Movie Details:
Also known as | A Fool and His Honey: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery |
Based on | “Aurora Teagarden” series by Charlaine Harris |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Release date | May 14, 2017 |
Running time | 1hr 25min |
Age rating | TV-G |
Starring | Candace Cameron Bure Yannick Bisson Marilu Henner Lexa Doig Peter Benson |
Directed by | Kevin Fair |
Written by | Teena Booth |
Produced by | Jamie Goehring Trevor McWhinney |
Executive producer | Candace Cameron Bure Charlaine Harris Jim Head Michael Prupas Joel S. Rice Shawn Williamson |
Cinematography by | Ron Stannett |
Edited by | Ron Yoshida |
Music by | Jeff Tymoschuk |
Casting By | Candice Elzinga |
Production Design by | Michael Nemirsky |
Set Decoration by | Amanda Christmas |
Costume Design by | Barbara Gregusova |
Production Company | Muse Entertainment Enterprises |
Distributor | W Network (Canada, 2017) (TV) Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (United States, 2017) (TV) M6 (France, 2017) (TV) Moviemax Family (Turkey, 2017) (TV) Studio Universal (Argentina, 2019) (TV) |
Cast & Characters:
- Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora
- Yannick Bisson as Martin
- Marilu Henner as Aida
- Lexa Doig as Sally
- Peter Benson as Arthur
- Miranda Frigon as Lynn
- Andrew Francis as Rory Brown
- Bruce Dawson as John Queensland
- Jessica Heafey as Margaret Granberry
- Keenan Tracey as Jason Dell
- Carly McKillip as Regina Walker
- Michael Antonakos as Luther Granberry
- Jennifer Copping as Cathy Davis
- Catherine Lough Haggquist as Terry Sternholz
- Ellie Harvie as Lillian
- Aubryn Jean Stoik as Baby Hayden
- Audree Esther Stoik as Baby Hayden
- Venus Terzo as Bobbie Sunday
- Sebastian Stewart as Craig Walker
- Terence Kelly as Mr. Walker
- Brenda Matthews as Mrs. Walker
- Brad Harder as Officer Heard
- Jason Tremblay as Trooper
- Christopher Pearce as Police Officer (Corinth)
- Ramon Terrell as Alan Perkins
- Joel Montgrand as Bartender
Storyline:
Aurora “Ro” Teagarden, a Lawrenceton, Washington librarian, belongs to a real murder discussion club, its members including her best friend reporter Sally Allison, Ro’s mother Aida Teagarden’s boyfriend John Queensland, the town’s mayor Terry Sternholz, and ex-juvvie Perry Dell. Ro and her boyfriend, ex-CIA agent Martin Bartell, receive a surprise visit from his long lost niece Regina Walker and her newborn Hayden. Martin didn’t know she was married let alone a mother. Regina further mentions that she and her husband Craig Walker have been living in nearby Corinth, Washington for four months. Needing to head out to John’s birthday party at Aida’s house leaving Regina and Hayden alone at Ro’s, Ro and Martin arrive home to find Regina and her car gone, Regina’s bag still there, and a dead man on Ro’s front porch, he who eventually is identified as Craig Walker. This murder case is the first as lead for Detective Arthur Smith, and the first for him working under his wife, Captain Lynn Smith. During or subsequent to Arthur and Lynn’s initial visit to Ro’s house to investigate, two additional people are discovered safe and alive in the house: baby Hayden, hidden in the bathroom bathtub; and Rory Brown, an apparent friend of Regina and Craig’s who was hiding. What information Rory is willing to divulge is that he and Craig have a rap sheet of minor crimes, the latest, for which they were just released from a two-day stint in jail, being check fraud. Martin and Ro, often with the assistance of her murder club friends, decide to investigate on their own in their primary goal to find a still alive Regina, often not informing Arthur and Lynn of what they are doing. In the process, Ro wonders if the baby truly is Regina’s. Two other issues arise during the investigation: whether Arthur and Lynn can maintain a happy marriage and professional relationship in their current positions; and if Ro and Martin, if they ever do decide to get married, are ready to be parents.