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    Last Scene Alive

    Written by Charlaine Harris

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer

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    About this audiobook

    Aurora Teagarden is still mourning her husband's death when a movie company arrives in Lawrenceton. They've come to make the film of a book by her one-time boyfriend Robin Crusoe, a book about their investigation of a series of murders that occurred years before. But when the actress playing Roe is killed, Robin and Roe must join forces again to thwart the killer, unknowing that Roe herself is the next target...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateDec 1, 2010
    ISBN9781407468341
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    Last Scene Alive
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    Charlaine Harris

    Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She has written four series, and two stand-alone novels, in addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and graphic novels (cowritten with Christopher Golden). Her Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared in twenty-five different languages and on many bestseller lists. They’re also the basis of the HBO series True Blood. Harris now lives in Texas, and when she is not writing her own books, she reads omnivorously. Her house is full of rescue dogs.

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    • 3/5
      I love this series -- and that Berkley is reprinting all the books -- which I read back when they were first published. In Last Scene Alive, heroine Aurora Teagarden is chagrined to learn that a movie crew is in town to film a version of her earlier amateur sleuthing adventures. She'd just as soon they leave town but instead, she gets another murder to investigate: the actress portraying her. Widowed Aurora also rekindles (?) her romance with Robin Crusoe, the author who brought her exploits to readers.
    • 2/5
      I read this one again also, after reading it a few years ago. It makes more sense now that I have read the whole series from the beginning, and why Roe is doing what she's doing.
      Being I've read so many books in between, I couldn't remember much of it; but that's ok, it was like a new book.. that seemed kinda familiar. lol. I think I'm just reading the last 2 books now to say that I have.. not really sure why else. the characters are less believable now, the plots are extremely unlikely, and I barely care.. Robin is back, less than a year after Martin's death, and she has gone for it. Who knows, maybe this will be a more grown-up relationship.

