The Aurora Teagarden mystery series on the Hallmark channel is based on the book series by Charlaine Harris — who also wrote "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" which would become HBO's "True Blood." Candace Cameron Bure has been playing the character in a series of two-hour films since 2015, with the first installment titled "A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery." Since then, Bure has portrayed the librarian-turned-detective in 14 films, the most recent being 2021's "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part" (via Hallmark Channel).
As Harris explained in a Facebook Q&A (via Heavy), Hallmark's adaptations are "based loosely on the books," and have since extended the stories with their own original plots. While there are quite a lot of books in the series (10 in total), there are 14 movies and counting on Hallmark's roster.
Obviously, that's a lot of content to catch up on, but the first TV movie is definitely worth your time. It introduces you to the character of Aurora Teagarden who belongs to a group of true crime enthusiasts who host a monthly meeting to discuss and study the crimes that haunt their town in Georgia.
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