Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

There are some wonderful cameos in this offering in the Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series, which remains one of my three favorite mystery series on Hallmark along with Hannah Swensen's Murder she Baked and mystery 101.

In this episode Nick is trying to find just the right moment to propose to Aurora, Sally's reluctant set up seems to be a miss, and the big event is a fundraiser for a literacy program at the library (Renaissance night Fundraiser) in which the lure is a dress like one that was worn by Queen Elizabeth I along with a crown said to have been worn by her that are on loan from a private collection of the Seattle Museum and under high security managed by Lynne.

First the Tudor Crown goes missing and second a murder...this shapes up to be another excellent murder mystery. Cue the murder board and the Real Murders Club! Loved the strong character of Mia Qwan.

"Magicians always have an assistant."-Nick.

My absolute favorite scene is when Nick catches Sally and Ro in his friend Eric's office....their prairie dog routine was priceless! This leads to our couple's first fight...Eric being on the suspect list.

"We're always on the same side, Ro."-Nick

While looking for a philandering security guard, Sally and Ro find body #2! This was a great who dunnit.

I highly recommend this series and enjoy watching every episode of this cosy mystery loosely based on the Charlaine Harris book series.

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

This series would be much better if each episode was only an hour long. Two hours is too long. This show is really slow and gets boring quickly.

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 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.