Poppy Done to Death

''Harris draws the guilty and the innocent into an engrossing tale while inventing a heroine as capable and complex as P. D. James''s Cordelia Gray'' ( Publishers Weekly ) In the eighth book in bestselling author Charlaine Harris''s compelling mystery series, A urora Teagarden, ''a genuine steel magnolia'' ( Booklist ) will have to use all of her southern wiles to investigate a murder within her own family . . . Not just any woman in Lawrenceton, Georgia, gets to be a member of the Uppity Women Book Club. But Roe''s stepsister-in-law Poppy has climbed her way up the waiting list of the group - only to die on the day she''s supposed to be inducted. What makes Poppy''s murder even worse are the rumors of infidelity on both sides of the marriage swirling around town. To find the killer, Roe must determine if the sordid stories are true. Suspects abound, and the things she uncovers make her question her own heart, but her passion for the truth drives her on: into the path of the cold-blooded killer . . . ''Clearly focused plot, animated description of character and sparkling prose commend this breath of fresh air to all collections'' (Library Journal) ''Great bloody fun'' (Barbara Paul)

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Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty-five years. Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, she is the author of the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, basis for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Aurora Teagarden original movies; the Midnight, Texas series, now airing on NBC; the Sookie Stackhouse urban fantasy series, basis for the HBO show True Blood; the Lily Bard mysteries; the Harper Connelly mysteries; and the co-author of the graphic novel trilogy Cemetery Girl. Harris now lives in Texas with her husband and two rescue dogs.