Diving into the cozy corners of small-town intrigue and mystery, the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris is a must-read for fans of amateur sleuthing. This delightful collection follows the sharp-witted librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden as she unravels various mysteries that seem to find her in the seemingly quiet town of Lawrenceton, Georgia. Whether you're a newcomer to the series or revisiting Roe's adventures, reading the books in order and watching the movies in order provides a deeper understanding of the characters' developments and the evolving narrative. This guide will help you navigate through the twists and turns of the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, ensuring a seamless and thrilling journey from the first clue to the last revelation as well as show you where you can listen to the books in realistic AI voices.
In What Order Should I Read The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries?
To fully appreciate the development and intricate details of the Aurora Teagarden series, it's beneficial to read the books in their publication order as follows:
- Real Murders (1990)
- A Bone to Pick (1992)
- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (1994)
- The Julius House (1995)
- Dead over Heels (1996)
- "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997)
- A Fool and His Honey (1999)
- Last Scene Alive (2002)
- Poppy Done to Death (2003)
- All the Little Liars (2016)
- Sleep Like a Baby (2017)
Aurora Teagarden Movies
In 2014, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel acquired the rights to Harris’ series. The movies were to be adapted into a series of television movies starring Candace Cameron Bure as Aurora, Lexa Doig as Sally Allison (her best friend), Marilu Henner as Aida Teagarden (her mother and the town’s real estate agent), Niall Matter as Nick Miller (her neighbor and future husband), Dylan Sloane as Phillip (her cousin who goes missing in one of the episodes), Robin Dunne as Robin Daniels (a mystery author), and Yannick Bisson as Martin Bartell (a former CIA agent). Just Harris’ novels, the series was mostly light-hearted, at least for murder mysteries. There were no graphic details, and the murder scenes are never tastelessly gory, but they’re gripping enough to draw your attention and get your crime-solving wheels spinning. The series aired between 2015 and 2022, with eighteen films released in total, before it was canceled due to Bure’s transferring to GAC Family. The series remains popular, however, sitting at a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDB.
In What Order Should I Watch The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries?
Although Hallmark’s Aurora Teagarden adaptation is a television movie series and not a TV show per se, the story nonetheless flows in chronological order, so it’s best to watch all the movies as they came out if you want to catch all the intricacies of character development. The proper order of the movies is:
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bone to Pick (2015)
- Real Murders (2015)
- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (2016)
- The Julius House (2016)
- Dead Over Heels (2017)
- A Bundle of Trouble (2017)
- Last Scene Alive (2018)
- Reap What You Sew (2018)
- The Disappearing Game (2018)
- A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
- An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
- A Very Foul Play (2019)
- Heist and Seek (2020)
- Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con (2021)
- Til Death Do Us Part (2021)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder (2021)
- Haunted by Murder (2022)
Listen Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Audiobooks On Speechify
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