Last Scene Alive

Aurora Teagarden has never forgotten her first case: a serial killer who terrorized suburban Lawrencetown. Now that story is about to hit the small screen. Even if she wanted to, Aurora can't help getting involved. Her ex, Robin, wrote the TV movie's screenplay and her stepson, Barrett, has a starring role. Then there's Celia—the catty actress portraying Roe—who, by the way, also happens to be Robin's latest squeeze.
But when Celia is murdered and Barrett is accused, the real-life script takes a deadly turn. Between threatening letters, deranged fans and renewed feelings for Robin, Aurora has one goal: catch a killer and make it to the final scene alive.
"When I stopped at the end of the driveway to extract my letters and magazines from the mailbox, I never imagined that in five minutes I’d be sitting at my kitchen table reading an article about myself. But my entertainment magazine had had a fascinating teaser on the cover: “Crusoe’s Book Comes to the Screen (Finally)—WHIMSICAL MURDERS Goes On Location.” It had taken me only seconds to flip pages to the article, which was faced by a full-page picture of my former friend Robin Crusoe, his long frame folded into a chair behind a desk piled high with books. Then, with a much deeper sensation of shock, I realized that, in a green- shaded sidebar, the small woman walking to her car, head down, was me. Not surprisingly, I decided to read the sidebar first. “It was a strangely jolting experience to see Aurora Teagarden in the flesh,” began the writer, one Marjory Bolton. Strangely jolting, my tushy.
“The diminutive librarian, whose courage and perspicuity led to the discovery of the serial killers terrorizing Lawrenceton, Georgia, is no recluse.”