    • 4/5
      Clearing off some older books off my tbr list I found several Harris books. She is the personification of cosy mystery writer plus. This book starts off fast, involving the reader in Aurora's life, and continues the pace to the end. A quick read, not requiring a lot of attention, but satisfying. The series are all stand alone. There is murder, romance and an ending. Good beach read or any rainy afternoon.
    • 3/5
      This one was pretty good. I'm realizing that Harris seems to like bosses named Sam, and bringing back old boyfriends into the picture of her leading lady.
    • 4/5
      fantastic mystery with more interesting charaters from Charlaine Harris. Aurora continues her story just trying to live her life. Once again people die and she is needed to help solve the crime. Movie actors and studio execs come, bringing chaos to town. One of Aurora friends comes back into her life, and helps her to recover. Aurora makes changes with her life, trying to find her new path.
    • 4/5
      The story of Aurora Teagarden's first case about a Lawrencetown serial killer has become a best-seller and is about to hit the small screen. Her ex, Robin, wrote both the book and the TV movie's screenplay and her stepson, Barrett, has a starring role, but when leading lady Celia is murdered and Robin is stalked by a crazed fan the pieces must be put together before it's too late. A good read.
    • 3/5
      Pretty light book to read in bed to relax during these busy times. It took me a little while to warm up to the Robin Crusoe character because of the cheesy (to me) name, but he turned out to be okay. For a while, it seems like Roe's PT job as a librarian might have been any job, but the library ended up playing a role in the mystery, which I was happy to see. All in all, a pretty satisfying story.
    • 2/5
      Although I didn't intend to read more in this series, I figured (since I had the book) I'd fill in the gaps. Not a bad installment. The character is realizing more her own selfishness and at least this time Roe wasn't targeted because some other character was inexplicably obsessed with her. An ok mystery, if a bit obvious.
    • 3/5
      The Aurora Teagarden books should be read in order, as the messy nature of her personal life is almost a bigger feature than the mysteries.This one brings back a lot of the characters from the first novel, including the love interest.I originally picked up the series because I like books that feature bookstores, libraries, etc. in their mysteries. Unfortunately, the library aspect of these books is more in name only than in the plot or theme of the books. I decided to finish out the series anyways, because I found the main character amusing and some of the writing worked for me (although too often the plots did not--sometimes I can solve the murder halfway through the book)
    • 4/5
      This time Roe's life is turned upside down when her former lover Robin Crusoe returns to town to shoot a movie version of one of his true life crime books. It just happens that the book was based on events that take place in the first novel in the series which makes it personal for librarian Roe. She isn't sure how she feels about Robin being back in town as she is dealing with her own loss and seeing Robin is bound to bring up the past and her complicated feelings.Robin hasn't exactly been celibate since he left town. He has been dating the actress due to play Roe in the film (art imitating life). Unfortunately though they have split up and one morning she is found dead in her film trailer. Roe and Robin are immediately on the case and looking for who the murderer was. The story was mixed for me, I guessed correctly who the murderer was this time but didn't guess at their motives which was a nice twist. These books are more about character development and I do like Roe. It was good to see Robin return, I liked him in the first book which is probably the best in the series.
    • 3/5
      Still grieving from the death of her husband, Aurora (Roe) Teagarden was taken a little by surprise with the arrival of Robin Crusoe, her former neighbor and a man she had once dated. Knowing that he had written a book based on the strange murders that had happened in her hometown several years ago didn‘t help, and now the tv movie was about to be filmed in the middle of downtown Lawrencetown. Everyone seemed to be excited about the movie industry being in town, except Roe. She knew that a lot of the story was based on her and her involvement in finding the bodies. During the course of filming, her own stepson (Barrett) is the one who stumbles upon a body, that of the main actress who was to play the part of Roe herself. After so many murders happening around her, surely this one would have nothing to do with her, until it does.Book 7 ….. To begin with, I miss Martin (the husband), I had always liked him so much more than I ever liked Robin the first time I met him. The mystery was a bit mellow compared to some of the stories Roe has been involved in. I didn’t like some of the personal decisions Roe made on this one either. This is obviously not one of the best of the Aurora Teagarden series (in my opinion), but that will not stop me from reading the next one (Poppy Done to Death) which seems to be the last of the series.
    • 3/5
      The last one available at this time, it's better than the rest, but I wouldn't suggest reading them out of order. You can, but there is a lot of history to catch up on. She did much better at creating a mystery & not just one, yet still kept the same style. It's not quite the same kind of candy book as the first of the series & certainly showed her maturing as a writer. It's still light & engaging, a fun read with no pretensions to be anything else. A good mystery with a bit more romance, no explicit sex & a twisty plot.
    • 3/5
      Another solid installment in the always charming Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris. Last Scene Alive finds a movie crew coming to Lawrenceton to film a miniseries version of Whimsical Murders. Written by Robin Crusoe (yes, that's his name), Whimsical Murders is the true crime telling of the events that took place in Real Murders, the first book in the series. Robin, one-time almost flame of Aurora's, and still a long, tall, red-headed drink of water, is in town with the crew, and he's sniffing around Roe again. Also along for the shoot is Barrett, the grown son of Roe's husband Martin, an actor, a mooch, and even less a fan of Roe's than he was when his father was alive.On the first day of shooting Celia Shaw, the Emmy-winning actress playing Roe in the series, is found thrice murdered (drugged, strangled, and bopped on the head with her own Emmy) in her trailer, and the race is on.As always, small town life and the quirky, charming, and sometimes scary characters are far more important than the mystery at hand, and--once again--Roe is not so much sleuth as the sort-of-calm center around which all the weird shit seems to happen.Satisfying and adorable.
    • 4/5
      Cute cozy mystery featuring librarian turned sleuth Aurora Teagarden. In this case, her old boyfriend returns to town when filming on a movie based on his book is being done. Then, of course, there is a murder, which Roe has to solve.
    • 4/5
      Aurora Teagarden has never really got over the serial killer that she helped put away. Now she is going to be on the silver screen. The story that Robin (her ex) wrote is now going to be filmed, with her stepson Barrett having a starring role. When Celia, Robin's current squeeze, who's playing Aurora on the screen, is found dead. Robin is a major suspect and Aurora finds herself attracted again to him.It's an interesting story, I really will have to go and read some of the rest of the series, it's not a supernatural story, it's a cosy detective series featuring a Librarian centre stage.