Roe and Martin must try to answer all the questions in this sticky case: whodunnit, why, and where (as in, Where the heck did this baby come from?). The flighty Regina lands on their doorstep with a baby no one knew she was expecting, then disappears a few hours later leaving both the baby and her husband's brutally murdered corpse in her wake. Roe and her new and considerably older husband Martin are settled into their new life quite nicely when everything changes with the arrival of Martin's niece Regina. Now she returns to her cozy roots with her first Aurora-Roe-Teagarden mystery since Dead Over Heels. Read full overviewĬharlaine Harris has charmed audiences recently with her noirish cozy series starring Lily Bard. Roe and her new and considerably older husband Mar. To the mystery, not the subplot? - 50% Special suspect? - relative Misc.Charlaine Harris has charmed audiences recently with her noirish cozy series starring Lily Bard. How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999 (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story - very upbeat of violence and chases 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30% How society works & physical descript. As the strain of attending to Hayden and learning more about Martin's secretive past begin to catch up to her, Roe is unsure of everyone and everything, except the fact that Regina has ruined her life!Ĭlick here to see the rest of this reviewĬlick on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book descript. Instead of solving all of their problems, however, Martin and Roe find that they have stepped into a kidnapping/adoption/murder plot and do not know who to trust. As Roe and Martin try to discover what trouble Regina has gotten herself into now, they are led on a madcap journey to Martin's home town in Ohio and the small house where Martin grew up and Regina was living. But when Roe returned home from work, she found a dead man on the steps, a baby hidden under the bed, another man sleeping in her living room and no Regina. Southern hospitality being what it is, Roe felt that she had to offer a temporary refuge to the young woman and got her settled in the garage apartment.

After dealing with that unsettling incident, Roe is even more surprised when her husband's niece, Regina, arrives unannounced on their doorstep with her baby, Hayden in tow. She woke up, ate breakfast, got ready for work, greeted Darius Quattermain who was delivering the firewood, and then watched incredulously as Darius proceeded to take off all of his clothes and dance naked in the yard. Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden's day started out normally enough.

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