Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries - Book 5)

Aurora Teagarden series came to be a guilty pleasure of mine. I know these are not the best mystery books out there and they are not as exciting as the books in Sookie Stackhouse series, but Charlaine Harris never disappoints me with her engaging writing style. I have no idea how she manages to make mundane everyday things so interesting to follow.

In this book Roe (again) finds herself an epicenter of various crimes: a body is dropped onto her yard from an airplane; her bodyguard is found unconscious; her annoying co-worker is badly injured.

I enjoyed this story; the "mystery" was quite entertaining. I was also glad that Martin's "dark past" was successfully dropped; it didn't feel like it belonged in the series anyway. I will definitely pick up the next book.

I read this book because I enjoyed the Sookie Stackhouse series, but was disappointed. It was hard to maintain interest and by the time the killer was revealed, I didn't even remember that character! It was a waste of time.

Auroras Teagarden continues to find trouble, even having a dead body fall from the sky onto her back yard. People around her begin dropping like flies, and no one can figure out why until she remembers her cat bringing her "trophies". But just who would do that?

This is a good book for the series, but the ending is so random that I'm not sure she dropped enough clues to make it believable that who did it was who did it. Otherwise, good book with increasing liberation for the Roe character. The basic story is Roe's enemy of former times, a cop named Jack Burns ends up dropped dead from the sky in Roe's yard. He was already dead, but someone threw him out of a plane he had supposedly rented. Weird things keep happening to Roe and those around her, some people die and it seems like there's a stalker or a hit man around. In the end, Roe finds out who did it and why, which is somewhat quaint but a little random.

I, too, am a major Charlaine Harris fan. I love Sookie, the Lily Bard series and am warming up to the Harper series. These are my least favorite, so I may have a bit of negative bias. But, I got sick to death of reading about teeny tiny "Roe" and her masses of long hair, and I absolutely cannot believe that she is generating all of the amorous interest that she suddenly is (it's probably that inheritance), nor can I believe the effect of that amorous interest as played out in this book. If you've not read Harris, please, SO NOT start w/ this series! As for me, I'll probably plow through the rest 'cause that's what a major fan does, but the star is burning just a bit less brightly for having written this one.

P.S. Martin does nothing for me (a least one reviewer wrote "one-dimensional," which I agree w/), but good grief, he's only in his late 40s -- Harris writes about him like he's ancient!

I am in the middle of the Teagarden series, and I am really enjoying it. I started reading Ms. Harris with the Vampire series along time ago, but lately I had gotten bored. I moved on the Lily Bard books, which I really enjoyed, and recently started the Teagarden series. Oh I also have read the Harper Connelly series which is fun. Anyway, I am enjoying this series even though I had read such mixed reviews about it. Some people complained it turned dark, but that is the fun of Ms. Harris, you never know what to expect. Her books are different than normal "cozies", they can turn on a dime. I also like how each series has it's own tone.

Although an engaging read, this installment of the Aurora Teagarden series is the weakest. The initial shocking discovery of the body (tossed out of a low-flying plane onto Aurora's backyard) turns out to have a questionable motive behind it. When the killer is unmasked, I found myself having to stretch my disbelief beyond the breaking point. Simply put, the killer's motivation is atypical to the character. It's a good read for those who enjoy her works, but if you had to skip one, this would be it.

In this 5th. book of the series, Aurora Teagarden has a dead body dropped unceremoniously from a passing airplane into her yard. The victim is a policeman who has been the bane of her existence when trying to solve other crimes. The finger of suspicion points to her and her bodyguard and then to a series of people who may have had a motive. The premise of the eventual solution is slim indeed, but if you enjoy Aurora Teagarden books and are good at suspending disbelief, give this one a try.

I read all the Sookie Stackhouse books and loved them. Next, I bought all the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, expecting the same level of wit, charm and fun. The first several Teagardens were frothy "Nancy Drew" type mysteries but this last one seemed as if it was either written in a rush or never edited. The so-called mystery is totally unbelievable and completely ridiculous. I read the final pages twice to make sure I wasn't missing something vital. The best advice I can give to readers is to skip this volume and hope the next book in the series is better!

The first few books it the series it took some time to find out about the crime. This one the body fell out of the sky one the first page of the book. It was convent for Roe since it was her back yard.

I recently read Dead Until Dark and loved it, so I had high hopes for this book by the same author. Ultimately, it was rather disappointing - it was a decent light read, but nowhere near as enjoyable as Ms. Harris' more well-known series.

I might have liked it better if I hadn't read the wonderfully quirky Dead Until Dark first.

All of Charlaine Harris' books, whether it's the Aurora Teagarden series or the Lily Bard series, are very enjoyable and fun. She provides a good story and puts in humor and likable characters. I recommend all her books!

Any amount of enjoyment of this book is largely overshadowed by the reader's overwhelming disbelief at such blatant stupdity on Roe's part. Although 1996 (published date) seems like a long time ago, they DID have *69 and a little gadget called Caller ID. Yet Roe continues to be intimidated by hang up calls and a spooky caller asking, "Are you alone?". Man, that *69 should have been a done deal with her next breath (they even have nifty software that will block unidentified-numbered calls from being put through...wow!). But nope, she has to be the proverbial dumb damsel. This kind of writing is an insult to women everywhere. Please, save yourself the frustration at such stupidity and read elsewhere!