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Grantchester: New Masterpiece Mystery! Starting Sunday

Good grief! I feel like saying “We interrupt your schedule with this breaking news about Cozy Mystery television viewing!” I feel like I have to hurry up and tell you about this, so you can set up your DVRs or rearrange your schedules in order to make sure you’re in front of your televisions this coming Sunday night!

It looks like we are in for a Cozy Mystery television movie treat! A new mystery series will be starting up soon >>> this time another entry in the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! series. Grantchester will begin airing starting this Sunday (January 18, 2015), with a total of six weekly episodes airing through the rest of January and February. Starring Masterpiece veterans James Norton as young vicar Sidney Chambers and Robson Green as Inspector Geordie Keating, Grantchester looks like it’s going to be good Cozy Mystery fun!

From the Cozy perspective, Grantchester looks very promising >>> it’s got a lot of the standard Cozy Mystery hallmarks – such as being set in an idyllic village with a surprising number of dark secrets, amateur sleuthing, and best of all >>> it’s British! It’s based on the Grantchester Mysteries written by James Runcie.

In the New York Times Sunday Book Review, James Runcie’s first mystery in his Grantchester Series (Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death) was said to be “the coziest of cozy murder mysteries … set in a quaint English village during the 1950s and featuring a young Anglican vicar who finds spiritual inspiration in criminal investigation.”

I’ve not yet had time to read it. Well, now I’ll at least be able to enjoy the TV adaptation!

So, as I mentioned above, go set your DVRs! Right now!

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel : Joanne Fluke – Hannah Swensen, Charlaine Harris – Aurora Teagarden, & Peter King – Gourmet Detective

So, I recently got messages from Donna Mc and Alfred, and rather than just respond to them in the comments I thought I’d share their messages and my own response as it’s own post, since it seems like such big news for Cozy Mystery lovers!

From Donna Mc:

… did you hear that the Hallmark Channel is producing a series based on the Joanne Fluke cookie mysteries AND that a gorgeous blond is portraying Hannah? That is wild! But apparently true! Excited about the show, puzzled about the gorgeous blond.

From Alfred (40 minutes later):

… Allison Sweeney … it looks like they are going to be doing a mystery series featuring Joanne Fluke’s Chocolate Chip cookie mystery series on Hallmark – thought you might like to make a column out of it.

Thank you , Donna and Alfred! I rely on Cozy Mystery readers like the two of you to get wind of this fantastic Cozy Mystery news. I did some searches and found out that the good news doesn’t stop there! Apparently as part of Hallmark Movie Channel’s transition into Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark is going to be putting out a whole bunch of Cozy Mystery movie adaptations, all of them set to air some time in 2015! I can’t wait!

As Donna and Alfred mentioned, one of these is going to be the adaptation of Joanne Fluke‘s Hannah Swensen Mystery Series, starting with Sugar Cookie Murder – though other sources have reported that the first movie will be Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. Either way, the movies will star actress Alison Sweeney, 13-season veteran of Days Of Our Lives as well as a host of The Biggest Loser.  Admittedly, Hannah is supposed to have very curly red hair, not blonde – but I suppose every movie adaptation will need to make whatever changes they think are necessary. (Also, as those of us who follow Hannah’s sleuthing adventures know, Hannah is not slim, and rarely wears makeup…)

But as I said this is just the start of the good news! Two other Cozy movie adaptation series have been announced! The first is an adaptation of Charlaine Harris‘s Aurora Teagarden books, starring Candace Cameron Bure. I’ll admit, I’ve already got high expectations since the Teagarden series holds a very special place in my heart. I followed the series and was very disappointed when Charlaine Harris moved on to newer series, though those are also very well written. Some of you may remember Candace Cameron Bure from her days as Donna Jo “D.J.” Tanner from the long-running sitcom Full House. Well now she’ll be playing librarian Aurora Teagarden!

