Three Bedrooms, One Corpse

This series is consistently getting 3 stars from me. It's a quick, fun read and a good cleansing book that I don't have to concentrate on to hard. I still think Aurora is kind of unfeeling and pretty selfish at times. I did enjoy this book much better than the the second one where the romance was really flat. She sure does go through the guys for someone who doesn't date much!

Not going further in this series. It’s light, escapist fare but I always have issues with mysteries where a “regular” person encounters murder after murder after murder in a small town. How the heck are there any people left to murder? BUT, the real problem is the racism in the book. A black character is arrested for a murder; he is uncomfortable at events with white people (like a chocolate drop on a vanilla cake?? Puleeze. )who would write this except someone from the 1920’s and even then.... I know it’s not a big part of the book, but it’s there and it made me uncomfortable.

Having left her library job, Roe is considering joining her mother's real estate office. That is how she ends up opening a house for Martin Bartell and his sister. She is instantly attracted to Martin but any amourous thoughts are interupted when they discover the body of another realtor in the master bedroom. The romance picks up but the discovery of another dead realtor turns suspicions to Martin and Roe decides to she must solve the crime.

I really liked this one. The romance is interesting and the writing is a bit tighter. This is one of Harris' earlier works so some of the references make it a bit dated, but not enough to keep the book from being interesting. In fact, the absense of computers and cell phones is sort of nice.

Aurora (Roe) has left her library job and is trying out real estate with her mother. As she fills in while her mom is running late, she shows a brother (Martin) and sister from out of town a large house… and they find the dead body of another realtor in one of the bedrooms! Meanwhile, Roe is very attracted to this older man Martin, and they start dating while the real estate agents in town are a bit nervous.

This was ok. I listened to the audio, and it started off well, but my mind did tend to wander, as it sometimes (often?) does with audios, so I definitely missed more than I would have liked to. I do think Roe did a really stupid thing at the end (but they often do in cozy mysteries – rather than going to the police with what show more they’ve discovered, they do something dangerous instead). I’m undecided if I should continue the series or not. I might try one more. show less

I pretty much forgot everything about the first two books in this series over the years, but didn't remember them overly impressive. Now this one I definitely enjoyed - Martin is a dreamboat and I loved the twists and turns on a personal level. The mystery is bizarre but Roe isn't actively solving or discovering anything, so it feels like a side story until the ending when a solution pops up. The book does have her house hunting and other stuff so some may see this as downtime, but Harris tends to write about everyday life routines well in all her stories. Personally I didn't have any issue staying involved with the story, and small doses of humor helped. Full review to come.

I was immediately drawn to this series when I saw that the protagonist was a librarian! Of course, Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is also an heiress, and decides she doesn't need to be a librarian anymore so she is now working on becoming a real estate agent, following her mother's footsteps. While showing a client a three bedroom house, they discover the body of a fellow agent dead in the master bedroom. The story ramps up from there, another body is found, and Aurora discovers not only that she may be the object of a killer's search, but also the new love in her life (a real hunk who will certainly satisfy the romance readers who pick this up) may in fact be a suspect in the case.

Great fun, tightly woven plot, interesting and engaging show more characters make this series one I'm going to continue. This one is the third I've read, and I expect the next five to be just as much fun. show less

You know, I was all into this book... But the whole time, I am wondering, what the HELL happened to Robin?? In the last book in the series, Roe contemplated writing him a letter while he was in another country, telling him she was interested in seeing him again. But we never know if she did or not, cause the writer never said!! And she was dating the preacher at the time.
Then, she meets a woman who will be perfect for the preacher, and just GIVES UP? And then assumes he's going to know, without her telling him, them not even having "the talk"?? WTH?
The murders were pretty interesting, though you think by now, she would have run out of neighbors in this tiny, little southern town, to make suddenly crazy and murderous. OF COURSE it was show more someone they'd been living near for years, and never knew, just like the first novel in the series. They hint around at about everyone, including the "new guy" that Roe VERY suddenly started sleeping with, and then dating... but not him. Not this time.

Maybe in the next novel? I guess we'll see.

Meanwhile, Roe is in the hospital, hurt badly again. And just as suddenly, ENGAGED!! argh show less