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New Releases – January 28 to February 3, 2019

Here is the list of new releases for January 28 to February 3!

Cynthia Baxter: Hot Fudge Murder (This will be the 2nd in the Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Jeffery Deaver: Ninth and Nowhere (This will be a story with a lot of suspense.)

Sarah Graves: Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake (This will be the 2nd in the Death by Chocolate Mystery Series.)

Sherry Harris: The Gun Also Rises (This will be the 6th in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery.)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: Headlong (This will be the 21st in the Bill Slider Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Dead as a Door Knocker (This will be the 1st in the NEW House-Flipper Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: A Murderous Marriage (This will be the 4th in the Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series.)

Liz Mugavero (aka Cate Conte): Murder, She Meowed (This will be the 7th in the Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): No Escape Claws (This will be the 6th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for February 2019

Some months certainly have more mysteries than others on TCM, and I’m afraid that February will be a bit “light” in the mystery department! Still, I’ve tried to sort out the mysteries, and included a bit more in the “personal favorites” category to try to make up for the shortage!

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

Saturday – February 2

4:15 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW- 116 mins, CC

6:15 AM
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
BW- 111 mins, CC

8:15 AM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

10:00 AM
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
A killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes.
BW- 96 mins

11:45 AM
SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW- 99 mins, CC
**** This is a terrific mystery movie. Unfortunately, the studio made Alfred Hitchcock change the end, but it’s still a terrific movie. *****

1:30 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

3:30 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

6:00 PM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – February 5

12:30 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** I love this movie! It’s a movie I re-watch from time to time. *****

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

Thursday – February 7

9:45 AM
THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931)
A convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings.
BW- 96 mins, CC

8:00 PM
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star’s career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders.
BW- 138 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but an absolutely terrific movie.*****

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

Friday – February 8

6:00 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
BW- 101 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but the cast makes this a very fun movie to watch.*****

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

Saturday – February 9

8:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – February 10

9:45 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – February 12

10:00 AM
THE STRANGER (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Friday – February 15

4:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC

5:30 PM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC
*****Yikes!*****

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

Tuesday – February 19

11:00 AM
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
BW- 116 mins, CC
***** Not a mystery, but Bette Davis is at her best here!*****

1:00 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – February 20

12:00 AM
BLOW-UP (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
C- 111 mins, CC

2:15 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
MADELEINE (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny.
BW- 115 mins, CC

6:15 PM
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley.
BW- 96 mins, CC

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

Sunday – February 24

3:30 AM
KEY LARGO (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall.
BW- 100 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – February 26

8:00 PM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 114 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – February 27

10:00 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

12:00 PM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

6:00 PM
MYSTERY STREET (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC

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

Thursday – February 28

10:00 AM
JEZEBEL (1938)
A tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent.
BW- 104 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but definitely terrific!*****

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If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in February, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the January 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for January 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and  Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)

Eight Soon to be Released Cozy Mystery Covers

Here are some of the upcoming Cozy Mystery covers that I’ve found recently!

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Bewitched and Betrothed (This will be the 10th in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.)
Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Booking the Crook (This will be the 7th in the Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Brewed Awakening (This will be the 18th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)
Krista Davis: The Dog Who Knew Too Much (This will be the 6th in the Paws & Claws Mystery Series.)
Lindsey Davis: A Capitol Death (This will be the 7th in the Flavia Albia Mystery Series.)
Mary Feliz : Cliff Hanger (This will be the 5th in the Maggie McDonald Mystery Series.)
David Rosenfelt: Bark of Night (This will be the 19th in the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series.)
Minette Walters: The Turn of Midnight (This will be the 2nd in the Last Hours Series.)

Patricia Moyes: Henry Tibbett Mysteries

Dead Men Don't Ski: Inspector Tibbett #1 (Henry Tibbett) This time I really didn’t have any trouble deciding what to read (or, re-read in this case) for the next in my series of posts covering the most popular and recommended Cozy Mysteries. As I wrote last month, most of Patricia Moyes‘ Henry Tibbett Mysteries are finally available on Kindle. Since these are some of my very favorite mystery books, I decided to re-read the first of that series right away.

In Dead Men Don’t Ski, we are introduced to Inspector Henry Tibbett of Scotland Yard and his wife, Emmy. Henry and his wife are off to an Italian ski inn, the Bella Vista, above the village of  Santa Chiara, a small Italian village near the Austrian border. Henry and his wife had planned a trip for the skiing — Emmy was a somewhat more veteran skier than Henry who was a total newbie to the sport — when Scotland Yard decided to assign Henry to keep an eye out in Santa Chiara because there was some suspicious activity that had come to the Yard’s attention going on there.

When Henry and his wife travel by train to the inn, they meet a number of English and other guests who will be staying at the Bella Vista with them. Not too long after they arrive at the inn, there is a murder. Henry and his wife become involved with the Italian police in trying to solve the case. And, with Henry being a great detective, as you can guess, he is instrumental in solving the case.

Henry and his wife are classic mystery characters. Henry is 48 years old and Emmy is somewhat younger. Henry has a reputation of solving many cases partially through use of his “nose”. Henry’s instincts plus Emmy’s common sense approach make this one of the great detective duos in mystery fiction. With this first book in the series being written in 1958 and the series extending to nineteen books with the last published in 1993, Patricia Moyes provided a fine series of post-classic era mysteries.

Moyes was born in 1923, which was just about when Agatha Christie’s first books were being released and when Christie was becoming famous. Although born a generation after Christie, Moyes’ Henry Tibbett’s Mystery books are very similar to classic Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh (sometimes known as the Golden Age’s Queens of Crime).  Although Moyes was born too late to be a member of the Golden Age of Crime, her stories are a fine follow-on to that era. If you enjoy classic Cozies but haven’t yet met Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy, I think you are in for a treat!

P.S. If you’re interested in other entries about some highly recommended Cozy Mystery series, you can see them on the Most Popular and Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my site.

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