marriage once again. It’s getting her down and handsome Robin the writer left town and stayed out of touch so she’s tentatively trying the dating scene once again with someone surprising and new. Though, the dating takes a back burner when the mystery heats up and lands her in danger once again.
All in all, A Bone to Pick was a fabulous listen and I’m really looking forward to picking up the next in the series. Definitely recommend these to those who like a grittier cozy mystery style.
Narration:
Therese Plummer is sensational as the voice of Aurora and the rest of the Lawrenceton cast of characters. She draws one into the story so well, too.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About Therese Plummer
Therese Plummer is an actor and voice over artist living and working in New York City. Favorite roles to date include TV: Rose Nerrick, The Good Wife, Andy in Law and Order SVU. Stage: Celebrity Row; New York Theatre Workshop, Under Tillage, The Irish Repertory Theatre. Off-off Broadway credits include The Vagina Monologues, Suzanne in Twilight of the Gold’s and Madeline in the Award Winning Samuel French Short play The Sweet Room. Comedy Credits include Improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and Stand-up at Caroline’s Comedy Club. Therese also performed her one woman show, Ribbons Undone, at the Here Arts Center.
Therese records audio books for Audible.com, Recorded Books and Talking Books, Inc. As an adolescent counselor, Therese spent five years utilizing Drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings before moving to New York. She shares a passion of creating, helping and entertaining and feels incredibly lucky to do all three.
About Charlaine Harris
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball’s “True Blood” series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris’s novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She’s thinking about what to write next.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing.Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators.Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance.Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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That sounds fabulous. I love the cover.
It was a blast, Mary! And, yes, this old cover style is cool the way it gives clues to the plot.
Love Therese Plummer’s narration. This sounds like a good series. I’ll see what you think of it when you’ve completed all the books.
I do love her narration work. I’m about half-way along and still into it.
Gotta love a good cozy 😉
You said it. I’m delving into this series and have hit the half-way point- still so good.
Love the cover and the title. Glad you’re enjoying this series. Great review!
Oh yes, this is definitely a fun series to work through.