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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – October 2016

November’s almost here, so it’s time to discuss the Cozy mysteries we have read (during October) and can strongly recommend to other site viewers! This month I discussed Teresa Trent‘s Pecan Bayou Mystery Series and Ellery Adam‘s Books by the Bay Mystery Series, so I’ll start the list off with those!

If you’re interested in reading why I’m recommending these series, you can go to the Most Popular & Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my Cozy-Mystery site for my full write-ups on each of these great Cozy series.

So, what have you been reading that you can recommend in October? Please be sure to tell us why you liked these Cozies so much. I know we’re all always on the lookout for more particularly good Cozy Mystery authors! (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are great, please post the ones you like the most at the top of the list.)

As always, please do not tell us about the Cozy Mysteries you did not like.

What really good Cozy Mystery did you read during October 2016 that you want the rest of us to know about, and why did you enjoy it?

Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read and recommended this past month:

Victoria Abbott (Writing duo Mary Jane Maffini & daughter Victoria Maffini): Book Collectors Mystery Series

Ellery Adams: Books by the Bay Mystery Series

Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria Mystery Series (Recipes for Love and Murder, book #1)

Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series

Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Savannah Martin Mystery Series

Stephanie Blackmoore: Wedding Planner Mystery Series

Stephanie Bond: Body Movers Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Writer Apprentice Mystery Series

Julia Buckley: Undercover Dish Mystery Series

Ellen Byron: Cajun Country Mystery Series

Laura Childs: Scrapbooking Mystery Series

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Mysterious Detective Mystery Series

Barbara Early (aka Beverly Allan): Vintage Toy Shop Mystery Series

Alex Erikson: Bookstore Café Mystery Series (Death by Coffee, book #1)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Cookbook Nook Mystery Series

Nancy Haddock: Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series

Charlaine Harris: Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series

Carolyn Hart: Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Crime with the Classics (Arsenic with Austen – book #1)

Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series

Annie Knox (aka Wendy Lyn Watson): Pet Boutique Mystery Series

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series

Jess Lourey: Murder-by-Month Mystery Series

Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Diana Orgain: Love or Money Mystery Series

Gigi Pandian: Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery Series (Artifact, book #1)

Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Joyce Tremel: Brewing Trouble Mystery Series

Teresa Trent: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Costume Shop Mystery Series

Lea Wait: Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series

[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to his/her page on the Cozy Mystery site. The pages have all of the authors’ books listed chronologically.]

I will list the authors and series that have been recommended, but I urge you to read the comments below so you can see the reasons other Cozy Mystery readers thought these were their best reads of the month.

♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦

P.S. I usually don’t comment on your recommendations since they speak for themselves.

Ellery Adams: Books by the Bay Mystery Series

A Killer Plot (A Books by the Bay Mystery Book 1) Next up on my list of the most popular and recommended series, I’ve decided to reread the first book in Ellery Adam‘s Books by the Bay Mystery Series, A Killer Plot.

This book actually ties in neatly to one of the previous entries in this series, the Ashton Corner’s Book Club by Erika Chase. Much like Erika Chase’s series, the Books by the Bay series revolves around a group of book enthusiasts, though in this case it is a writer’s group instead of a reading group. I do find it interesting that none of the initial writers are necessarily writers of mystery fiction. Most books revolving around a literary theme such as a writer’s club, reader’s club, or library or book store type setting tend to revolve around mystery fiction, but the Bayside Book Writer’s Club instead has a wide variety of would-be authors, including diverse interests such as romance, science fiction, and Olivia (the sleuth of the series) own interest, historical fiction.

As is inevitable in Cozy mysteries, whenever more than three people gather, murder is sure to follow, and it isn’t long before the leader of the writer’s club turns up dead. New group member Olivia Limoges, touched by the charmer (the victim) and offended by the murder, decides to get to the bottom of the case.

One thing I definitely like about this series is that Olivia isn’t too similar to what you would think of as a standard modern Cozy sleuth. Many modern Cozy sleuths are either small business owners of food industry like bakeries or hobby shops catering to something like knitting, while others work in a very Cozy-friendly environment like a library. While these are good ways to hook a series into a given “theme” through the protagonist’s work, after a while they can sometimes seem a bit similar. In contrast, Olivia is independently wealthy, as her family has had significant means and influence in the town she lives in for some time. This also helps lend a certain amount of realism to certain elements of a Cozy that sometimes feel a bit questionable – namely, how does the owner of a small business also find time to continuously solve mysteries? It sure must be easier if you are wealthy enough to not worry about working a regular job!