The third is an adaptation of Peter King‘s Gourmet Detective Mystery Series, starring Hallmark movie regular Dylan Neal. As with Sweeney, most viewers are likely to recognize Neal from soap operas – specifically his 119 episode run on The Bold and the Beautiful. Neal will be playing food consultant Goodwin Harper. Dylan Neal has been a cast member of the (regular) Hallmark channel’s Cedar Cove series.

It’s looking like this might be a really good year to be a fan of Cozy movie adaptations of some of our popular Cozy Mystery series! So, I guess now I’ve got a question for all of you – of these three terrific mystery series, which are you most looking forward to seeing a movie adaptation? Please make sure to leave a comment below!

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for January 2015

Oh my goodness! 2015 is almost here! I have gone through the Turner Classic Movies channel and the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel and here are the television mystery movies that I have found that will be airing during January 2015.

Also, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (January), please post a comment. I’m pretty sure the rest of us Cozy Mystery readers would love to know about it. Thank you!

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January 2015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Thursday, January 1

6:30 AM
Storm Center (1956)
A librarian fights to keep a controversial book on the shelves.
Dir: Daniel Taradash Cast:  Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter.
BW-86 mins, Letterbox Format
*****This doesn’t look like a mystery, but it does look like an interesting book/library theme movie, and what a cast!*****

9:45 AM
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Family secrets come to light when a teen-ager murders her mother’s lover.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Michael Connors.
C-114 mins

11:45 AM
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she’s released from a mental hospital.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 PM
Dead Ringer (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast:  Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW-116 mins, CC

3:30 PM
Berserk (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O’Connolly Cast:  Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 PM
The Nanny (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.Dir: Seth
Holt Cast: Bette Davis , Wendy Craig , Jill Bennett .
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday, January 3

1:00 AM
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients’ lives.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark.
C-126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****OK, you caught me! I’m a Judy Holliday fan, and this is not a mystery!*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday, January 4

9:15 AM
Criss Cross (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
BW-93 mins, CC

7:00 PM
Charade (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast:  Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C-113 mins, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
Arabesque (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast:  Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel.
C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday, January 5

9:00 AM
Fingers at the Window (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
Dir: Charles Lederer Cast:  Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone.
BW-81 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday, January 6

5:30 PM
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast:  Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone.
BW-87 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday, January 7

9:00 AM
The Saint in New York (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York’s mob kingpins.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast:  Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann.
BW-72 mins, CC

7:00 PM
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast:  Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom.
C-146 mins, CC

9:45 PM
Crime and Punishment (1935)
A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh.
BW-88 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday, January 9

7:00 PM
Murder by Death (1976)
A criminal madman invites the world’s greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast:  Peter Falk, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness.
BW-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** I think this is a fun Neil Simon mystery movie.*****

8:45 PM
The Cheap Detective (1978)
A private dick tackles two tough cases while trying to clear himself of a murder charge.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast:  Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Peter Falks stars in another fun Neil Simon mystery movie.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday, January 10

5:00 AM
For the Defense (1930)
An attorney, who specializes in springing criminals out of prison, is faced with a moral dilemma when his girlfriend drunkenly kills a pedestrian with her car and another man takes the blame.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast:  William Powell, Kay Francis, Scott Kolk.
BW-63 mins, CC

9:45 PM
Ministry of Fear (1944)
When hidden microfilm comes into his possession, an innocent man is drawn into espionage.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond.
BW-87 mins, CC

11:30 PM
The Blue Gardenia(1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW-88 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday, January 11

11:00 AM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW-100 mins, CC

1:00 PM
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast:  Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke.
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday, January 13

1:15 PM
It’s a Wonderful World (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW-86 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday, January 15

5:00 AM
Foreign Agent (1942)
A Hollywood technician fights off enemy agents after his new searchlight design.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff.
BW-62 mins

6:15 AM
The Living Ghost (1942)
A former detective investigates a wealthy kidnap victim who returns with brain damage.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey.
BW-61 mins

10:15 AM
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
A private eye investigating one murder is framed for another.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  James Dunn, Wanda McKay, Jack La Rue.
BW-62 mins

