Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

Fun light show to watch but the wig they have on Candace Cameron Bure is distracting. All the others on the show look natural.

7/10 - an interesting setting with a solid mystery to complement it makes for a fitting conclusion to the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Month

Not a bad mystery. One of my favorite of the series. The setting of a play makes it more mysterious.

Aurora (Candace Cameron Bure) attends the annual "True Crimes & Mysteries Conference" and is asked to be a speaker. When an actual murder occurs during the performance of a stage play, clues and suspects abound. The conference is cancelled, but Aurora and her true crime cohorts investigate alongside the authorities.

Though this mystery is set away from Lawrenceton, the usual crew is all there for the fun.

This was a very enjoyable episode of Aurora Teagarden.

I have to say that it is more than a little disappointing that almost half the reviews here write only about about Candace Cameron Bure's hair. Seriously?!!

What I look for in reviews is discussions on plot and character development, not hair styles. This episode took things out of Lawrencetown, and to a beautiful mountain location.

The plot has an urgency to it because Aurora's cousin Phillip, (Dylan Sloane) is initially accused of the murder.

The element of the story that I enjoyed the most was the "changing-up" of Lynn Liggett-Smith's (Miranda Frigon) relationship with Aurora, and the Real Murder Club's membership.

Lynn joins with them to investigate the murder, partly because she sees that local political influence is guiding the police investigation, but also because of Lynn's respect and regard for Aida Teagarden, whose nephew it is who is being accused to the murder.

This creates a temporary bond between Lynn and Aurora that the writers do a nice job of navigating. All the actors, I thought, did a good job making the episode emotional without making it maudlin.

The initial murder struck me as a bit implausible, but the "who-done-it" was sufficiently complicated to override any skepticism I might have had initially.

For those who have been following the Aurora Teagarden series, and liking them, I think you will enjoy this episode.