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A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

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A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-04-04

Runtime: 83 mins

Director: Martin Wood

Writer: Teena Booth

Spoken language: English

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Original title: A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Production Companies: Muse Entertainment, Lighthouse Pictures, iCandy Production, Head First Productions

Production Countries: Canada, United States of America

Aurora Teagarden Mystery Collection

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.5

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2015-04-04

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Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.4

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2015-07-26

Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.4

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2016-06-12

While Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the w

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.4

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2016-10-16

Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaust

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.5

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2017-03-19

Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.5

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2017-05-21

Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his ni

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.6

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2018-01-07

There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
3.5

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2018-04-15

Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrence

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
3.5

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game

2018-07-29

Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigat

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
3.8

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse

2019-08-04

Someone begins taunting Aurora Teagarden with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, so the librarian-t

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
3.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For

2019-08-11

A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bo

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
3.7

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

2019-08-18

At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of mur

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
3.7

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

2020-05-17

When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and t

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
3.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

2020-10-18

Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Rea

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con
3.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con

2021-03-14

When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out w

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
3.7

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part

2021-06-13

Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder
3.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder

2021-08-22

While on a “pre-honeymoon” getaway, Aurora and Nick discover a body, and as they get closer to findi

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
3.5

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder

2022-02-20

A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New
3.3

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New

2023-06-09

Aurora Teagarden’s post-college days when she finds herself back home in Lawrenceton. While her moth

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder
3.3

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder

2024-10-03

When a student from Aurora's true crime literature class is found murdered outside the diner where s

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner
3

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner

2024-10-10

When the owner of the diner where Aurora Teagarden works is suddenly killed, her new boyfriend becom

Reviews

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**A piece of puzzle and the murder mystery.** Another year, another November, it's time to pick a new film series and I have chosen Aurora Teagarden. This is a fictional character based on the series of a crime novel published in the last three decades. The book series is not over yet. There are ten books total for now, but only six films were made so far. All of them a television production, made for Hallmark channel. They have chosen a second book to open the account for a new film franchise. I haven't read the original source, but I did not find any difficulties in the introduction of the characters. Once I watch the next film, which was actually based on the first book, I'll know the reason why. It all started off nice and slowly. Aurora is divorced young woman, works in a library. Decent life with one best friend, rent paying mother and people likes her. She's enthusiastic in unsolved crimes. A member in one of those kind of clubs where people gather and talk about stuffs. So it all begins when an old woman died and leaving behind all the wealth and property to her. They were never known well each other, but soon she finds there something behind it. Then she discovers a potential evident. And using that, she tries to find what actually happened and who did. The attempt fails, though she never gives up. Finally decides to go on an alternate way where the truth must come out. Does it all go accordingly! And how the rest of the story progresses were told with a twist. > ❝Reading it won't help you solve every mystery, but it might help with one or two.❞ There's a difference between cops solving crimes and ordinary people doing the same. Aurora is not one of those ordinary women. She just misplaced with her profession. Even her ex husband was a cop. That tells why they had married in the first place, even though they never truly loved one another. Despite her passion to solve the crimes, seems nobody around her encouraging enough. That's including her best friend and her own mother. Then there is no give-up attitude, that makes her to take wild decisions, not worrying about the consequences. Being a crime-mystery, they have included some nice moments. Overall decently written. Nothing like that you haven't seen them before. But interests enough to hook up for an 80 minute. Especially for a television quality, it passes. But, there's no clear picture what was the objective. Was it a murder-mystery or any other crime. Yes, the opening few seconds had given a big clue, but the real crime scene was never revealed in pictures like how it all happened. I was very curious to see it rather hear about it. That's why I watch films instead of reading books. It was just a first film, fairly familiarised the universe. Going to the second, surely I would find more comfortable. Especially anticipating other characters to contribute in the main story stream. Not everything's about the crime, I hope the romance part would be progressed well in the following films. As usual the television world is ruled by women, this is also a woman oriented tale. But for all ages. Just don't expect big, like Hollywood level. This little Canadian film definitely worth a watch. **7/10**
2017-11-29

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