21 dates in and Aurora and Martin's relationship is still on the rise. (Martin is counting their dates, because according to Aida they are not an official couple until they have been on 25 dates.)
Aurora finally buys her first house which is ten minutes out of town and infamously known as The Julius House, as it is involved in an old missing family case. When Aurora picks up the keys from Bubba Rankart, he shares a story about how the original owners boarded up a closet when the house was built. This of course sends Aurora on a mission to find it before she moves in...and find it she does, hastily boarded up with bloody rags left inside after finding a disturbing journal page from the daughter of the house.
"Ok wait...Is this Martin Bartell, former CIA agent, who told me he thinks we are alike and admired my suspicious mind?"-Aurora.
"Why do you have that look?"-Martin
"What look?"-Aurora
"Let's call it the thrill of the chase look."-Martin.
"Seems even sweet old ladies find you and your questions irritating."-Lynn
I love Aurora's new house, it is gorgeous! I also like the setting out in the countryside with fields on the horizon. This was a pretty interesting missing person mystery.
"I don't have a baseball bat or anything else I can hit him with. You know I told myself months ago that if I was going to keep hanging out with you that I need to invest in a baseball bat."-Sally
As a native Washingtonian I was happy to see actual stock footage of the real Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon...especially since the fictional Lawrenceton which is supposed to be in Washington State only gets stock footage from upstate New York...don't get me wrong I love the town and the waterfall they show.
I love the humorous stakeout banter between Ro and Martin. Still really enjoying the tight knit cast which works so well together in this series. I really appreciate that they keep the same actors. The friendship between Ro and Sally is wonderful...and the real murders club is fun and really gives this show a well rounded approach to mysteries.
Great twisted mystery and what really keeps this series in my top three favorites of mystery series on Hallmark along with Hannah Swensen's and Mystery 101. More romantic that some of the other films in the series. I think cosy mystery fans will love it!
