Monday, August 23, 2010

Three Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse-David James

Three Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse
David James
Kensington, Oct 1 2010, $22.00
ISBN 9780758206312

In Palms Springs, California, realtor Amanda Thorne struggles with adjusting to being single following her divorce from her gay husband Alex. Amanda buries herself in her work with her goal being recognized as Apex Realty’s top agent.

Her showing of a major listing becomes ugly when she finds the corpse of environmentalist Doc Winters, who was poisoned. Amanda assumes she is a person of interest to the local police so with Alex at her side she investigates to clear her name; at the same time police detective Ken Becker keeps coming around because he just wants to take her out. The realtor’s theory is that pro Chino Clone landmark developer Mary Dodge eliminated Doc for his opposition to her project. When another realtor and Doc’s girlfriend are murdered, Amanda changes her assumption. Something greater than a land dispute must be the motive, but nobody knows what that could be.

Amanda makes for a fun amateur sleuth tale as she is an intelligent klutz who totally misunderstands the signals of the cop. Readers will laugh at Amanda’s amusing escapades as she lands in one accident or incident after another.

Harriet Klausner

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