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Great News for Mystery Movie Buffs!

MoviesOK, in the “old days” I would have said get out your pens and pencils, however, I’ll just tell you about this news, and you can annotate it the way you do these days >>> with your I-Pads, I-Phones, Desk Tops, or… with your pens & pencils!

Let me start by telling you all there is good news for us, the Cozy Mystery lovers, from both the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel AND the BBC!

I’ll start with the news from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel. They have a lot in store for us in the realm of mystery movies! As a lot of you know, the channel is already showing movies that feature: Charlaine Harris‘s Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Kate Collins‘s Flower Shop Mysteries, Joanne Fluke‘s (Hannah Swensen) Murder, She Baked Mysteries, Peter King‘s Gourmet Detective Mysteries, and Suzi Weinert‘s Garage Sale Mysteries.

Here’s the good news! Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will also be starting (New York Times bestselling) Kate Carlisle‘s Fixer-Upper Mysteries! Yes, that’s right! Singer/actress Jewel will be both starring and executive producing the Fixer-Upper mysteries. Jewel will be playing Shannon Hammer, the owner of a construction company that specializes in restoring Victorian houses.

And it just keeps getting better! For those of you who have missed Kellie Martin in the Mystery Woman movies, she’ll be back! Yep! Nancy Grace‘s Hailey Dean Mysteries will be starring Kellie Martin. For those of you who already read Nancy Grace’s mysteries, you already know that Hailey is an ex-prosecutor who specialized in violent crimes who then works as a therapist, and then a TV commentator.

The bad news is that Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is somewhat secretive about giving out their full TV schedules. So, this month I will only be telling you about the following PREMIERS that will air on that channel. Kellie Martin will be hosting what the channel is calling October Sunday Night Mystery Movies in which three new mystery movies will be introduced/air. (In this case, make sure to get these set-up on your DVRs as soon as possible!)

Sunday – October 9, 2016

8:00 PM Central
Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery *****PREMIER*****
IMDB: When Henry Roth is hired to find the best Italian chef for a new high-end eatery, murder was not on the menu. As the body count climbs, Henry and Maggie find themselves at the heart of another mystery with deadly consequences. Stars Dylan Neal & Brooke Burns. Based on the mysteries by Peter King.

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

Sunday – October 16, 2016

8:00 PM Central
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery *****PREMIER*****
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she prepares to move in, Aurora discovers that the family who once lived there mysteriously disappeared without a trace. Stars Candace Cameron Bure & Yannick Bisson. Based on the mysteries by Charlaine Harris.

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

Sunday – October 23, 2016

8:00 PM Central
Murder, with Love: A Hailey Dean Mystery *****PREMIER*****
(No information is available at this time.)
Stars Kellie Martin
Based on the mysteries by Nancy Grace.

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

Now on to the great news from BBC. Last December, author Donna McLean told us about the Lifetime channel’s airing of the BBC’s And Then There Were None. (Thank you so much, Donna! I really enjoyed it!) Great news! The BBC will be making seven more of these wonderful Agatha Christie adaptations.

Ordeal by Innocence will be the first movie Agatha Christie Productions will be making for the small screen. Death Comes as the End and The ABC Murders are among the other Agatha Christie movies they will be making. If these new Agatha Christie movies are as good as December’s fare, we’re in for some exceptional TV mystery movies!

Comments

  1. thank you! i LOVE kellie martin in the mystery woman movies and so wished they had made more – liked the whole cast. loved clarence – can’t think of his last name now, from the old old ‘Mod Squad’ tv show – he was great as philbie (sp?). so will look for the new show, but miss the rest of the cast from the old show : ) will flag this email so i can put these things on my dvr. my dvr now will only let me put things on about a week and a half to two weeks from today’s date which makes it difficult! by the way – the new poldark series 2 is coming in september to pbs too.

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    • I had taped “Hailey Dean, murder with love, I thought! Then I watched 15 or 20 minutes & it ended. I was loving it and am so disappointed. I searched on the guide on the TV was wanting to DVR it again but can’t find it. Can you please tell me when it will air again? I really want to see it and any other Hailey Dean’s.

