Delighted by a recent inheritance, librarian Aurora Teagarden turns her hand to real estate, but her new profession is threatened when she stumbles upon a corpse while showing her first house. By the author of A Bone to Pick.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
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At loose ends after her adventures in A Bone to Pick , former librarian Aurora Teagarden pitches in to help her mother Aida, a busy real estate agent in Lawrenceton, Ga. On her first unofficial showing of a house, Aurora discovers the naked corpse of a rival realtor in the master bedroom. Somewhat daunted, Aurora and her no-nonsense mom determine that the culprit must be another real estate agent--someone who could have gotten the key from Aida's office without raising suspicion. Then the body of another broker is discovered in another house for sale. Adding to Aurora's distress is her growing attraction to mysterious Martin Bartell, whose company has transferred him to Lawrenceton to reorganize its plant. Plucky, charming Aurora must choose between the dependable, uncomplicated Episcopalian minister whom she has been chastely dating and Martin, whose responsibility for laying off workers makes him dangerous to know. Meanwhile she and her mother question Aida's staff, other brokers and friends to determine who killed the realtors. With the disbanding of the Real Murders Club (which informally rehashed true crime cases), Aurora has time to sleuth to her heart's content in this high-spirited Southern cozy. Mystery Guild alternate.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This author's delightful addition to the "Aurora Teagarden" series enmeshes the ex-librarian in numerous murders that occur in empty houses for sale. Since the receipt of an inheritance, Aurora has considered joining her mother's real estate firm; instead, she discovers corpses and begins investigating almost without realizing it. Her love life, meanwhile, explodes when she meets an older man new to the area. Clearly focused plot, animated description of character and real estate, and sparkling prose commend this breath of fresh air to all collections
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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By Courtney
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Love love love Charlaine’s mystery/detective novels. So different from her other endeavours and just as amazing. Pleasantly surprised how Aurora Teagarden grew on me. Never stop writing, you are a Queen in the novel world.
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One of the Most Amusing Mystery Writers Around!
Mar 12 2003
By Silmarwen
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Aurora Teagarden returns in the 3rd book in the hilarious mystery series. Aurora is a short, respectible, 30-something single female in the small town of Lawrenceton. She used to work at the library until she unexpectedly inherited a fortune from a friend. Now she is footloose and fancy free with no job to tie her down, no boyfriend (due to a recent break up) and no money problems. Too bad that she is bored to death. Aurora decides that she needs something to do, so she starts learning about the real estate business from her mother, the best real estate agent in town. When her mother asks her to go and open up an expensive home so that her wealthy new clients can take a look, Roe is agreeable and cheerfully sets off to show the home to the best of her ability. Within an hour she has decided that the real estate business isn't for her, that the new guy in town, although quite a bit older is really hot and there is definitely some attraction there, and that, no matter how trashy in real life, no one deserves to be murdered and put on display in an empty house for someone to find. When her friend's husband is accused of being the murderer, Roe feels that she has to intervene and find out what really happened. Along the way she has to deal with her completely physical reaction to a gorgeous, wealthy older man, a cantankerous cat, shopping for a new home, and a disgruntled ex-employee of her new boyfriend who has started stalking her. You know, the usual problems...
I thought that Three Bedrooms, One Corpse was quite entertaining and finished it in one sitting. Charlaine Harris is a very talented author and, while there may have been a few small errors (which I didn't notice because I was too caught up in the story), she has a very smooth writing style that allows you to be amused and informed at the same time. The plot moves quickly and there are several subplots that keep the reader involved with the characters. Although I still enjoyed the Lily Bard/Shakespeare series and the Southern Vampire series more, I have grown quite fond of Aurora Teagarden and know that I will pick up anything that Charlaine Harris cares to write. At the cheap price that these books are available for, why not treat yourself?
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Wonderful blend of plot and humour
July 20 1998
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
This author is a real "find". It's great to stumble across an author who really manages to balance humour, plot and character development. I'm looking forward to reading more of these books because Ms. Harris obviously intends for her characters personal relationships to change and develop. Hope she writes more (and soon)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Not Favorite Harris Series By Any Stretch
Mar 5 2010
By Shanaa
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This series is definitely not a keeper but can be a mildly entertaining read. My biggest gripes about this book are the same for all in the series so far.
One: Aurora's interactions with the other characters is my favorite part of these books, and what I enjoy about a good series in general. In this series she seems to find great chemistry with one guy, is seemingly falling in love, and then all of a sudden by the next book she is with the OTHER guy (the one you didn't like all that much and is obviously wrong for her.) In this latest installment the "love at first sight" is simply not believable to me... Martin is not very fleshed out as a character and now all of the sudden he is the ONE? What happened to Robin? Harris never goes into this in detail, which is annoying, and leaves the reader vaguely unsatisfied.
Two: Aurora is just not that great a character! Kind of dumb and never learns from her mistakes. She hasn't the charm of Sookie nor the depth of Harper. She is the dumb blond in the horror movie who decides to investigate the noise in the scary motel room while the audience heckles and throws popcorn at the screen :(
In short get this series from the library.
One: Aurora's interactions with the other characters is my favorite part of these books, and what I enjoy about a good series in general. In this series she seems to find great chemistry with one guy, is seemingly falling in love, and then all of a sudden by the next book she is with the OTHER guy (the one you didn't like all that much and is obviously wrong for her.) In this latest installment the "love at first sight" is simply not believable to me... Martin is not very fleshed out as a character and now all of the sudden he is the ONE? What happened to Robin? Harris never goes into this in detail, which is annoying, and leaves the reader vaguely unsatisfied.
Two: Aurora is just not that great a character! Kind of dumb and never learns from her mistakes. She hasn't the charm of Sookie nor the depth of Harper. She is the dumb blond in the horror movie who decides to investigate the noise in the scary motel room while the audience heckles and throws popcorn at the screen :(
In short get this series from the library.
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