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      Real Murders

      by Charlaine Harris
      Published
      Dec 1990
      Main Genre
      Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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      An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Book 1
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      Worldwide Mysteries Book 104

      About This Book

      THE "MURDER OF THE MONTH" SUDDENLY TOOK A VERY REAL, VERY VIOLENT TURN

      Every month, Real Murders, a society of crime buffs in Lawrenceton, Georgia, met to discuss a favorite infamous murder. Its members were an eccentric lot: Gifford Doakes, the massacre specialist; Jane Engle, lover of Victorian horrors; Perry Allison, a Ted Bundy fan....

      The night of the last meeting, town librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden discovered Mamie Wright's mutilated body in the clubhouse kitchen. She felt certain the killer was a fellow member, for the crime bore a chilling resemblance to the club's "murder of the month."

      And as other brutal "copycat" killings followed, the only motive seemed a horrifyingly bizarre sense of fun....

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      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction Suspense

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      Amateur Sleuth Fantasy Mystery Police Procedural

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      Movie/TV Adaptations

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      Women Sleuths

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