(As someone who recently adopted a dog, I’ll admit I also particularly enjoyed Olivia’s interactions with her four-legged companion, Captain Haviland, her well-trained standard poodle. I’ll admit our little Cocoa isn’t at all as well-trained as Captain Haviland, but she is still a puppy after all!)

If you’re looking for a modern Cozy series with a non-standard protagonist, there’s a lot to recommend in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series. Ellery Adams also writes a number of other popular series that are at the top of a lot of our favorite Cozies lists; she’s also the author of the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series, the Book Retreat Mystery Series, the Supper Club Mystery Series, the Antiques & Collectibles Mystery Series, and the Hope Street Church Mystery Series. (She sure does keep busy!)

If you’re interested in reading more of these brief revisits of some of the more popular Cozy Mystery Series that I’ve written in the past, you can find them at the Most Recommended Cozy Mystery Series page on my site.

New Releases – October 24 to 30, 2016

Here is the list of new release for October 24 to 30!

Clive Cussler: Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt (This non fiction follows his “Built for Adventure” book.)

Sharon Farrow (aka 1/2 of D.E. Ireland): Dying for Strawberries (This will be the first in the NEW Berry Basket Mystery Series.)

John Grisham: The Whistler (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Dorothy Howell: Pocketbooks and Pistols (This will be the 12th in the Haley Randolph Mysteries Mystery Series.)

 Melanie Jackson: Death Drop (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

P.D. James: The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories (This will be a collection of four of the best Christmas stories that P.D. James wrote for newspapers. Two of them star a young Adam Dalgliesh.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery collection.)

Tonya Kappes: Get Witch or Die Trying (This will be the 3rd in the Spies and Spells Mystery Series.)

Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, & Barbara Ross. Egg Nog Murder (This will be a Christmas themed anthology including: Lucy Stone Mystery Series, Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series, & Maine Clam Bake Mystery Series.)

 Ann Myers: Feliz Navidead (This will be the 3rd in the Santa Fe Café Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts: Dog’s Best Friend (This will be the 5th in the Middle School Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: A Christmas Tartan (This will be a Scottish Bookshop mini-mystery.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Lea Wait: Dangling by a Thread (This will be the 4th in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2016

It’s time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies!

As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries that I think are definitely worth looking at (in addition to some others from my favorite actors and actresses…) Tuesday the 29th will be particularly noteworthy, as it will feature a marathon of Alfred Hitchcock mystery movies – a must-see for any true fan of classic cinema, mystery movies >>> or both!

The end of the month will also feature the beginnings of this year’s Christmas movies – you should be able to pick them out starting on the 30th!

I’m not posting any Hallmark mystery movies because they will be showing holiday movies during the month, at least as far into the future as they let us see.

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November 2016 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Tuesday – November 1, 2016

7:15 AM
TWENTY PLUS TWO (1961)
When a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast:  David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill.
BW-103 mins, CC

12:00 PM
STORM WARNING (1951)
A model on vacation discovers that her sister’s husband is a murderous Ku Klux Klansman.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast:  Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day.
BW-93 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 2, 2016

4:30 PM
THE YOUNG SAVAGES (1961)
An assistant DA suspects one of the delinquents he’s prosecuting for murder is his son.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters.
BW-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – November 3, 2016

8:30 AM
CONSPIRATOR (1949)
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast:  Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng.
BW-87 mins, CC

12:00 PM
JAMAICA INN (1939)
A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie.
BW-100 mins, CC

1:45 PM
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-75 mins, CC

3:15 PM
EXECUTIVE ACTION (1973)
Rogue intelligence agents, politicians, greedy capitalists, and assassins plot and carry out an assassination.
Dir: David Miller Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Will Geer, Gilbert Green.
C-91 mins, CC

5:00 PM
NIGHT MOVES (1975)
An L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracing a topless nymphet to the Florida Keys.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast:  Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark.
C-100 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 5, 2016

7:45 AM
THE CROOKED WAY (1949)
A war hero’s amnesia keeps him from dealing with his criminal past.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast:  John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew.
BW-86 mins, CC

9:15 PM
BADLANDS (1973)
A young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast:  Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates.
C-94 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 6, 2016

2:45 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

3:15 PM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast:  Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW-84 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – November 8, 2016

2:00 PM
CLOUDS OVER EUROPE (1939)
When enemy agents steal plans for an experimental plane, the test pilot fights to clear his name.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast:  Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson.
BW-79 mins

