Aurora Teagarden | |
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First appearance | Real Murders |
Last appearance | Haunted by Murder |
Created by | Charlaine Harris |
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Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris. She is the protagonist of a series of eleven crime novels written from 1990 to 2017. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries began adapting the novels in 2014 for their original film series The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries with Candace Cameron Bure in the title role, part of the network’s "Mystery Wheel" umbrella series. [1]
In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian at the Lawrenceton Public Library and belongs to the Real Murders Club, a group of true crime enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous crimes from the history of their Georgia town.
On June 4, 2014, author Charlaine Harris announced on her Facebook page that the Aurora Teagarden books would be adapted into a series of two-hour films, starring Candace Cameron Bure [13] and would air on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel. [1] [14] Bure announced her departure in April 2022, based on a new development deal with GAC Family. [15] In March 2023, Hallmark announced a prequel film with Skyler Samuels starring as a young Aurora Teagarden. [16]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the series.
Character | Title | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A Bone To Pick | Real Murders | Three Bedrooms, One Corpse | The Julius House | Dead Over Heels | A Bundle of Trouble | Last Scene Alive | Reap What You Sew | The Disappearing Game | A Game of Cat and Mouse | An Inheritance to Die For | A Very Foul Play | Heist and Seek | Reunited and It Feels So Deadly | How to Con a Con | Til Death Do Us Part | Honeymoon, Honeymurder | Haunted by Murder | Something New | A Lesson in Murder | Death at the Diner | ||
Aurora Teagarden Miller | Candace Cameron Bure | Candace Cameron Bure Natasha Bure Y | Skyler Samuels | |||||||||||||||||||
Sally Allison | Lexa Doig | Lexa Doig | Lexa Doig Mia Shanks Y | Kayla Heller | ||||||||||||||||||
Aida Teagarden | Marilu Henner | |||||||||||||||||||||
John Queensland | Bruce Dawson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Smith | Peter Benson | Peter Benson Tyler Cody Y | Evan Roderick | |||||||||||||||||||
Lynn Liggett-Smith | Miranda Frigon | Miranda Frigon | Miranda Frigon | |||||||||||||||||||
Macon Turner | David Ingram | David Ingram | Dean Marshall | |||||||||||||||||||
LeMaster Cane | Daniel Bacon | Julian Christopher | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lillian Tibbett | Ellie Harvie | |||||||||||||||||||||
Captain Burns | Craig March | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bubba Rankart | Dave Collette | Dave Collette | Dave Collette | Dave Collette | ||||||||||||||||||
Maisie Schlumper | Darla Fay | Darla Fay | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robin Daniels | Robin Dunne | Robin Dunne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Perry Dell | Scott Lyster | Scott Lyster | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Heard | Brad Harder | Brad Harder | Brad Harder | Brad Harder | ||||||||||||||||||
Ted Allison | Fred Henderson | Fred Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Martin Bartell | Yannick Bisson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Terry Sternholtz | Catherine Lough Haggquist | Catherine Lough Haggquist | Catherine Lough Haggquist | |||||||||||||||||||
Larry | Devon Alexander | Devon Alexander | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jason Dell | Keenan Tracey | James Rittinger | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lizzy Allison | Julia Benson | Julia Benson | Julia Benson | |||||||||||||||||||
Nick Miller | Niall Matter | |||||||||||||||||||||
Phillip Pifer | Dylan Sloane | |||||||||||||||||||||
Davis Mettle | Cole Vigue | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gladys Allison-McCourt | Karen Kruper | Karen Kruper | ||||||||||||||||||||
Detective Alistair Cook | Steve Bacic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Professor Lindo | Crystal Balint | |||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Garcia | Jordan Buhat | |||||||||||||||||||||
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick" | Martin Wood | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | April 4, 2015 | |
Having inherited a large estate from a member of the now-defunct Real Murders Club, Aurora Teagarden is mystified by a mere acquaintance's gift of money, jewelry, and a two bedroom house with a skull hidden in the couch. Did the old lady kill someone and leave Aurora to solve the mystery or was she being framed? Aurora must figure it all out before her ex-boyfriend Arthur, the police detective, and her new love interest Aubrey, the episcopal priest, figure out what she's up to. | |||||
2 | "Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Martin Wood | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | July 26, 2015 | |
Local crime buffs meet monthly in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia to analyze famous murder cases. In this Real Murders Club, they get all too close a look as one of their members is bludgeoned in exactly the same manner as the crime to be discussed that night. Aurora Teagarden, the town librarian, is not only a member of the club, a suspect in the murder but also a potential victim as other murders follow – each mimicking a famous crime. Aurora must work quickly to discover which of her fellow sleuths is the killer. | |||||
3 | "Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Lynne Stopkewich | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | June 12, 2016 | |
