Movie Details:
Based on | “Aurora Teagarden” series by Charlaine Harris |
Country | Canada, United States |
Language | English |
Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Release date | July 26, 2015 |
Running time | 1hr 24min |
Starring | Candace Cameron Bure Lexa Doig Marilu Henner Robin Dunne Bruce Dawson |
Directed by | Martin Wood |
Written by | Teena Booth |
Produced by | Jamie Goehring |
Executive producer | Candace Cameron Bure Charlaine Harris Jim Head Michael Prupas Joel S. Rice Shawn Williamson Martin Wood |
Cinematography by | Todd Elyzen |
Edited by | Ron Yoshida |
Music by | James Jandrisch Jeff Tymoschuk |
Casting By | Candice Elzinga |
Production Design by | Paul Joyal |
Set Decoration by | Sal Awad |
Costume Design by | Barbara Gregusova |
Production Company | Lighthouse Pictures Muse Entertainment Enterprises |
Distributor | Hallmark Channel (United States, 2015) (TV) Moviemax Family (Turkey, 2015) (TV) Muse Distribution International (World-wide, 2015) Studio Universal (Argentina, 2019) (TV) |
Cast & Characters:
- Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora
- Lexa Doig as Sally
- Marilu Henner as Aida
- Robin Dunne as Robin Daniels
- Bruce Dawson as John Queensland
- Peter Benson as Arthur Smith
- Miranda Frigon as Detective Lynn Liggett
- Seann Gallagher as Bankston Waites
- Anna Van Hooft as Melanie Clark
- Julian Christopher as Lemaster
- Scott Lyster as Perry Dell
- Lisa MacFadden as Dory
- Colleen Winton as Mrs. Allison
- Fred Henderson as Mr. Allison
- Ellie Harvie as Lillian Tibbett
- Tom Tasse as Gerald Wright
- Craig March as Captain Burns
- Jacqueline Samuda as Mamie
- Colby Wilson as Benjamin Greer
- David Ingram as Macon Turner
- Dawn Chubai as TV Reporter #1
- Bernadette Beck as Young Woman
- Brad Harder as Officer Heard
- Chuck Campbell as Reporter #2
- Darla Fay as Maisie Schlumper
Storyline:
The latest meeting of Lawrenceton librarian Aurora “Ro” Teagarden’s real murders discussion club – where fellow member and Ro’s best friend, newspaper reporter Sally Allison, had arranged for new Lawrenceton resident, Ro’s favorite current mystery novelist and temporary university professor, Robin Daniels, to speak – is canceled after one of the club members is found bludgeoned to death in his/her home. The case is being led by Homicide Detective Lynn Liggett-Smith, the husband of fellow detective, and Ro’s ex-boyfriend and ex-club member, Arthur Smith. There is no love lost between Lynn and Ro because of Ro’s amateur sleuthing in past murder cases in town. Because of a telephone call to the meeting venue earlier in the evening referring to the Julia Wallace murder, the initial thought by Ro based on this circumstantial evidence is that the murderer is one of the club members. Julia Wallace’s unsolved murder from 1934, the case which only the club members would have known was going to be discussed at the meeting, mimics this murder. Robin’s coincidental arrival onto the scene and his seeming inability or non-want to provide an alibi for the time of the murder also places him on the suspect list. As the detectives, Ro and the club members investigate, other club members and their loved ones are targeted by the murderer, each attempt mimicking a case previously discussed by the club. Ro systematically tries to discover who the next victim or victims will be both to prevent the attempts from succeeding and discover the identity of the murderer. She also has to decide whether to trust Robin, the two who are beginning to have feelings for each other.