8:15 PM
SABOTEUR (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 10, 2016

7:00 PM
OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE (1967)
Afraid of being separated, a family of children keep their mother’s death a secret.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast:  Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin.
BW-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
THE INNOCENTS (1961)
A governess convinces herself the children in her charge are haunted.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast:  Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins.
BW-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – November 11, 2016

7:45 AM
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)
A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast:  Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong.
BW-63 mins, CC

11:45 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

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

Saturday – November 12, 2016

5:00 AM
A CRY IN THE NIGHT (1956)
A police captain’s emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast:  Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood.
BW-75 mins

12:15 PM
HE RAN ALL THE WAY (1951)
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl’s apartment.
Dir: John Berry Cast:  John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford.
BW-78 mins

1:45 PM
MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir: George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson.
BW-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****If you haven’t seen this movie yet, be prepared to be surprised by the Miss Marple portrayal!*****

7:00 PM
BLITHE SPIRIT (1945)
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Dir: David Lean Cast:  Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond.
C-97 mins

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

Sunday – November 13, 2016

2:30 AM
MELINDA (1972)
A black disc jockey sets out to avenge his girlfriend’s murder.
Dir: Hugh A. Robertson Cast:  Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee.
C-109 mins

8:00 PM
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast:  Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White.
BW-72 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 16, 2016

12:00 PM
WHISTLING IN DIXIE (1942)
A radio detective’s southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft.
BW-74 mins, CC

1:30 PM
WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers.
BW-87 mins, CC

3:00 PM
TWO O’CLOCK COURAGE (1945)
An amnesiac discovers he’s wanted for murder.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast:  Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane.
BW-66 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 17, 2016

7:00 AM
A FINE PAIR (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast:  Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian.
C-90 mins, CC

8:45 AM
ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast:  Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
C-152 mins, CC

5:15 PM
SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast:  Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery. A delightful Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie…*****

7:00 PM
THE LADY EVE (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This movie has me laughing every time I see it.*****

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Friday – November 18, 2016

6:00 AM
GAMBLING LADY (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien.
BW-66 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 19, 2016

4:45 PM
TIME AFTER TIME (1979)
When Jack the Ripper steals his time machine, author H.G. Wells travels to modern-day San Francisco to track him down.
Dir: Nicholas Meyer Cast:  Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen.
C-112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966)
The British send their top secret agent to help a Soviet intelligence officer defect.
Dir: Guy Hamilton Cast:  Michael Caine, Eva Renzi, Paul Hubschmid.
C-102 mins

11:00 PM
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967)
A retired spy gets mixed up with plans to overthrow Communism using a new supercomputer.
Dir: Ken Russell Cast:  Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – November 21, 2016

11:00 AM
SHIP AHOY (1942)
A dancer sailing to Puerto Rico hides government messages in her tap routines.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast:  Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr.
BW-95 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – November 22, 2016

5:00 AM
GRAND CENTRAL MURDER (1942)
A detective investigates an actress’s murder in a train car.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker.
BW-74 mins, CC

8:00 AM
KILLER MCCOY (1947)
A lightweight boxer gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast:  Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth.
BW-104 mins, CC

11:30 AM
DIAL 1119 (1950)
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast:  Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King.
BW-75 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 27, 2016

1:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW-114 mins, CC

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

Monday – November 28, 2016

8:15 AM
ROUGHSHOD (1949)
A rancher tries to save his fellow stagecoach passengers from a murderous enemy.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast:  Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman Jr..
BW-88 mins, CC

1:45 PM
CHANDLER (1971)
A former private eye lands in hot water when he agrees to protect a government witness.
Dir: Paul Magwood Cast:  Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier.
C-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – November 29, 2016

*****Alfred Hitchcock marathon day!*****

5:00 AM
YOUNG AND INNOCENT (1937)
A young girl helps an innocent man escape the law when he’s framed for murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont.
BW-83 mins

6:15 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-75 mins, CC

7:45 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

9:30 AM
STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding.
BW-110 mins, CC

11:30 AM
I CONFESS (1953)
A priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden.
BW-95 mins, CC

1:15 PM
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW-105 mins, CC

3:15 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

5:00 PM
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

10:30 PM
THE BIG CLOCK (1948)
A corrupt publisher tries to frame a career-driven editor for murder.
Dir: John Farrow Cast:  Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW-95 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 30, 2016

5:00 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW-87 mins, CC

6:30 AM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

12:45 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW-69 mins, CC,

2:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-101 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC

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

Normally this is where I would discuss the Hallmark mystery movies that are coming out in the upcoming month… but I’ve already discussed most of them in this recent post!

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in November, 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 October 2016 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2016

And of course, 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

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