While Aurora Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business – real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows to a businessman, Martin Bartell (Yannick Bisson) who is moving to town. When a second body shows up in another home, Aurora realizes there's more to the murders than she thought. Worried that the murderer could be one of the local real estate agents, Aurora recruits fellow Real Murders Club members John and Perry to help her with what turns into a case of art theft. She soon finds herself attracted to Martin who has also become a prime suspect on the police's list. | |||||
4 | "The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Terry Ingram | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | August 16, 2016 | |
Ever since she got a sizable inheritance from an acquaintance, Aurora has wanted to buy a house. Her mother, Aida Teagarden, is her real estate agent. Against Aida's advice, Aurora finds what she believes is the perfect house in the country, five miles outside of Lawrenceton. It is the infamous Julius House where the family of three (father, mother, and their teenage daughter) had disappeared into thin air four years ago. As she begins moving in, Aurora is drawn to the mysterious disappearance of the family and starts searching for clues in the house. | |||||
5 | "Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Terry Ingram | Charlaine Harris (novel), Shelley Evans (teleplay) | March 19, 2017 | |
Aurora and Captain Jack Burns never saw eye to eye but when he winds up murdered, she can't help but get involved despite being told by several people to stay away. The Captain's wife, Bess Burns (Leah Cairns) is suspiciously composed in the aftermath while new detective Pete Lambert (Jim Thorburn) thinks Martin is involved in Burns' death. Aurora finds Bess' sister and her colleague at the library, Lillian, attacked in the library and suspects that Captain Burns was on a case that got him murdered. As Aurora begins digging into the murder, her house is broken into and someone mysteriously leaves her flowers and then a kitten. Tensions also rise between Aurora and Martin as they near one year of being together. Meanwhile, Aurora tries to set up Sally with Tim Prentiss (Jeremy Guilbaut), Martin's colleague from the CIA who has recently moved to town. | |||||
6 | "A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Kevin Fair | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | May 21, 2017 | |
Regina, the long-lost niece of Aurora's boyfriend, Martin, turns up with a baby. Before Martin has a chance to reconnect with Regina, she disappears leaving a dead husband, Craig, on Aurora's front porch and her baby, Hayden, hidden in Aurora's bathtub. Aurora and Martin's investigation leads them to Regina and Craig's home in the neighboring town of Corinth, where Craig's parents and Regina's neighbors express bewilderment when told of Regina's newborn baby. Aurora works on balancing her relationship with Martin with her efforts to solve the murder of the baby's father and the disappearance of his mother. | |||||
7 | "Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Martin Wood | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | January 7, 2018 | |
Aurora's friend and mystery author, Robin Daniels, is back in town because his book is being made into a film. The lead character is based on Aurora herself. Martin is suspicious of Robin as he briefly dated Aurora in the past. Three days after the crew's arrival, the actress playing her, Celia Shaw, is found murdered in her trailer. Several people involved with the movie had problems with Celia. The plot thickens when the police find out that Celia was both poisoned and then clubbed. Meanwhile, since John moved away to be closer to his grandchildren, Aida gets friendly with the movie director. Another subplot has Martin preoccupied by the disappearance of his CIA partner, Rex, and he leaves for South America at the end of the film to look for him. | |||||
8 | "Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" | Terry Ingram | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | April 15, 2018 | |
When an old family friend, Poppy Wilson, returns to Lawrenceton, not everyone is happy. Poppy and her business partner Cara (Britt Irvin) are achieving new heights with their online venture but Poppy is found murdered. The list of suspects is long and includes Poppy's stepmother Nicole (April Telek) who she did not get along with, her boyfriend Dustin (Jesse Moss) who she had recently broken up with and Sally's cousin Lizzy (Julia Benson) who suspected Poppy was having an affair with her fiancé, Bubba Rankart (Dave Collette). | |||||
9 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game" | Terry Ingram | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | July 29, 2018 | |
The disappearance of her cousin Phillip (Dylan Sloane) and his roommate, following the suspicious death of the roommate's girlfriend, spur Aurora on to investigate. As well as enlisting the help of her friends, she is also assisted by handsome college professor Nick Miller (Niall Matter), who has recently moved in across the street and teaches psychology at Philip's college. | |||||
10 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse" | Mark Jean | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | August 4, 2019 | |
A break-in at the venue for a Real Murders Club meeting leads Aurora to investigate cryptic clues left at crime scenes. The clues are quotes from mystery novels and Aurora enlists the help of Professor Nick Miller and his colleague and friend Bree (Tammy Gillis), a forensic psychologist at the college. However, when those close to her are targeted, it seems murder may be the ultimate end, motivated by jealousy over her burgeoning relationship with Nick. | |||||
