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| The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Pages: 240
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ISBN: 0425222039
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
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Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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 A great Aurora Teagarden treat June 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Julius House, newly reprinted by Berkely Prime Crime, is the fourth in the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris. Just over six years ago, the Julius family disappeared, taking none of their belongings. The mystery was never solved, and for amateur sleuth "Roe" it becomes the perfect wedding present from her handsome, wealthy fiance, Martin.
Roe is finally going to be the bride and not a bridesmaid. To top that, now she has a new home to decorate, a wedding to plan and a mystery to solve, all of which makes her happier than she has ever been in her life. She is surprised when her fiance, Martin, informs her that two of his friends are moving into the apartment over the garage of their new home. She does her best to welcome the odd pair while putting aside her worries that maybe she doesn't know her husband-to-be as well as she thought. But she is in love and looking forward to taking up their life together in the remodeled home when they return from the perfect honeymoon in England.
But life isn't a fairy tale with all happy endings, as Roe soon discovers. Her new husband's recently revealed and unsavory past, an axe wielding madman, her friends' concerns about her living in the mystery house and the so-called "friends" over the garage who turn out to be her bodyguards--all this soon has her thinking that maybe some secrets are better left to remain buried. The depth of characterizations and twists of the plot will keep you guessing to the shocking, unexpected end.
by Rhonda Esakov
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
 reprint of an enjoyable regional amateur sleuth June 3, 2008
In Lawrenceton, Georgia wealthy businessman Martin Bartell, the manager of the Pan Am Agra Plant, fell in love with Aurora "Roe" Teagarden from the moment they first met. Older and more sophisticated than her, they set a wedding date within weeks of their first meeting. As a wedding present Martin gives his fiancee the deed to the Julius House.
The house has a mysterious history because one night six years ago the family vanished without a reason or a trace; leaving everything behind. When Roe finds something illegal that her new spouse is involved in, she tries to ignore her qualms by investigating what happened to the Julius family. Her inquiries almost kill her; and it is only thanks to her tenant Angel that she survived the harrowing situation. When she finds the bodies of the family members, a new mystery surfaces that takes Roe and Angel into danger in New Orleans where people want them dead.
Charlaine Harris is one of the best writers of regional cozies. Her amateur sleuth tales are filled with colorful characters, red herrings, plenty of suspects, and clues that ask more questions than they answer. The protagonist is a classical southern steel magnolia; beautiful to look at with a strong metallic spine as she is not afraid to face danger and confront horrors even involving the man she loves.
Harriet Klausner
Book #4 in the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries March 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"The Julius House" by Charlaine Harris is the fourth book in her series about Aurora Teagarden. (Follows Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Bk. 1, A Bone To Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Book 2 and Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery) Roe is now happily engaged to Martin Bartell, but nothing is as it seems. Martin has just gifted Roe with the old Julius house as a wedding present, and she is happily planning on moving them in. Depite its history (the Julius family mysteriously vanished years ago), she finds it enchanting. She even finds no problem with letting a couple of Martin's friends live on the property. That is, until she finds out that they're her bodyguards. Besides dealing with her husband, Roe decides she wants to figure out what happened to the Julius family.
I enjoyed this book as much as I did the earlier ones. It did take me a bit to warm to Martin, but I've decided that he's just what Roe needs. And unlike "Three Bedrooms, One Corpse", I did not solve the mystery before Roe! Everytime I thought I had figured it out, something new would be revealed, and I'd have to rethink my whole theory.
I fully recommend this series! Next is Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Bk. 5, followed by Fool And His Honey: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Bk. 6, Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries), and Poppy Done To Death: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, Bk. 8.
Or if you'd like to try a different series by Charlaine Harris, check out the Lily Bard mysteries.(Shakespeare's Landlord (The First Lily Bard Mystery), "Shakespeare's Champion", Shakespeare's Christmas", "Shakespeare's Trollop", and Shakespeare's Counselor")
Or her new supernatural Southern Vampire Mysteries (Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Bk. 1), "Living Dead in Dallas", "Club Dead", "Dead to the World", "Dead as a Doornail", "Definitely Dead", and "All Together Dead")
Oh where Oh where have those dead bodies gone? July 10, 2003
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
So Roe has found her dream house. She waste no time or money fixing it up just the way she wants it. Oh, but who do we have here? A couple, old friends of her fiance, have decided to rent the upstairs apartment. They have no furnature, no background, and seeming act like Roe's employees. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Roe's fiance is no help either. Secrets abound in her new relationship. Of course, those are not the only problems Roe has to work out. What happened to the previous inhabitants of the Julius house? Roe and a new friend set off to find out.
The Julius House-- a Lawrenceton Mystery Residence May 20, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Aurora Teagarden's fiance, Martin Bartell, gives her the deed to the Julius House as a wedding gift. The house has a dark history. Some six years before an entire family named Julius had disappeared from the residence leaving all of their belongings. Despite a careful investigation into their disppearance by the authorities no trace was ever found. Aurora decides that she is going to find the Julius family.On the personal side, though, she is also finding out some things about her future husband that make her more than a bit uneasy. Then Martin tells her that he a friend from Vietnam who has lost his job in Florida and will be staying in their garage apartment. When she meets the Youngbloods she knows that Martin is not being completely open with her. There's a satisfactory resolution of the story but as with many literary villains, much of the detail comes out only because the evil person, once immobilized, cannot keep their mouth shut. However, Harris has created a page turner as the focus moves from Aurora's less than idyllic personal life to the puzzle of what happened to the former owners of her home.
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