Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con

When identity theft turns to murder in Lawrenceton, Washington you know that Aurora Teagarden and her true murders discussion group will get involved. Especially when it's one of her mother's clients that's involved.

When said client is murdered Candace Cameron Bure discovers that someone stole their identity and took out a home loan. As the real estate agent for the client Marilu Henner is attacked to get her copy of te loan.

Bure turns con artist setting up a sting to catch the perpetrator. It doesn't go quite to plan, but the villain is apprehended.

Even cousin Phillip gets involved. For once Dylan Sloane isn't the innocent suspect, but actively helps with the investigation

All this with the wedding of Bure and Niall Matter in the background.

Good mystery.

I enjoy these movies but it makes me wonder...why would anyone want Aurora Teagarden as a girlfriend?

Nick is constantly in physical fights with the villains in these movies. Maybe as a professor, he enjoys this? Maybe not.

My thought is always this: one day they are both going to get killed by bad guys because they constantly put themselves in danger because of Roe's macabre obsession.

Sally has already been injured and left unconscious in a driveway in one movie and her mother was strangled and left for dead in this one.

When will enough be enough for Roe?

This movie was quite good, an intriguing mystery without any of the annoyances that plagued other movies. There were two main reasons I wasn't going to watch this. Sally Allison's whining and Aida Teagarden's narcissistic chauvinism.

Sally Allison didn't whine at all! Even when she was trying to get out of doing what Aurora wanted. It was refreshing! I'm so glad she is being portrayed as an adult instead of a whiny little kid.

Aida is no longer harassing Aurora to "get a man" and "dress to attract" and asking her fiancé to control her. She seems to have finally realised that her daughter is an independent adult who can make her own choices. She's still protective but is no longer treating Aurora as a child.

I'm assuming that this is down to the new director, if so I certainly hope he directs many more. This is how the series should be!

6/10 - one of the more forgettable entries in the long-running mystery series, but good enough for the hour and 20 minutes spent watching.

This has to be my third favorite Aurora Teagarden movie after The Julius house and A bundle of trouble! A huge step up from the last few movies!