When her sister-in-law is late for her own induction, Aurora Teagarden, a mild-mannered librarian, stops by only to find Poppy dead on the floor. Complicating Roe’s life, in a good way, is Robin’s re-entry into her life and a surprise visit from a runaway.
Against the backdrop of filming Robin Crusoe’s book, a vicious serial killer is operating. It’s up to Aurora Teagarden to reprise her role as amateur sleuth and stop the carnage before it gets out of hand.
Strange things are happening to those around Aurora Teagarden, including anonymous “gifts” appearing at her home, including the body of an enemy.
Aurora Teagarden is excited about her upcoming wedding, her early wedding gift . . . and the opportunity to solve the disappearance of the Juliuses.
Two corpses at two different house showings — and all that math! — discourages Aurora “Roe” Teagarden about becoming a real estate agent. It’s obvious that there is a very cool killer at large in Lawrenceton, one who knows a great deal about real estate — and maybe too much about Roe.
After attending three weddings in less than a year, including her ex-boyfriend’s, Aurora Teagarden feels stuck in a rut. Then Jane Engle, an elderly member of the recently disbanded Real Murders club, dies and unexpectedly leaves her house and considerable estate to Roe But Roe soon realizes that her inheritance includes a tangled mystery in need of unravelling.
Aurora Teagarden, small town librarian and true crime buff, becomes involved at the center of a murderous story of her own, as members of her book club are targeted in a series of copycat murders.