Aurora Teagarden Explained

Aurora Teagarden
First:	Real Murders
Last:	Haunted by Murder
Creator:	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.

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.

Aurora Teagarden book series

1. Real Murders (1990)^[1]
2. A Bone to Pick (1992)^[2]
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994)^[3]
4. The Julius House (1995)^[4]
5. Dead over Heels (1996)^[5]
6. "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997)^[6]
7. A Fool and His Honey (1999)^[7]
8. Last Scene Alive (2002)^[8]
9. Poppy Done to Death (2003)^[9]
10. All the Little Liars (2016)^[10]
11. Sleep Like a Baby (2017)^[11]

TV adaptation

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^[12] and would air on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel.^{[13] [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]

Cast

• Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, a librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Washington (unlike the Georgia location of the novels) who runs the Real Murders Club. Married Nick Miller in Aurora Teagarden Til Death Do Us Part. In Honeymoon, Honeymurder it is mentioned that her last name is now Miller.^{[17] [18]}
• Lexa Doig as Sally Allison, a reporter with the local newspaper, Aurora's best friend, and a member of the Real Murders Club^{[19] [20]}
• Marilu Henner as Aida Teagarden, the town's real estate agent and Aurora's mother who disapproves of her daughter's involvement in solving murders^{[21] [22]}
• Bruce Dawson as John Queensland, an active member of the Real Murders Club who shares Aurora's passion to solve murders and later starts dating Aurora's mother
• Miranda Frigon as Lynn Smith, a detective with the homicide division of the police force (later chief) who often finds Aurora annoyingly in the middle of her investigations
• Peter Benson as Arthur Smith, Roe's best friend and a detective with the burglary division of the police force who is married to Lynn Smith and briefly dated Aurora.
• Yannick Bisson as Martin Bartell (introduced in Three Bedrooms, One Corpse), a former CIA agent who moves to town, falls in love with Aurora, and later dates her. Bisson left the series in 2018.^{[23] [24]}
• Niall Matter as Nick Miller (introduced in The Disappearing Game), a college professor who lives opposite Aurora, and helps her with her investigations; Psychology Professor at College. Engaged to Roe as of Heist and Seek, married Roe in Til Death Do Us Part.^[25]

Characters

Character	Title
	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
Aurora Teagarden Miller	Candace Cameron Bure																	Candace Cameron Bure Natasha Bure	Skyler Samuels
Sally Allison	Lexa Doig							Lexa Doig										Lexa Doig Mia Shanks	Kayla Heller
Aida Teagarden	Marilu Henner
John Queensland	Bruce Dawson
Arthur Smith	Peter Benson																	Peter Benson Tyler Cody	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

List of television films

See also: List of Hallmark Channel Original Movies.

Production and filming

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.^[26] 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.

Broadcast

The films are broadcast in the United States on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Channel 5 took over the broadcast rights for the series in the UK.^[27] Canada also airs the films on W Network, which acquired all the Hallmark Movies.

Awards

Til Death Do Us Part received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Best Actress in a Television Movie (Bure) and Best Actor in a Television Movie (Matter).^[28]

External links

• Author's site

Notes and References

1. hardback, reprint 2007, paperback, 1992, UK paperback,, 1991, paperback .
2. hardback, reprint 2008, paperback,, 1992, UK paperback .
3. hardback, reprint 2008,, 1995, UK paperback .
4. hardback, 1996, UK paperback .
5. hardback, reprint 2008, paperback,, 1998, UK paperback .
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7. hardback, 2001, UK paperback .
8. hardback, reprint 2006, paperback, 978-0778323648, 2003, UK paperback .
9. hardback, 2004, UK paperback .
10. hardback, 2016
11. hardback, 2017
12. Web site: Charlaine Harris on Facebook. . July 12, 2015.
13. News: 'True Blood' Author's 'Aurora Teagarden' Franchise Coming to Hallmark (Exclusive). July 8, 2014. Hollywood Reporter.
14. Web site: Charlaine Harris' Aurora Teagarden to Be Adapted on Hallmark. July 10, 2014. Movie News Guide. January 10, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174745/https://www.movienewsguide.com/charlaine-harris-aurora-teagarden-to-be-adapted-on-hallmark/22252. January 10, 2018. dead.
15. Web site: Swift . Andy . Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Likely Dead in Wake of Candace Cameron Bure's Move From Hallmark to GAC Family . TVLine . April 19, 2022 . April 19, 2022.
16. Web site: 'Aurora Teagarden Mysteries' returning without Candace Cameron Bure . Variety . March 9, 2023 . March 9, 2023.
17. Web site: Aurora Teagarden returns for another Hallmark mystery in 'Real Murders'. July 24, 2015. Daily Herald.
18. Web site: Full House star Candace Cameron Bure likes to play it straight. October 1, 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald.
19. Web site: Lexa Doig as Sally Allison on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reap What You Sew. Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. August 19, 2019.
20. Web site: Lexa Doig Talks Aurora Teagarden, The Arrangement, and More [Exclusive] TV Goodness]. en-US. August 19, 2019.
21. Web site: Videos. FOX 11 Los Angeles. August 13, 2019 . en-US. August 19, 2019.
22. Web site: Henner dives head first into The Bloom. Brehm. Brian . The Winchester Star. en. August 19, 2019.
23. Web site: Yannick Bisson as Martin on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Julius House. Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. August 19, 2019.
24. Cameron Bure. Candace. candacebure. 984962733274746880. April 14, 2018. No :(He decided not to return to the series..
25. Web site: Niall Matter as Nick Miller on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game. Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. August 19, 2019.
26. Web site: Television series features Montour Falls scene. May 9, 2017. ObserverReview.com.
27. Web site: Channel 5, Movies 24 Take UK Rights To 'The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries' & 'The Gourmet Detective Mysteries'. September 16, 2015. TVWise.com.
28. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.