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Fictional character created by Charlaine Harris

Fictional character

Aurora Teagarden
Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora Teagarden
First appearance	Real Murders
Last appearance	Haunted by Murder
Created by	Charlaine Harris
Portrayed by	Candace Cameron Bure (2015–2022) Natasha Bure (2022) Skyler Samuels (2023–present)

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.

Aurora Teagarden book series

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1. Real Murders (1990)[2]
2. A Bone to Pick (1992)[3]
3. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994)[4]
4. The Julius House (1995)[5]
5. Dead over Heels (1996)[6]
6. "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997)[7]
7. A Fool and His Honey (1999)[8]
8. Last Scene Alive (2002)[9]
9. Poppy Done to Death (2003)[10]
10. All the Little Liars (2016)[11]
11. Sleep Like a Baby (2017)[12]

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]

• 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]

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the series.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
• Y indicates a younger version of the character.

List of television films

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Production and filming

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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.

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.[34] Canada also airs the films on W Network, which acquired all the Hallmark Movies.

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).[35]

1. ^ a b "'True Blood' Author's 'Aurora Teagarden' Franchise Coming to Hallmark (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. July 8, 2014.
2. ^ hardback ISBN 0-8027-5769-3, reprint 2007, paperback ISBN 978-042521871-6, 1992, UK paperback, ISBN 0-373-26104-7, 1991, paperback ISBN 0-7927-0752-4.
3. ^ hardback ISBN 0-8027-1245-2, reprint 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-0-425-21979-9, 1992, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26136-5.
4. ^ hardback ISBN 0-684-19643-3, reprint 2008, ISBN 978-0-425-22052-8, 1995, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26177-2.
5. ^ hardback ISBN 0-684-19640-9, 1996, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26217-5.
6. ^ hardback ISBN 0-684-80429-8, reprint 2008, paperback, ISBN 978-0-425-22303-1, 1998, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26260-4.
7. ^ ISBN 1-57297-194-0.
8. ^ hardback ISBN 0-312-20306-3, 2001, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26384-8.
9. ^ hardback ISBN 0-312-26246-9, reprint 2006, paperback, 978-0778323648, 2003, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26476-3.
10. ^ hardback ISBN 0-312-27764-4, 2004, UK paperback ISBN 0-373-26504-2.
11. ^ hardback ISBN 9781250090034, 2016
12. ^ hardback ISBN 9781250090065, 2017
13. ^ "Charlaine Harris on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
14. ^ "Charlaine Harris' Aurora Teagarden to Be Adapted on Hallmark". Movie News Guide. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
15. ^ Swift, Andy (April 19, 2022). "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Likely Dead in Wake of Candace Cameron Bure's Move From Hallmark to GAC Family". TVLine. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
16. ^ "'Aurora Teagarden Mysteries' returning without Candace Cameron Bure". Variety. March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
17. ^ "Aurora Teagarden returns for another Hallmark mystery in 'Real Murders'". Daily Herald. July 24, 2015.
18. ^ "Full House star Candace Cameron Bure likes to play it straight". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 1, 2015.
19. ^ "Lexa Doig as Sally Allison on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reap What You Sew". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
20. ^ "Lexa Doig Talks Aurora Teagarden, The Arrangement, and More [Exclusive] | TV Goodness". Retrieved August 19, 2019.
21. ^ "Videos". FOX 11 Los Angeles. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
22. ^ Brehm, Brian (May 4, 2019). "Henner dives head first into The Bloom". The Winchester Star. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
23. ^ "Yannick Bisson as Martin on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Julius House". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
24. ^ Cameron Bure, Candace [@candacebure] (April 14, 2018). "No :( He decided not to return to the series" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
25. ^ "Niall Matter as Nick Miller on Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
26. ^ Del Rio, Ron. "Aurora Teagarden: Heist and Seek". Crown Media Family Networks. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
27. ^ a b c "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek" – Credits" (PDF). Crown Media Entertainment Networks. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
28. ^ "Candace Cameron Bure returns as librarian-turned-crime buff Aurora Teagarden" (PDF). Crown Media. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
29. ^ Del Rio, Ron. "Aurora Teagarden: How to Con a Con". Crown Media Family Networks. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
30. ^ a b Dube Dwilson, Stephanie (February 22, 2021). "Filming on the 17th 'Aurora Teagarden' movie starts sooner than you think". heavy.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
31. ^ a b Dube Dwilson, Stephanie (April 30, 2021). "Next Aurora Teagarden movie delayed & name changed". heavy.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
32. ^ a b "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder". IMDb.
33. ^ "Television series features Montour Falls scene". ObserverReview.com. May 9, 2017.
34. ^ "Channel 5, Movies 24 Take UK Rights To 'The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries' & 'The Gourmet Detective Mysteries'". TVWise.com. September 16, 2015.
35. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

• Author's site
• Official website (adaptions)
• Aurora Teagarden Mysteries at IMDb