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
Real Murders (1990)hardback , reprint 2007, paperback , 1992, UK paperback, , 1991, paperback . A Bone to Pick (1992)hardback , reprint 2008, paperback, , 1992, UK paperback . Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994)hardback , reprint 2008, , 1995, UK paperback . The Julius House (1995)hardback , 1996, UK paperback . Dead Over Heels (1996)hardback , reprint 2008, paperback, , 1998, UK paperback . "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997). A Fool and His Honey (1999)hardback , 2001, UK paperback . Last Scene Alive (2002)hardback , reprint 2006, paperback, 978-0778323648, 2003, UK paperback . Poppy Done to Death (2003)hardback , 2004, UK paperback . All the Little Liars (2016)hardback , 2016 Sleep Like a Baby (2017)hardback , 2017
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 and would air on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel. Bure announced her departure in April 2022, when she signed her own production deal with GAC Family, including a role as an executive with the company. In March 2023, Hallmark announced a prequel film with Skyler Samuels starring as a young Aurora Teagarden.
Characters Aurora "Roe" Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure, films 1–18; Skyler Samuels, films 19–21) a librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Washington (unlike the Georgia location of the novels) who runs the Real Murders Club. Over the series, she is in relationships with Arthur Smith, then Scott Aubrey, then Martin Bartell, before marrying Nick Miller in the 16th instalment. In the next film, Bure's penultimate, it is mentioned that her last name is now Miller. Sally Allison (initially Lexa Doig, later Kayla Heller) a reporter with the local newspaper, Aurora's best friend, and a member of the Real Murders Club Aida Teagarden (Marilu Henner) the town's real estate agent and Aurora's mother who disapproves of her daughter's involvement in solving murders John Queensland (Bruce Dawson)an active member of the Real Murders Club who shares Aurora's passion for solving murders and later starts dating Aurora's mother Lynn Smith (Miranda Frigon)a detective with the homicide division of the police force (later chief) who often finds Aurora annoyingly in the middle of her investigations Arthur Smith (initially Peter Benson, later Evan Roderick) 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. Martin Bartell (Yannick Bisson) a former CIA agent who moves to town, falls in love with Aurora, and later dates her. Nick Miller (Niall Matter) 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.
Cast
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 A Lesson in Murder Death at the Diner Aurora Teagarden Miller Candace Cameron Bure Candace Cameron BureNatasha Bure Skyler Samuels Sally Allison Lexa Doig Lexa Doig Lexa DoigMia Shanks Kayla Heller Aida Teagarden Marilu Henner John Queensland Bruce Dawson Arthur Smith Peter Benson Peter BensonTyler 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 Detective Alistair Cook Steve Bacic Professor Lindo Crystal Balint Daniel Garcia Jordan Buhat
List of television films
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. 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., but doesn’t air them anymore, now they air on Great! Mystery and Great! Movies, aswell as the Great! Player. 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).Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
References
External links Author's site