Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

The film begins with Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden and her mother Aida preparing for a family wedding, though their focus quickly shifts when Aida asks Aurora to show a house to a new client, Martin Bartell. During the showing, Aurora and Martin discover the body of realtor Tonia Lee Greenhouse in the backyard; she has been strangled. Aurora, a member of the Real Murders Club, immediately begins investigating and notices that a valuable Joseph Kleitsch painting has been stolen from the home and replaced with a cheap imitation. The police, led by Detective Lynn Smith, focus on the real estate community because the house key was mysteriously returned to Aida’s office. Suspects include the ambitious new hire Eileen Crandall, who has a history of theft allegations, and Franklin Farrell, a realtor with a background in art. Meanwhile, Aurora develops a romantic connection with Martin, despite learning he is a former CIA operative with a secretive past. The stakes rise when a second realtor, Idella Yates, is found strangled in another listing. Aurora eventually realizes that Franklin Farrell’s alibi—security footage of him buying concert tickets—was actually his lookalike cousin, Henry. She connects Franklin to the crimes when she observes his obsessive-compulsive habit of folding napkins in the exact same distinct manner as the scarf found at the first crime scene. Aurora confronts Franklin at his home, where he confesses to the murders, explaining that he stole the art to maintain his lifestyle after his mother left her fortune to a museum. After a tense confrontation where Franklin attempts to silence Aurora, Martin arrives to help apprehend him. The movie concludes with Martin playfully tricking Aurora into a 'proposal' that turns out to be a simple invitation to a movie date.