Catherine Bruns: For Sale by Killer (This will be the 3rd in the Cindy York Mystery Series.)
Tonya Kappes: Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries (This will be the 1st in the NEW Camper & Criminals Mystery Series.)
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for June 2018
The month is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss the upcoming TCM mystery movies for June!
June 2018 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
Saturday – June 2, 2018
1:15 AM
PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
A young girl moves into her estranged aunt’s hotel when she begins to suspect that a guest was murdered.
Dir: Paul Bartel Cast: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio.
C- 86 mins, CC
11:00 AM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C- 105 mins, CC
9:00 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
11:00 PM
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
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – June 3, 2018
9:00 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
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – June 5, 2018
2:30 AM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin.
BW- 82 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – June 6, 2018
5:15 PM
THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS (1969)
An aging lawman hears that his old nemesis is back in the area and planning a robbery.
Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine.
C- 90 mins, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – June 8, 2018
11:00 PM
OBSESSION (1949)
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife’s lover in an acid bath.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton, Naunton Wayne, Phil Brown.
BW- 98 mins, CC
Saturday – June 9, 2018
12:30 PM
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke.
C- 111 mins, CC
11:00 PM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 85 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – June 10, 2018
9:00 AM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 85 mins, CC
4:30 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
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – June 11, 2018
3:00 AM
THAT MAN FROM RIO (1964)
A pilot gets mixed up in an international search for stolen art.
Dir: Philippe de Broca Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais.
C- 116 mins
9:00 AM
HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME (1945)
Three amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
Dir: Eddie Sutherland Cast: Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis.
BW- 70 mins, CC
10:30 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
*****That’s right! Lord Peter Wimsey as in Dorothy L. Sayers‘s Peter Wimsey!*****
Tuesday – June 12, 2018
12:30 AM
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934)
A British aristocrat’s effete facade masks a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the French revolution.
Dir: Harold Young Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey.
BW- 98 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – June 13, 2018
6:15 AM
THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke.
BW- 67 mins, CC,
*****Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes!*****
7:30 AM
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN DRESSED TO KILL (1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison.
BW- 71 mins
*****A Conan Doyle double-header!*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – June 15, 2018
1:30 PM
THE DOUBLE MAN (1967)
Russian secret service officials attempts to kidnap a CIA officer and replace him with a double of its own.
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill.
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:45 PM
THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS (1967)
A Nazi officer tries to catch a serial killer attacking prostitutes.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay.
C- 144 mins, Letterbox Format
Saturday – June 16, 2018
1:15 AM
EYES OF LAURA MARS (1978)
A fashion photographer develops the ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Dir: Irvin Kershner Cast: Faye Dunaway, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois.
C- 103 mins, Letterbox Format
3:00 AM
COMA (1978)
A lady doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley.
C- 113 mins, CC
11:15 PM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW- 86 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – June 17, 2018
9:00 AM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW- 86 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – June 20, 2018
11:00 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
*****Not a mystery, but a terrific movie.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – June 23, 2018
1:30 AM
HE KNOWS YOU’RE ALONE (1980)
A killer stalks a brides-to-be.
Dir: Armand Mastroianni Cast: Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Caitlin O’Heaney.
C- 94 mins, CC
3:15 AM
ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1977)
When people in an Italian-American neighborhood are murdered, suspicion falls on a lonely 12-year-old.
Dir: Alfred Sole Cast: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard.
C- 105 mins, CC
11:00 AM
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- 121 mins, CC
3:00 PM
GET CARTER (1971)
A small-time gangster searches for the truth behind his brother’s death.
Dir: Mike Hodges Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland.
C- 112 mins, CC
7:00 PM
THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle.
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – June 25, 2018
5:30 PM
OUTWARD BOUND (1930)
Passengers on a fog-shrouded ship learn that they are lost souls on the way to heaven or hell.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Helen Chandler.
BW- 83 mins
Wednesday – June 27, 2018
11:45 AM
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray.
C- 107 mins, CC
4:30 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
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – June 29, 2018
8:00 AM
M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Theo Lingen, Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke.
BW- 110 mins
10:00 AM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
A British family gets mixed up with spies and an assassination plot while vacationing in Switzerland.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Nova Pilbeam.
BW- 76 mins, CC
12:45 PM
STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster Cast: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet.
BW- 64 mins, CC
2:00 PM
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
Saturday – June 30, 2018
3:45 AM
CLEOPATRA JONES (1973)
A female drug agent locks horns with a violent drug dealer.
Dir: Jack Starrett Cast: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes.
C- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 PM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C- 121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson.
BW- 96 mins, CC
9:00 PM
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy.
BW- 96 mins, CC
11:00 PM
ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)
A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman.
BW- 68 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in June, 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 May 2018 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for May 2018 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.)
Kathleen Bridge: Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series
It’s been a bit longer than I would have liked, but I’m back at expanding the Most Popular and Recommended Series list, which is composed of both my own personal favorites that I’m rereading as well as series that Cozy Mystery site readers have suggested in the monthly recommendations posts. This month, I’m trying to read several novels – the first of which is Kathleen Bridge‘s Hampton Home & Garden Mystery Series. I read the first book in the series, Better Homes and Corpses.
The sleuth of the novel, Meg Barrett, left her editor job at a top home and gardens magazine in New York City after learning that her boyfriend/boss was cheating on her. Naturally, this leaves her free to pursue her true passion – home restoration and decoration for the wealthy living in the Hamptons of New York.