11:30 AM
Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
Private investigators infiltrate a jewelry store to guard a priceless emerald bracelet.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan.
BW-68 mins

2:00 PM
Fashion Model (1945)
When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly stock boy.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Robert Lowery, Marjorie Weaver, Tim Ryan.
BW-61 mins

3:15 PM
Below the Deadline (1946)
A veteran joins the mob to avenge his gangster brother’s murder.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley.
BW-65 mins

9:00 PM
Whispering Smith (1948)
A railroad detective tries to bring in a gang of train robbers and a lost love.
Dir: Leslie Fenton Cast:  Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Donald Crisp.
C-89 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday, January 16

5:30 AM
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
A submarine commander inadvertently causes the death of a romantic rival under his command.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast:  Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz.
BW-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday, January 17

7:00 PM
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall.
BW-120 mins, CC

11:00 PM
Above Suspicion (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast:  Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
BW-91 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday, January 22

9:00 PM
The Catered Affair (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast:  Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery, but this movie packs a punch!*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday, January 23

12:30 AM
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and survived the Titanic.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast:  Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley.
C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery. Debbie Reynolds at her very best! *****

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday, January 25

1:00 PM
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast:  Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger.
C-101 mins, CC
***** Not a mystery, but I believe you see a young Angela Lansbury sing.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday, January 27

9:45 AM
Eyes in the Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed.
BW-80 mins, CC

5:30 PM
Condemned Women (1938)
Murder creates an uproar in a women’s prison.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley.
BW-77 mins

9:00 PM
All the President’s Men (1976)
Two Washington Post reporters investigate the Watergate break-in that ended Nixon’s presidency.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast:  Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards Jr..
C-138 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A CIA researcher uncovers top secret information and finds himself marked for death.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast:  Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson.
C-117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday, January 28

5:00 PM
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast:  George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed.
BW-110 mins, CC
***** Another movie with a very young Angela Lansbury. *****

10:15 PM
10 Rillington Place (1970)
A serial killer frames a mentally challenged man.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast:  Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt.
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday, January 29

2:00 AM
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
A medium kidnaps a child so she can help the police solve the crime.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast:  Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden.
BW-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
A playwright descended from the Borgias becomes a murder suspect.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast:  Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, C. Aubrey Smith.
BW-69 mins

7:15 AM
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Dir: Edgar Selwyn Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allen, Lewis Stone.
BW-84 mins, CC

10:00 AM
London by Night (1937)
A blackmailer holds the key to several murders.
Dir: William Thiele Cast:  George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field.
BW-69 mins

11:15 AM
Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
British sleuth Sir Peter Wimsey’s wedding celebration is cut short by the discovery of a murdered man in his honeymoon cottage.
Dir: Arthur B. Woods Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks.
BW-83 mins, CC
***** Sir Peter Wimsey! We have Dorothy L. Sayers to thank!*****

12:45 PM
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
A series of mysterious murders haunts the inhabitants of a boarding house.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel.
BW-64 mins

5:15 PM
The Secret Partner (1961)
A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Stewart Granger, Haya Harareet, Bernard Lee.
BW-91 mins, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer.|
BW-80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday, January 31

1:15 PM
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast:  Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
BW-81 mins, CC

2:45 PM
The Lion In Winter (1968)
England’s Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Dir: Anthony Harvey Cast:  Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow.
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery. A wonderful movie. *****

***** ***** ***** *****

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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January 2015 PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Shows Grantchester (Central time zone):

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Sunday – January 18, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 1
Based on James Runcie’s mystery novels. “Set in the English countryside’s most idyllic village, Grantchester follows two unlikely allies as they solve a series of cases that reveal the dark side of early 1950s England.” (from the PBS site)

***** *****

Sunday – January 25, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 2

***** *****

Sunday – February 1, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 3

***** *****

Sunday – February 8, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 4

***** *****

Sunday – February 15, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 5

***** *****

Sunday – February 22, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 6

***** ***** ***** *****

January 2015 Hallmark Movies & Mystery Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

***** *****

Thursday – January 1, 2015

4:00 AM – 11:59 PM Hart to Hart marathon
*****I’m putting 11:59 only because I don’t want to have to annotate the next day’s date on the description.

