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Candace Cameron Bure

Yannick Bisson

Marilu Henner

Lexa Doig

Miranda Frigon

Peter Benson

Bruce Dawson

Jeremy Guilbaut

Jim Thorburn

Ellie Harvie

Leah Cairns

Craig March

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Scott Lyster

Brad Harder

Michelle Samuels

Knesha Yu

Dan Funk

Paola Savasta

Ryan Milbourne

Ed McMahon

Paul Wu

Cameron Hilts

Wilson Polk

Wally Nygren

Rico Mielnicki

Christopher Di Meo

Claude M. Pavel

Tyler Meehan

Trevor McWhinney

Katie Weldon

Geoff Dane

Kevin Speckmaier

Robert Amar

Jonathan Yip

Jerry Wang

Grace Alvarez

Jemma Jamie

Cassandra Ebner

Larry Lam

Tanisha Roman

Mark Lunn

Elaine Stef

Darryl Isaacs

Rob Coxford

Eva Madden

Darlene Choo

Christine McLeod

Martina Smyth

Jonathan Shore

Jay Harada

Dave Stephens

Dario DiSanto

Jay Cheetham

Kory Grim

William Dettlaff

Heather Victoria Adams

Lorne Spence

Natalie Fiteni

Adam Sharpe

Shane Shemko

Stephanie Boeke

Andrea Dixon

Brett Reyes

Ryan Palethorpe

Brett Taylor

Tracy Smith-Kolisnyk

Koah Kruse

Dean Fitzpatrick

Lianne Oelke

Bill Mellow

Joey Setter

Trudi Thorwaldson

May Guimarães

Matt Dawson

Tony Rodney

Charlaine Harris

Terry Ingram

Shelley Evans

Jim Head

Michael Prupas

Joel S. Rice

Candice Elzinga

Daren Luc Sasges

Ron Yoshida

Jamie Goehring

Shawn Williamson

Ron Stannett

Jeff Tymoschuk

Tammy Jones

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**The death of the police chief!**

The fifth film in the Aurora Teagarden Mystery, based on the book of the same name. Another fine film in the film series, but not as good as the previous one. It all started off well, like usual intentional, that does not bother. Even the mid section stood to the expectation. But only the final event, that twist, that explanation did not convince me. Well, I'm not pointing out how the crime was solved, though the who did and the reason for it was not enough to wrap it up in a style.

So keep it yourself, if you see what happens in the first three minutes of the film. Because that's how all Aurora Teagarden Mystery rolls out. What follows after are the most crucial, in which these films has done so well. As I said, now this series is well settled down. I liked so far how all the characters worked out their differences with our lead, Aurora. In that, her mother, Aida and the police chief, Jack Burns are the only ones yet to come into resolution. But that's the twist, because Burns is the victim here.

His body was dumped in front of Aurora from a small plane while she was in her front yard with Sally. It was a deliberate act, but no one knows why, that's what they have to find out. Aurora, who goes after unsolved crimes, this time it came to her. This is where nobody can stop her, not even her mother. For the first time Aida sided with her daughter by giving some useful information. Except the main ones, most of the characters from the previous films were retained to fill the screen and give a broad view, particularly to make suspenseful. But there were also a couple of new ones added as the story demanded to extend the suspense.

> ❝You are the only person I know that could have a near death experience and immediately start solving the crime.❞

A few unavoidable clichés. It was how the characters behaved during the probe. Because if it would not have been suspicious enough, the film had not lasted long. Basically, we call that the plot drag, but the polite way to say is, development. Happy to see Martin still hanging around. That looks does not change in the future as well. But this part somewhat discarded the romance sect. The other side of the story was going strong so. It had one fight sequence too. The television fights are not that impressive, but okay. Especially this being a woman oriented tale, that scene was the least expected. But in this kind of thematic, all are possible.

Much improved on the cops' perspective of the crime that Aurora interested in. Mainly because of this was an open case. Lynn was the one who always shining, but they tried to bring Arthur, the Aurora's ex into some actions. The narration kept the mystery moving towards the final section. During the middle, it was a bit slow. And the end twist, not the best one. Since how the story and characters were designed together, there's nothing they could have done it differently. Because you can change the path, but the destination is still the same, which I think let the film down.

Other than the ending, it was a nice film, enjoyable with the beautiful characters and settings. The director's second straight stint in the franchise. His previous one was by far my favourite. This one too a decent one, if you had liked so far of the series. Nice performances, particularly the other librarian had more scope in this. That makes Aurora had worked out with everyone, which makes more interesting how the next film and all the following would roll out. The next one is the final, the remaining books are yet to turn into films. I'm not too far from reviewing that, before my wait begins for the rest.

**6.5/10**

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