Aurora Teagarden: Meurtre en cuisine

As a stand-alone scenario, I rate it 10 - I still enjoy the storylines and feel of the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, as long as I ignore series continuity a bit! Firstly, it is visually too modern to be set a good decade before Candace Cameron Bure's incarnation - make up, fashion, tech etc - and the fact that these prequels mean Aurora is an established sleuth in her 20s doesn't add up with Aida's surprise that her daughter starts and continues finding corpses / solving mysteries in her 30s. Similarly, the originals imply Sally is also new to murders, whilst these movies show she clearly isn't. On the upside, young Sally's mannerisms and fear do remind of her older-self but in general I do struggle with the casting - the young actors talk too modern ie soft / fast compared to the originals plus having so many familiar faces from other Hallmark shows as new characters, whilst the younger incarnations of the established characters are so unfamiliar messes with my head!