Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 5)
by Charlaine Harris
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Author: Charlaine HarrisEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-05
ISBN: 0425223035
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Berkley
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- ISBN13: 9780425223031
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Book Review: Murderous Minds
Summary: 5 Stars
Dead Over Heels (1996) is the fifth mystery novel in the Aurora Teagarden series, following Julius House. In the previous volume, Roe traveled with Angel to New Orleans looking for clues. She found more than she expected. Only Angel's intervention saved her from the killers.
In this novel, Aurora Teagarden was born and raised in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, in the suburbs of Atlanta. Roe is now married to Martin Bartell. She has had some strange experiences in her life.
Martin Bartell is Aurora's husband. He is manager of the local Pan-Am Agra plant. Martin was born and raised in Corinth, Ohio, and served in combat as a Marine at the end of the Vietnam War. Then he served as a covert operative in Central America.
Aida Brattle Teagarden Queensland is Roe's mother. She owns Select Realty, a very successful real estate firm. She is now married to John Queensland, who has two sons by his previous marriage.
Shelby Youngblood is an old friend of Martin from the war in Vietnam. Then he worked as a bodyguard in Florida. Shelby is married to Angel.
Angel Youngblood is a martial artist and stuntwoman. She is almost as tall as her husband and towers over Roe. She too has worked as a bodyguard and now protects Roe.
In this story, Roe and Angel are mowing the yard. It is Angel's turn and Roe is setting up a lounge chair. A plane circling overhead irritates her and she looks up to see a body falling toward them.
Roe immediately charges toward Angel and knocks her down. The body just barely misses Angel and the lawnmower. Angel pukes at the sight.
They call the sheriff and soon deputies, doctors, and other officials -- as well as Martin and Shelby -- are surrounding the body. The sheriff sits down next to Roe and hears her description of the incident. Then he rises to watch his men turn over the corpse.
Sheriff Lanier initially asks Roe to see if she can identify the body, but he soon recognizes it himself. It had been Jack Burns, Detective Sergeant of the Lawrenceton Police. Soon Lawrenceton cops arrive on the scene.
Roe and Angel tell all that they know, but Angel had not seen anything until after the body fell on their yard. Roe had noticed the plane colors, but not its identification numbers. Still, the police track down the plane to a local airport.
Roe takes a dish over to the new widow and meets her mother outside the house. Roe tells Aida all that she knows as they approach the house. Roe put her salad bowl into the refrigerator and then goes to give her condolences.
Bess is with two large men in the back of the house. These men give their names, but not their business. They strongly dissuade any casual conversations with the widow. Roe suspects that they are federal agents.
Roe tells Bess that she believes Jack to have been dead before he hit the ground. She had seen the body flop mindlessly in the sky. Bess thanks her for this insight.
Angel is still feeling poorly, so Roe takes her to the doctor. Angel has never seen a doctor except for emergency care. Angel is totally shocked when the doctor says that she is pregnant.
This tale casts Roe into a confusion of clues and deductions that seem to lead nowhere. For some reason, a man associated with her and with Angel have been attacked. Then other people are hurt.
Roe wonders if Angel has a secret admirer with violent tendencies. In the next installment -- A Fool and His Honey -- Martin has a death in the family. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Harris fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of first degree murder, criminal psychology, and persevering women. For anyone unfamiliar with this series, the initial volume is Real Murders.
-Bill Jordin
Summary of Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 5)
Part-time librarian Aurora ?Roe? Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead? especially not dropped from a plane right into her own backyard. But when other strange things happen around her, ranging from peculiar (her irascible cat turns up wearing a pink ribbon) to violent (her assistant at the library is attacked) to potentially deadly (her former lover is stabbed), she must decipher the personal message in the madness before it?s too late.
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