Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bone to Pick

Posted July 8, 2019 by karenbaron in Book to Movie, Hallmark T.V. Movie, Movie Review, Mystery / 0 Comments

Format: T.V. Movie

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bone to Pick

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Series Number: 1

Director: Martin Wood

Teleplay by: Teena Booth

Cast:

Candace Cameron Bure (Aurora Teagarden)
Lexa Doig (Sally)
Marilu Henner (Aida)
Bruce Dawson (John)
Peter Benson (Arthur)
Sonya Salomaa (Marcia Rideout)
Dan Payne (Torrance Rideout)
Miranda Frigon (Lynn Liggett)
Stephen Huszar (Father Scott Aubrey)

Plot Summary:

A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

Based on the book A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris

My Rating:

My Thoughts:

Our introduction to the Aurora Teagarden series is through this movie, and I loved it. We meet a lot of characters. Aurora’s love interest in this film in the form of a pastor. Their chemistry was okay.

Aurora inherits a house in it that has a delightful mystery rolled with it. I like her murder board in this one as it’s pretty ingenious and different from the other ones that she does. Aurora or Roe is a librarian that likes to focus on mysteries. She seems to read fiction, but mostly, it is an actual crime murder that she reads and figures out. Then shares her findings with her True Murders club. Roe did date a detective, but he’s married now to the homicide detective. She is an excellent character, and I love how Candance Cameron Bure portrays her.

Aurora’s mom Aida Teagarden. Aida is a realtor, who hates that her daughter is interested in these ghoulish murders. They picked a great mom and daughter duo with her and Marilu Henner.

The storyline is nice with subplots. However, I didn’t figure out who killed the skeleton guy. At least, not until after Roe did and I was still in shock. Though I would love to have Roe’s house in this one even with the skeleton head found in it, I do get that she didn’t want to live across from her former boyfriend and his family.

I am a huge Candance Cameron Bure fan and love her in this role. So, if you haven’t watched this series, I highly recommend it.