Sleep Like a Baby

An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

by Charlaine Harris

Opening a new Aurora Teagarden mystery is like greeting an old friend after a long absence.  Upon discovery of this series, I consumed the first four in one weekend.  It was so much fun.  Was I excited Harris has revisited the series?  DUH!!  Now Aurora (Roe to her friends) and Robin have dipped their toes into parenthood.  As Robin flies off to an author’s award ceremony, Roe comes down with the flu and she is in desperate need of assistance with baby Sophie.  Roe wakes in the middle of the night to the highly unhappy wailing of her daughter only to discover her help is absent, there’s a body in her backyard and a storm is brewing.  Luckily Roe’s much younger, brother is available to help out.  On top of this mess, her mother’s new husband and Roe’s friend, John has had another heart attack and is in the hospital.  How is Roe going to get through this mess and still find her way around new motherhood? 

Harris is one of those authors that is versatile in her story telling.  She bounces from one storyline to the next.  Vampires, ghosts and murders.  One protagonist that you don’t want to meet in a dark alley and one struck by lightning.  Her characters are varied and she doesn’t often shy from bumping a few off.  If you are a fan of her Sookie Stackhouse series, you might want to give some of her other series a try.  I will give you fair warning, they are nothing like that one.  Each series stands alone.  What is life but a challenge, no?  Go on.  You know you want to. 

I wish to thank the publisher for generously providing an Advanced Reader’s Copy through NetGalley for my honest review.

Pub Date:  September 26, 2017

Pub: St. Martin’s Press

ISBN:  9781250090065

Genre:  Cozy Mystery