The main character, Aurora Teagarden, is a librarian in a little Georgia town, although she doesn’t spend much time in the library in this 9th installation of the Aurora Teagarden Mystery series. Soon after learning she is pregnant, the settling in of her recently arrived younger half-brother, who has run away from his dysfunctional home in California, is interrupted when he and a few of his peers go missing and one turns up dead. The dichotomy of character types is well portrayed and I remained engaged throughout the story. ( )

Dedication in this book: this book is for the people who asked me what Aurora was up to in the years since I wrote about her. I might have never attempted another book about my favorite librarian if it had not been for all of you.

^^^I was one of those, but deeply regret it now. Memories fade over the years but: Has Roe always been so awful?? She's pregnant, and her brother's missing. With all that's going on, she's annoyed that people aren't more excited about her pregnancy. When her friend needs support, she's like, what about me? And the mystery...meh. At least it was short.

** of *****, mostly because of nostalgia.

I wanted Ms. Harris to revisit the Harper/Grave series but after this???? No, please don't. ( )

Thought I'd try the Teagarden mysteries, since I like so many other if Harris' series. Despite all the similarities, and the nice clip of the plot, this didn't really appeal to me. I'm not sure why, possibly I only like paranormal mysteries?

Perfectly fine book, just not for me. ( )

Aurora Teagarden!!!

After more than 10 years away dealing with vampires and fairies, Charlaine Harris returns to her Aurora Teagarden Mystery series with this new book, All the Little Liars. I was so excited when I heard about this book that I couldn't wait to read it. I was not disappointed! Not only was it wonderful to read about Roe's life and new marriage, but the book was well-written and thrilling, as usual! Charlaine Harris never disappoints! Move over Sookie Stackhouse -- Aurora is back!!!

The basics: Aurora has just re-married and is expected her first baby. Her half-brother Phillip is living with them. The happy couple is basking in their bliss and life looks good. Then children start disappearing, including Aurora's brother. The local police department begins frantically searching for the missing kids and interviewing anyone that might have information about the case. Aurora, and her crime novelist husband Robin, don't wait for the authorities to solve the case, they begin their own investigation. With Christmas approaching, Aurora hopes her brother and the other kids are still alive,

This book was great!! The story was full of suspense with lots of twists and turns! I was fully engrossed in the story from beginning to end! And, it was so nice to re-visit a favorite character after so long! :)

All the Little Liars is the 9th book in the Aurora Teagarden series. All Aurora fans will love this book -- and cozy mystery fans who haven't "met'' Aurora yet, I highly recommend this series! All the Little Liars will be available in bookstores September 27th.

Find out more about best-selling author Charlaine Harris at her website: www.charlaineharris.com





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My Thoughts:
I read this series, like, donkey's years ago! Then all of a sudden I come across another book in this series more than ten years later! Whoa! That is a long hiatus!! And only Charlaine Harris can revive back to life a series that long dead. I wonder why she decided to write again in the Aurora Teagarden's world, after all this time... Speaking of which, I find the story flow a little bit sluggish... Sluggish?! ...heck! It's a little bit under crawling pace... at less than a snail's pace!!... The main reason being that I have already forgotten a lot of the characters and events from previous books. So I had to stop and think, who was who? And did Roe got married before?? Yeah, that was how long ago I've read this series... But I remember Therese Plummer's sleepy voice! And am very happy to be listening to it again! But after a while, it all comes back more easily this time... after an annoyingly interminable time.... *sigh* ... did I say it was a long time ago??...

Empirical Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 3
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 3
World building = 3
Cover art = 1
Pace = (7 hrs and 51 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 4.5

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5

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