50 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries titles adapted from books

Having inherited a large estate from a member of the now-defunct Real Murders Club, Aurora Teagarden is mystified by a mere acquaintance’s gift of money, jewelry, and a two bedroom house with a skull hidden in the couch. Did the old lady kill someone and leave Aurora to solve the mystery or was she being framed? Aurora must figure it all out before her ex-boyfriend Arthur, the police detective, and her new love interest Aubrey, the episcopal priest, figure out what she’s up to.

Local crime buffs meet monthly in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia to analyze famous murder cases. In this Real Murders Club, they get all too close a look as one of their members is bludgeoned in exactly the same manner as the crime to be discussed that night. Aurora Teagarden, the town librarian, is not only a member of the club, a suspect in the murder but also a potential victim as other murders follow – each mimicking a famous crime.

Hannah Swensen is an expert baker in small-town Minnesota turned culinary detective when her shop becomes the scene of a crime, just as she is caught in a romantic mystery of her own.

While Aurora Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business – real estate sales. Only thing is there’s a dead body in the first house she shows to a businessman, Martin Bartell who is moving to town. When a second body shows up in another home, Aurora realizes there’s more to the murders than she thought.

Ever since she got a sizable inheritance from an acquaintance, Aurora has wanted to buy a house. Her mother, Aida Teagarden, is her real estate agent. Against Aida’s advice, Aurora finds what she believes is the perfect house in the country, five miles outside of Lawrenceton. It is the infamous Julius House where the family of three had disappeared into thin air four years ago.

Aurora and Captain Jack Burns never saw eye to eye but when he winds up murdered, she can’t help but get involved despite being told by several people to stay away. The Captain’s wife, Bess Burns is suspiciously composed in the aftermath while new detective Pete Lambert thinks Martin is involved in Burns’ death.

This holiday season, Hannah Swensen is making plum pudding and trying to solve the murder of a man in his own office. It turns out the list of suspects is a long one. But Hannah is on the case & ready for a little Christmas romance too.

Together with a stunning investigator, a chef who has turned culinary sleuth investigates the mysterious death of a guest at a famous dinner party.

Regina, the long-lost niece of Aurora’s boyfriend, Martin, turns up with a baby. Before Martin has a chance to reconnect with Regina, she disappears leaving a dead husband, Craig, on Aurora’s front porch and her baby, Hayden, hidden in Aurora’s bathtub. Aurora and Martin’s investigation leads them to Regina and Craig’s home in the neighboring town of Corinth.

Hannah Swensen has a monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden. But when a rival store opens & one of the owners is found shot to death, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one with an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters.

A stately old Victorian mansion is being renovated as part of a charity effort undertaken by Shannon Hughes. When a local banker is discovered dead inside, Shannon needs to gather the evidence and establish the truth before her restoration is demolished.

Mac, Shannon’s new love, purchased the famed lighthouse mansion that gave the town its name when he first settled in Lighthouse Cove. The remains of a teenage girl who vanished fifteen years ago were found during remodeling demolition. Shannon needs to take on the cold case if she wants to have any hope of restarting the remodeling.