Aurora Teagarden Mysteries

Hello?

Anybody here?

Mother.

Edgar? Are you still here?

Amelia?

Anybody?

Misty, the power's back on.

Are you all right?

Misty! Misty!

Thank you.

We'll have a short intermission before resuming

with act two of our murder mystery play.

Do you have your suspects in mind yet?

And don't forget, we have a special performance

of the play coming up in conjunction

with our True Crime and Mystery Conference.

Get your tickets now because we are almost sold out.

Thank you so much.

- If you were to meet this young man

you'd think he was a great kid.

Straight A student, about to start college. Pre-med.

You'd never suspect he could bludgeon both parents to death,

leave their bodies lying where they fell

and then use their credit cards to finance

a trip abroad with his girlfriend.

That's exactly what this killer did.

It would be six weeks before the police found the bodies.

Everyone who knew him, they were surprised

when this young man was arrested for the murders,

because he was so, and I quote "Lovely",

according to a neighbor.

So how could he do it?

Hmm?

Well the psychologist who examined him later had an answer.

Narcissistic personality disorder.

Narcissists are self-centered individuals

lacking in empathy.

- But they're able to convince others

they're the nicest people, right?

Exactly.

Even in the midst of committing unspeakable crimes,

narcissists weave themselves a fantasy

in which they are such incredible people,

they're entitled to anything they want.

And they're entitled to remove anyone in their way.

So how do we spot a narcissist?

Well, there are nine traits to help us identify one.

Oh, sorry.

My sister is expecting her baby any minute now.

And she's on her way to the hospital.

I have to go.

Sorry, Nick.

Hate to miss your first talk for us a member.

So interesting.

Text me a picture of the baby.

I will.

Oh, Ro have a great time

at the True Crime and Mysteries Conference next week.

Oh, you're not going?

Because I just got some brochures in the mail if you want.

- I can't. New baby in the family.

Bye.

Bye.

Please go on Professor Miller.

- Thanks. Now back to the nine traits.

"From motive to murder."

What kind of conference is this?

- Oh, it's an annual thing at a resort in the mountains.

For true crime and mystery buffs.

There are authors, forensic experts, all kinds of speakers.

- Ro said that guy who does that great true crime podcast

was there last year.

Oh yeah.

And so was the district attorney who prosecuted

the Green River killer. So cool.

- Yeah. My favorite part is the mystery theater

the first thing.

They kick things off with a little who done it action

at the theater next to the resort.

- Yeah. Real Murders members get a big discount on rooms.

You should come Davis.

- I wish I could, but I got a college reunion back east.

Unfortunately I'll have to miss "Curating true crime

literature for libraries with Aurora Teagarden."

Wait, what?

Ro is a speaker of the conference?

Oh boy!

I loved your presentation.

It's almost as if you're a professional teacher

or something.

- Yeah. Well the club members asked a lot tougher questions

than the usual college freshmen.

Well we know our stuff.

Although that's a new statistic,

about how many murderers end up getting caught

because they told someone what they did.

It's gone up.

Narcissism has gone up.

Remember trait number eight,

excessive need for praise and attention.

- Have I told you how attractive you are

when you speak psychology?

- Have I told you how much I'm looking forward

to getting out of town next week?

Just you and me

and 200 other true crime and mystery buffs.

- You might've mentioned you were a speaker

at the conference Ro.

- Oh, it was just finalized last Friday. Why?

- "Investigating the small town homicide

with Lynn Liggett Smith, Chief of Police Lawrenceton PD."

You don't think Lynn would back out

just because of Ro would she?

I hope not.

We have two kids under the age of five.

We need a vacation.

Like we really need a vacation.

Hey there.

Hi.

- You about ready to hit the road.

Yeah.

I'm just getting my visual aids together for my talk

and then I'm headed over to get Sally.

Your presentation is about

how you choose library materials?

- It's much more fascinating than you might think.

And I'm going to be talking about how the police use grammar

and syntax to analyze writings

and identify suspects in murder investigations.

- Anything you talk about sounds interesting to me.

Sounds deadly to me.

Deadly? Hah.

Lilian that was funny.

Oh, you didn't mean it to be.

- So you ready to hold down the fort for a few days

without Ro here.

Sadly, I won't be here either.

But we'll be leaving the front desk in capable hands.

- Yeah. Lillian's taking a few days off to meet another

librarian friend she met online.

A male librarian.

- If you insist on gossiping about me,

at least wait till I'm not standing before you.

Lilian, a romantic rendezvous?

- I wouldn't put it in such course terms.

Where are you meeting him?

His hometown.

But that's all I'll say.

My private life is exactly that, private.

- I think she's more excited than she lets on.

Here, carry this? - Sure.

I wish I was riding up with you guys

but I'll be up right after my faculty meeting.

Is Phillip going with you?

No, he's going with my mother.

- You talked Aida into a true crime mystery conference.

How'd you do that?

- I thought this was a librarian conference.

You said you were speaking about curating library materials.

- Yes and you said that you haven't had a decent vacation

in years and you could use a few days in the mountains.

- Yes, surrounded by nice, you know, quiet librarians

not murder and mayhem.

What is relaxing in that?

- Look around this place Aunt Aida. It's beautiful.

What could be bad about being here?

- You know, we could still just cancel, you know

I can go home and spend time with the kids.

- Honey, your mother wants to spend time with the kids.

It's a free room. It's a nice view.

- It's Aurora Teagarden, every time I turn around.

Oh and there she is before we even get to the door.

- Lynn, who would have thought we'd be speaking

at the same conference.

- Hello Ro, Aida and Phillip, the latest recruit.

- Gee Smith, you look like how I feel.

Taken hostage.

- Oh, come on now we're all gonna have a good time.

It's gonna be fun.

This really is beautiful.

See, I told you.

Come on, let's go check into the conference desk.

All right.

We'll see you in a bit.

Yep.

- You will never guess who I just talked to. Robert Brown.

The author.

He wrote that amazing book on the Lapidus case.

Yes. That book was so good.

His research was stellar.

I'm gonna go tell him.

- All right. I'm gonna go to my room.

Linda. Hi.

Ro. Welcome back.

Thank you for saving me by agreeing to be a speaker

for that last minute cancellation we had.

- Nice of you to come to the rescue.

Oh no. I was happy to.

- Ro, this is Robert Brown, our keynote speaker.