"classic reprint from 1992 that stands the test of time"
Lawrence, Georgia is usually a quiet little southern town
except when Aurora "Roe" Teagarden has A BONE TO PICK;
which to the locals seems too often. Trouble follows her
like a magnet but when she goes to the funeral of Jane
Engle, her lawyer has some good news for her. Jane left
Roe her entire estate which includes her house and half a
million dollars. The lawyer hints that Jane has something
she wants Roe to fix. As Roe inspects her new house looking for a hiding place,
she spots the window seat carpeted to look like a piece of
furniture. When she opens it, Roe finds a skull and since
she doesn't want to take it to the police, she wraps it
inside a blanket and takes it to her mother's house. She
later finds inside a book a note in Jane's handwriting
saying she didn't do it. Relieved, Roe has to figure
where the skull came from and who killed that person. Charlaine Harris's second Aurora Teagarden mystery is a
charming delight populated with eccentric lovable Southern
characters. The mystery is well thought out with enough
suspects to keep readers turning the pages to find out who
lost their head, why that person was beheaded, and why the
head is with Jane while the body remains in parts unknown
(pardon the pun). A BONE TO PICK is a classic reprint
from 1992 that stands the test of time. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 31, 2008
Originally published in December 1993.
SummaryDeath comes calling on a small-town librarian whose life
is passing her by.
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.
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