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A Bone to Pick
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Start date
April 18, 2018
Finish date
April 20, 2018
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My Kind Of Mystery 2018!
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My Kind Of Mystery - General
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C.  (Comment, never msg).
I love intelligent, natural narration and dialogue, without excess description. If we follow how protagonists feel and only what they are doing generally: I am sold. Topics don't matter. “A Bone To Pick”, 1992, didn't even need a mystery. Familiar with Aurora Teagarden from a movie and the first novel, it is enjoyable to follow the acquisition of her house. An elderly mystery buff bequeathed it to her.

Aurora's Mother onscreen protests her sleuthing and makes nay-saying noise. The original Mrs. T
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Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*
As always Charlaine Harris writes clearly and easily. The story was a bit lackluster this time and the book was average, although enjoyable. It's a weird story and a weird feel. Roe decides she doesn't want her job, is obsessed with getting married at times, has strange relationships, an awkward dating situation with a local minister, and a mystery that really doesn't make much sense and that she ultimately has little to do with. ...more