Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner (Hallmark Channel - 2025)

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The movie kicks off with a guy stumbling around a diner, literally stabbed in the back. Knife sticking out. Eventually, he just falls to the ground.

Cut back a bit to to Aurora. Her and boyfriend Daniel, who is the cook at the diner they work at, are talking about going out for their 6 month anniversary. See the dude who got stabbed at the beginning is Aurora's boss, Emilio.

Officer Arthur comes into the office carrying a ton of coffee's. He is greeted by Detective Cook and his ex-wife, Larissa, who has been sent to investigate why this precinct's arrest percentage is lower then the national average.

Back at the diner, Aurora overhears her boss arguing with this lawyer in his office.

Later, Aurora is working hard at the library. She realizes that she left her phone at the diner, so she calls Daniel on the library phone to tell him she's going to be a little late - she has to run grab her phone. When she gets there, she discovers some black beads on the ground. So she turns on the light and finds Emilio, dead on the ground. She goes to run out just as Daniel is conveniently walking it.

The cops show up and Officer Arthur and Detective Cook immediately accuse Daniel since it's his fancy knife in the back. Aurora is like no way - Daniel loved Emilio. They never fought. They're like well did you ever see him fight with anyone? Daniel says his ex-wife and he came in earlier in the day. They take Daniel downtown anyway and he's a real suspect.

Aurora is really mad that they're treating Daniel like a suspect, so she's going to investigate it herself. That starts by showing up to Emilio's wake to talk to his ex-and their son. It does not go well.

Emilio's current girlfriend Kathleen is there as well but they seemed to really love each other. So it definitely wasn't her.

Aurora goes to talk to his ex again and sees that her earrings have black beads on it. could be nothing. could be everything.

Aurora and Daniel go back to the diner to look some more. Suddenly, Daniel is just gone. The cops show up and Daniel is found unconscious on the ground.

He's alive, don't worry. But he does get an envelope full of cash which the police find suspicious.

The son becomes a suspect because it turns out they bought a movie ticket just to have an alibi "just in case" which isn't something innocent people do. Except in this case. Because he didn't do it.

Ultimately, it turns out it was his business partner that killed him because Kathleen used to be with him and he was jealous. Womp womp.

Daniel tells Aurora he's leaving, so I guess that's that. And Officer Arthur is pumped. It's finally his time.