Three Bedrooms, Once Corpse by Charlaine Harris Narrator: Therese Plummer
Series: Aurora Teagarden #3
Published by Recorded Books on November 25, 2009
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Length: 6 hours, 45 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Library
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Deciding if she wants to go into real estate becomes a life-or-death choice for Aurora "Roe" Teagarden. A naked corpse is discovered at her first house showing. And when a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large in Lawrenceton, one who knows a great deal about real estate-and maybe too much about Roe.
Quitting her job at the library, inheriting a small fortune from a friend, dating a nice minister, and now considering working at her mom’s real estate office, Roe Teagarden, is in a funk. From the outside, her life is enviable, but she wants what all her marrying or married friends have and she has no idea what she wants for a job or if she wants a job. Then a series of incidents occur to make it clear what she doesn’t want- working as a real estate agent when murdered agents can be discovered displayed at the sale houses, an awkward feeling she and Aubrey are merely treading water, or be invited to be one more person’s bridesmaid.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse is the third in the closely connected books of the Aurora Teagarden mystery series.
While I like Roe and enjoy her small town of Lawrenceton and the rest of the cast around her, this one started off a tad morose for me. She’s definitely wallowing- her prerogative, but I didn’t want to wallow with her. Thankfully, that didn’t last long when a murder mystery dropped in her lap once again. And, a new man, Martin Bartel, with whom she shares a lot of sparks comes into the picture right when things with Aubrey are winding down. I was a little leery because she meets Martin while still dating Aubrey, but that gets wrapped up before she goes out with Martin.
Whew, things rush forward at lightning speed with Martin who has something of a mysterious, ominous aura. Roe doesn’t mind and has the mystery to preoccupy her. The real estate crowd in Lawrenceton seemed to be the main suspects since the murderer knew things that only someone familiar with a real estate office would know. I was in the dark about murderer and motive until nearly the reveal.
All in all, Three Bedrooms, One Corpse was an engaging, entertaining listen and I’m really looking forward to picking up the next in the series especially after that bombshell announcement at the end. Definitely recommend these to those who like a grittier cozy mystery style.
Narration:
I find myself repeating that Therese Plummer is sensational as the voice of Aurora and the rest of the Lawrenceton cast of characters. She draws one into the story so well, too.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About Therese Plummer
Therese Plummer is an actor and voice over artist living and working in New York City. Favorite roles to date include TV: Rose Nerrick, The Good Wife, Andy in Law and Order SVU. Stage: Celebrity Row; New York Theatre Workshop, Under Tillage, The Irish Repertory Theatre. Off-off Broadway credits include The Vagina Monologues, Suzanne in Twilight of the Gold’s and Madeline in the Award Winning Samuel French Short play The Sweet Room. Comedy Credits include Improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and Stand-up at Caroline’s Comedy Club. Therese also performed her one woman show, Ribbons Undone, at the Here Arts Center.
Therese records audio books for Audible.com, Recorded Books and Talking Books, Inc. As an adolescent counselor, Therese spent five years utilizing Drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings before moving to New York. She shares a passion of creating, helping and entertaining and feels incredibly lucky to do all three.
About Charlaine Harris
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball’s “True Blood” series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris’s novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She’s thinking about what to write next.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing.Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators.Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance.Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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I still haven’t read this author, but I’ve enjoyed seeing you go through her books. This might be a series I’d enjoy. I thought the last one ended with some mixed feelings from you. Love Therese Plummer, so that’s an incentive!
LOL, yes, I’m still plugging along at Charlaine Harris’ backlist. Getting down to some of the last though. I find I have my ups and downs with Harris’ books and sometimes within the same book. LOL I do like that when Ro starts to get dramatic, she figures it out and self-regulates. I’m seeing that in a further book along in the series, too.
I need to listen to these. Wonderful review.
Therese Plummer is fabulous and the stories do draw one in. 🙂
I hope the next one is good!
Oh yes! I’m enjoying each one. 🙂
I read a few books from this author years ago, sounds like I need to read more.
I second that!!!
Sounds like overall a good read after you got past the beginning. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, glad this series is continuing to be one you enjoy.
Yeah, poor gal was feeling pretty glum and I wasn’t in the mood to be there with her. LOL Thanks, Lisa!