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    • Love Kellie Martin and Clarence Williams, III. I miss the Mystery Woman series. The cast was perfect and Clarence as Philbie (sp?) was awesome.. I must say, I only “like” the new Hailey Dean mysteries so far. For me, it is very disappointing and just makes me more inclined to say I want more “Mystery Woman” movies 🙂

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  3. Great news, Danna! I’m really looking forward to Nancy Grace’s Hailey Dean. I like Nancy, and I watch her show, but I have not read her novels yet. This will definitely move them up on my to-read list! I just went on Nancy’s and Kellie Martin’s Twitter pages to see if they mentioned this, and they both did! Sounds like Kellie is really excited about her new role. HMM also has many Tweets about this new project. But as you mentioned, no one said anything about dates.

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  4. Remember seeing Kellie Martin as Christy in that series many years ago, good possibility it is where she got her start…the series was based on the Catherine Marshall book Christy…a wonderful story of life in the mountains of North Carolina, the close knit community, and the struggles to eke out a living from the Appalachian Mountains…based in part on Catherine Marshall’s mother and her story as a young school teacher. For those who have never read this book, a wonderful story of life overcoming hardship…

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  7. Terrific news!! I am looking forward to all of them. Thanks Danna for all your hard work for us.
    I am catching up on the Hallmark Mystery and Movie channel movies so my DVR is hard at work.
    I really like Alison Sweeney as Hannah Swenson.

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  8. Awesome news! Except I don’t get HMM with my cable package. Any way to stream them???? Had to cut back on expenses, and cable was one…

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  10. I hope to catch the Aurora Teagarden mystery. It’ll be interesting to see how they portray her character … shy and a little dorky in the books.

    And Yannick Bisson! Great! I love him in “Murdoch Mysteries” — which is a show folks here may enjoy … if you’re not too grossed out by forensic pathology. Murdoch is a total “Boy Scout” and Dr. Julia Ogden, his love interest [and the forensic pathologist], is a fascinating woman of many talents!

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  11. That’s a problem here in Canada, it seems to be hit or miss on what Hallmark and Lifetime movies we get to see. A big thank you to those who post them on You tube which is where I watch most of them.

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  12. Wow. What a great season coming up. Thank you for all the information. Glad to know that Kellie Martin will be back in a series. I have liked her since she played Becca in Life Goes On.

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  13. You are the greatest! Named all my favorite movies…..and stars! Will look up the Nancy Grace series…news to me. I have enjoyed Marcia Clark’s mysteries although they aren’t really too cozy. Thanks again for all your hard work and research.

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  14. So excited we are finally getting cable that includes these channels! I can finally start watching these mysteries! Thanks, Danna, for going to the effort to list them!

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  16. Hi, I was wondering if you will be putting these mysteries on Amazon tv or Netflix. I don’t have cable tv. Is there another way I can see these highly desired mystery movie So?

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  17. Check your local library. I found all of the British shows from Acorn TV there on DVD. Also some of the HM&M dvd’s were there.

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  18. Are there going to be anymore garage sale mystery movies. I just love these movies and all the cast Lori Loughlin is great in this series of movies

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  19. My favorite movie on mysteries is the Gourmet Detective. Will there be another show after Death Al Dente? I look forward to all the mystery shows.

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  20. I have seen the commercials for the new Fixer-Upper movie staring Jewel. I normally love all the cozy mystery movies but she looks wrong for the part. I hope I am wrong!

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  21. I love the Murder Mystery series with Kelly Martin and Clarence Williams the III sad that it isn’t on anymore. I wished they had made more.
    The new series is OK. I am just partial to the original.
    Fixer Upper with Jewel and Colin Ferguson was reslly enjoyable. As the Garage Sale Mystery was.
    Will be checking more out!

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  22. I enjoy all of the mystery movies on HMM.
    I really wish there were more of the Gourmet Detective…a lot more!
    Also more of the Brooke Shields movies.

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