Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

7/10 - definitely a step up from some of the other recent additions to the Aurora Teagarden series

I created this review just to respond to the reviewer asking about Sally. Yes, she is being played by the same actress who has played the character since the beginning. However, the priceless facial expressions that Sally is famous for are quite frankly missing in this latest installment. This is what more than likely confused the other reviewer. Best guess? Botox. It's a shame because Sally has always been my and my daughter's favorite character just because of her classic visual responses.

I gave this a 5 because my daughter and I can't stand Nick. Although Aurora began the series with revolving boyfriends, they seemed to have settled her with Martin, whom we deemed the perfect fit. We can only surmise that the actor's schedule became too overwhelmed with the increased number of season episodes required in his main series "Murdoch Mysteries," therefore could no longer commit to playing Martin. The actor is amazing, however; the only actor who could stand his own against the amazing Aurora. My daughter and I refer to Nick by a variety of "nick"names: "Mr. Bland," "Mr. Check-Him-For-A-Pulse," and "Mr. No-Personality." It's a shame that this series has decided to stick with him because he's an actor with absolutely zero range. He's the same character in every Hallmark production he appears in. This character/actor is not in any way worthy of Aurora.

Other than that, I did enjoy the mystery aspect, but it's definitely hard to overcome the poor (IMHO) addition of Nick.

A make believe world full of faery dust with good actors performing in a step up from soap operas. Did my head in but I knew it was Hallmark before hand. As for Sally looking different - we change weight, we get pregnant or not, change workouts, etc. There can be several reasons she looks a little different, just like life.

A daring theft takes place before an audience and the hunt is on for the thief, or thieves, who pilfered a Tudor crown known as "Leicester's Gift." Aurora (Candace Cameron Bure) Teagarden and her minions scour Lawrenceton in search of clues. Meanwhile, Nick (Niall Matter) is waiting for the perfect moment to propose to the ardent amateur sleuth.

There is no shortage of suspects in this whodunit. And there are plenty of red herrings. Although some clues seem readily apparent, it is no simple matter to anticipate the ending of this crime solver.

I think I agree with the other reviewer that I much prefer Yannick Bisson as the boyfriend, because I love him in Murdoch. This new guy is suffering in comparison because yeah, not working for me. Ro is so much smarter and better than that. Love the rest of the cast but the writing has suffered in comparison to the older episodes.