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 2, 2015

12:00 AM – 4:00 AM Hart to Hart marathon

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 3, 2015

6:00 AM – 11: 59 PM Murder, She Wrote marathon

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – January 4, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:59 Hart to Hart marathon

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – January 5, 2015

12:00 AM – 1:59 AM Hart to Hart marathon continues

8:00 AM Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery

10:00 AM Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – January 11, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

12:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

2:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

6:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

10:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – January 12, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
After All These Years
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody. Based on the book by best-selling author Susan Isaacs. Stars Wendie Malick Gregory Harrison.

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – January 13, 2015

8:00 PM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – January 14, 2015

8:00 AM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 15, 2015

8:00 AM
Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning
Katie Lapp is known in her Amish community for not always adhering to the strict rules of the religious township. When she discovers her parents have long kept secret the fact she was adopted and that her birth mother is trying to contact her, she brings great shame to her father by refusing to marry the town’s bishop. Shunned by her community and family, Katie struggles between the only home she has known and the outside world. Stars Danielle Panabaker and Sherry Stringfield.
***** Not a mystery, but I know that Amish books/movies are quite popular, so I thought I would tell you about this (what appears to be) two-part movie duo. The next movie looks like it’s a continuation of this movie.*****

10:00 AM
Beverly Lewis’ The Confession
After leaving her Amish town and the only family she has ever known, Katie Lapp ventures to New York City to find her birth mother, Laura Mayfield-Bennett. Katie finds Laura but is shocked to discover an imposter claiming to be Katie Lapp is already living in Laura’s home. As Katie tries to unravel the mystery, Daniel Fisher, the young man who captured Katie’s heart years ago, has returned to find Katie—the one woman he ever truly loved. Stars Sherry Stringfield, Katie Leclerc, Adrian Paul and Cameron Stewart.
***** Not a mystery, but this looks like the follow-up movie to the earlier Amish theme movie.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 17, 2015

10:00 AM
Thicker Than Water
After the death of her father, Natalie discovers he was married to a woman prior to her mother. Upset that her father kept part of his life a secret, she sets out to find the woman her father once loved. Starring Melissa Gilbert, Lindsay Wagner, Brian Wimmer and Lindy Newton.

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – January 18, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Diagnosis Murder marathon

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – January 26, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

12:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

2:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

6:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

10:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

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Monday – January 28, 2015

8:00 AM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

10:00 AM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

4:00 PM
Lies Between Friends
When art restorer Joss Jenner joins her old college friends for a weekend reunion, old jealousies and deeply buried secrets lead to murder. Devastated by the loss, Joss is unable to rest until she figures out who is responsible for the crime. Stars Gabrielle Anwar and Craig Sheffer.

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(All of the above Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site.)

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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during January 2015, please post a comment.

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Here is the Upcoming Mystery Movies for December 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Television Movie

Good news! Ian sent me a note all the way from across the pond telling me something I absolutely have GOT to share with you all. M.C. Beaton‘s first Agatha Raisin mystery has been made into a television movie. Since they are showing the movie in Great Britain on Boxing Day (December 26), we should be getting “Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death” pretty soon.

Ian:

Just in case you’re not aware, the first Agatha Raisin book ‘…and the Quiche of Death’ has been filmed and is going to be on Sky1 (in the UK at least) on Boxing Day. The trailer makes it look quite good and it stars Ashley Jensen (Extras) as Agatha.

Thank you, Ian! We won’t be seeing it for a while, but it’s great to know they have made it!

Here’s the trailer I found on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jlAieV5vE

I’m already looking forward to seeing this television movie. If you’re anything like me, you are probably wondering why Ashley Jensen (a beautiful, trim blond) is playing Agatha Raisin. Keep in mind, they had beautiful Sharon Small playing Sgt. Barbara Havers in the Inspector Lynley television shows, and that show was very good.

Again, thank you, Ian!

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