11 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For" | Michael Robison | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | August 11, 2019 | |
Aurora investigates the apparent poisoning of Sally Allison's aunt and her mother's friend, Gladys McCourt (Karen Kruper) who is poisoned at Lizzy Allison and Bubba Rankart's wedding. Her latest will leads to several benefactors doubting its authenticity especially when a large part of her estate and her successful company are left to Aida and Gladys' son and Sally’s cousin, Cade (Preston Vanderslice) is left only a small fortune. Suspects range from disgruntled son Cade to the suspicious caretaker Tannis (Alison Araya) and Gladys' former personal chef Jeremy (Jason McKinnon) who inherits more than most family members. Meanwhile, Aurora and Nick face some questions about their growing relationship as he suspects Aurora might be trying to keep him at a distance. | |||||
12 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play" | Martin Wood | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth & Michael Vickerman (teleplay), Michael Vickerman and Jim Head (story) | August 18, 2019 | |
During a stage performance by Aurora and the Real Murders Club, an actual murder is committed in front of the live audience. With her cousin Phillip (Dylan Sloane) as the prime suspect, Aurora must investigate to clear his name. | |||||
13 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek" [26] | Peter Benson [27] | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | May 17, 2020 | |
When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it. | |||||
14 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly" [28] | Martin Wood | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | October 18, 2020 | |
Newly engaged, Aurora and Nick attend her 20-year high school reunion. When the former Prom King, Jack Landon, is found stabbed to death and floating in the swimming pool. Aurora and the Real Mysteries Club work to solve the crime. Suspects are his old coach (who invested money with Jack but lost it), his high-school ex, Cassie (who has been on/off over the years despite Jack being married), his wife, Amy, (he has sued for divorce; his dying first would leave her with life insurance money), and an old class-mate, Parker, who was overheard arguing with Jack by Cassie in the location where he was stabbed. This is confirmed by Coach, but Parker denies this and appear to have no motive. There are also tensions between Amy and her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law has always preferred Cassie. | |||||
15 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con" [29] | Tony Dean Smith [27] | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) [27] | March 14, 2021 | |
Still engaged, Aurora & Nick prepared for their wedding venues: cakes, church, & catering. Aurora comes to the rescue of her mother Aida. When one of Aida Teagarden's real estate clients is found murdered, Aurora and her fiancé, Nick, set out to solve the murder. After they discover that someone is operating an elaborate con artist scheme, Aurora, Nick and the members of the Real Murders Club go undercover in an operation to 'con a con' and solve the crime. | |||||
16 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part" [30] | Martin Wood [30] | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | June 13, 2021 | |
As Nick and Roe prepare for their wedding, a skull is found days before her wedding; when she finds out her father may be a suspect, Nick and Roe race against time to solve the case, before they walk down the aisle and say "I do" | |||||
17 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder" [31] | Martin Wood [31] | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | August 22, 2021 | |
While on a "pre-honeymoon" getaway, Aurora and Nick discover a body, and as they get closer to finding out what really happened, danger knocks on their doorstep. | |||||
18 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder" [32] | Martin Wood [32] | Charlaine Harris (novel), Jim Head (story), Teena Booth (story and teleplay) | February 20, 2022 | |
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body. | |||||
19 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New" | Jessica Harmon | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (teleplay) | June 9, 2023 | |
Young Aurora Teagarden (Skyler Samuels) returns home to Lawrenceton after college to pursue her post-grad degree and finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving her friend Sally's (Kayla Heller) fiancée. | |||||
20 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder" | Jessica Harmon | Charlaine Harris (novel), Teena Booth (story), David Grelck (teleplay) | October 3, 2024 | |
When a student from Aurora's true crime literature class is found murdered outside the diner where she works, Aurora takes it upon herself to figure out the real culprit. | |||||
21 | "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner" | Jessica Harmon | Charlaine Harris (novel), David Grelck (teleplay) | October 10, 2024 | |
When the owner of the diner where Aurora Teagarden works is suddenly killed, her new boyfriend (Jordan Buhat) becomes the primary suspect. |
The films in the series are shot largely in Vancouver, British Columbia, while the waterfall seen in the opening sequence of many of the films is Chequagua Falls in the village of Montour Falls, Schuyler County, New York. [33] And while the novels are set in the southeastern American state of Georgia, the TV-movies are set in the Pacific Northwestern state of Washington.
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