Since she’s still growing her business and trying to get more connections among the Hamptons Elite, Meg lucks out when she runs into her old college roommate, Jillian Spenser, who happens to be the daughter of the “Queen Mother of the Hamptons”, Caroline Spenser. But when Meg goes to visit the Spenser estate, she arrives to find Caroline Spenser dead and Jillian injured. Unfortunately, despite Jillian surviving, she appears to have come down with a case of short term memory amnesia – which her doctors consider relatively expected, due to both a blow to a head and the trauma of her mother’s death.
This might have ended Meg’s connection to the murder, but between her connection to one of the victims and a request from another appraiser to help catalog the estate to determine if anything was missing in the wake of the murder, Meg quickly finds herself further embroiled in the mystery. Fortunately, Meg has law enforcement in her blood, as her father is a retired police detective.
The novel spends a fair amount of time on its specific focus point, interior decorating and home improvement, so fans of those particular focuses will definitely find a lot to enjoy in the novel. There’s also a strong romance element.
Kathleen Bridge also writes the By the Sea Mystery Series, which stars Liz Holt, who works at a family owned inn on Melbourne Beach in Florida.
Click here to read more posts about the most popular and recommended Cozy Mystery series.
PS: For readers who are fans of recipes, this series includes a few at the end of each novel – as well as home improvement tips to fit with the “Home & Garden” theme!
Cheap Kindles – May 2018
Here’s another list of Cheap (inexpensive) Kindles. Some of these might be temporary sales, so make sure you check prices before buying!
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WORKPLACE MYSTERY Series:
The Body in the Volvo (book #1)
The Body in the Cornflakes (book #2)
IRIS COOPER & JACK CLANCY Mysteries:
Death in a Deck Chair (book #1)
Murder in a Mummy Case (book #2)
Peril Under the Palms (book #3)
STAND ALONES:
Death of a Prom King
Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser’s Men
Unwanted Attentions
Without a Trace
Bad Neighbors
PAUL JACOBSON GEEZER-LIT MYSTERY Series:
Retirement Homes Are Murder (book #1)
Living with Your Kids Is Murder (book #2)
Senior Moments Are Murder (book #3)
Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder (book #4)
Care Homes are Murder (book #5)
Nursing Homes are Murder (book #6)
STAND ALONES:
The V V Agency
Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse
Murder on the Switzerland Trail
Court Trouble
MELANIE TRAVIS Series:
A Pedigree to Die For (book #1)
Underdog (book #2)
Dog Eat Dog (book #3)
Hair of the Dog (book #4)
Watchdog (book #5)
Hush Puppy (book #6)
Unleashed (book #7)
Once Bitten (book #8)
Hot Dog (book #9)
Best in Show (book #10)
Jingle Bell Bark (book #11)
Chow Down (book #13)
Hounded to Death (book #14)
Doggie Day Care Murder (book #15)
Gone with the Woof (book #16)
Death of a Dog Whisperer (book #17)
The Bark Before Christmas (book #18)
Live and Let Growl (book #19)
Murder at the Puppy Fest (book #20)
A Christmas Howl (story)
Janet Cantrell (aka Kaye George)
FAT CAT MYSTERY Series:
Fat Cat at Large (book #1)
B. B. Cantwell
PORTLAND BOOKMOBILE MYSTERY Series:
Murdermobile (book #1)
Corpse of Discovery (book #2)
DAISY GUMM MAJESTY MYSTERY Series:
Strong Spirits (book #1)
Fine Spirits (book #2)
High Spirits (book #3)
Hungry Spirits (book #4)
Genteel Spirits (book #5)
Ancient Spirits (book #6)
Spirits Revived (book #7)
Spirits Onstage (book #8)
Unsettled Spirits (book #9)
Bruised Spirits (book #10)
Spirits United (book #11)
Spirits Unearthed (book #12)
Shaken Spirits (book #13)
MERCY ALCUTT MYSTERY Series:
Lost Among the Angels (book #1)
Angel’s Flight (book #2)
Fallen Angels (book #3)
Angels of Mercy (book #4)
Thanksgiving Angels (book #5)
ANNABELLE BLUE MYSTERY Series:
Pecos Valley Diamond (book #1)
Pecos Valley Revival (book #2)
Pecos Valley Rainbow (book #3)
Pecos Valley Incident (story)
CHINTZ ‘N CHINA MYSTERY Series:
Ghost of a Chance (book #1)
Legend of the Jade Dragon (book #2)
Murder under a Mystic Moon (book #3)
A Harvest of Bones (book #4)
One Hex of a Wedding (book #5)
Kaye George (aka Janet Cantrell)
IMOGENE DUCKWORTHY MYSTERY Series:
Choke (book #1)
Smoke (book #2)
Broke (book #3)
PEOPLE OF THE WIND MYSTERY Series:
Death in the Time of Ice (book #1)
LEXI CARMICHAEL MYSTERY Series:
No One Lives Twice (book #1)
No One to Trust (book #2)
No Place Like Rome (book #3)
No Biz Like Showbiz (book #4)
No Test for the Wicked (book #5)
No Woman Left Behind (book #6)
No Room for Error (book #7)
No Strings Attached (book #8)
No Living Soul (book #9)
No Regrets (book #10)
No Money Down (novella after book #2)
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Just a reminder >>> be sure to check prices to make sure that these sales are still in effect!
