Three Bedrooms, One Corpse

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

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.

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

Aurora "Roe" is back for a third installment and is giving working for her mother as a real estate agent a go. She quit her part time job after she came into some money and is keen to give another career a go. She doesn't really have the passion for it and is more interested in selling her inherited property and buying her own place.

During her first house showing for her mother she discovers a body. The woman is another real estate agent and she has been murdered and her body looks posed. Soon after a second body is found and it seems like someone in the real estate community is responsible. Roe starts to look into things and discovers there has also been a string of missing items from houses that have been on the market which may be show more linked to the killer. If Roe can stay out of the way of Detective Sergeant Jack Burns this time then it will be a miracle.

As well as the myrder story line, there is also Roe's personal life which is progressing. She is dating a minister, but she has a definite connection with a new character. We also get to know some more about the secondary characters. This is much better than the second novel as it matches the sub plots with the main murder storyline much better. Much more in line with the first book, a real page turner and I hope book four lives up to books one and three. 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

This is one of the stronger books in the series, I think - there's some genuine tension without the over-the-top body count of the first book, and Roe throws over her undersexed and bland boyfriend for a much more interesting fellow. I remain seriously annoyed at the climax, but at least the plot hangs together.

(Also, bonus points for including a lesbian couple that don't murder anyone. This book is almost 20 years old and set in Georgia - it's worth noting.)