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July 2016 Mystery Book New Releases

June 1, 2016

Allyson K. Abbott (aka Annelise Ryan & Beth Amos): Shots in the Dark (This will be the 4th in the Mack’s Bar Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas themed mystery.)

Christy Barritt: Random Acts of Greed (This will be the 4th in the Holly Anna Paladin Mystery Series.)

Mike Befeler: Court Trouble (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery novel.)

Laurien Berenson: Live and Let Growl (This will be the 19th in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): A Toxic Trousseau (This will be the 8th in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.)

Susan M. Boyer: Lowcountry Book Club (This will be the 5th in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series.)

Julia Buckley: A Dark and Stormy Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth Kane Buzelli (aka Elizabeth Lee): Most Curious Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Little Library Mystery Series.)

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae & Bailey Cattrell): Spells and Scones (This will be the 6th in the Magical Bakery Mystery Series.)

Nancy Coco (aka Nancy J. Parra): All You Need is Fudge (This will be the 5th in the Candy-Coated Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: The Great Catsby (This will be the 8th in the Whales and Tails Mystery Series.)

Lindsey Davis: The Graveyard of the Hesperides (This will be the 4th in the Flavia Albia Mystery Series.)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Casey): Kilt at the Highland Games (This will be the 10th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)

Linda Fairstein: Killer Look (This will be the 18th in the Alexandra Cooper Mystery Series.)

Joanne Fluke: Wicked (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

G.M. Ford: Salvation Lake (This will be the 9th in the Leo Waterman Mystery Series.)

Susanna Gregory: A Grave Concern (This will be the 22th in the Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series.)

Betty Hechtman: Gone with the Wool (This will be the 4th in the Yarn Retreat Mystery Series.)

Joan Hess: Caveat Emptor and Other Stories (This will be a Stand Alone non mystery.)

Anna Lee Huber: As Death Draws Near (This will be the 5th in the Lady Darby Mystery Series.)

Judith K. Ivie: Swan Song (This will be the 8th in the Kate Lawrence Mystery Series.)

J.A. Jance: Random Acts (This will be a Joanna Brady & Ali Reynolds novella.)

Iris Johansen: Night and Day (This will be an Eve Duncan omnibus, containing books # 7 – 10.)

Tonya Kappes: A Charming Hex (This will be the 9th in the Magical Cures Mystery Series.)

William Kent Krueger: The World of Cork O’Connor: A Look Behind the Pages of the Beloved Mystery Series (The writing of this series)

Victoria Laurie: A Grave Prediction (This will be the 14th in the Psychic Eye Mystery Series.)

M. Louisa Locke: Pilfered Promises (This will be the 5th in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving themed mystery.)

Julie Moffett: No Strings Attached (This will be the 8th in the Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series.)

Terrie Farley Moran: Read to Death (This will be the 3rd in the Read Em and Eat Mystery Series.)

Laura Morrigan: Take the Monkey and Run (This will be the 4th in the Call of the Wilde Mystery Series.)

Marcia Muller: Someone Always Knows (This will be the in the 32nd in the Sharon McCone Mystery Series.)

Amy Myers: Classic at Bay (This will be the 8th in the Car Detective Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: The Trial (This will be a Women’s Murder Club Mystery Series “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

Elizabeth Peters: The Painted Queen (This will be the 20th in the Amelia Peabody Mystery Series.) (This book has been scheduled to release for a while. We’ll see if it is!)

Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Dressed to Kilt (This will be the 3rd in the Scottish Highlands Mystery Series.)

David Rosenfelt: Outfoxed (This will be the 14th in the Andy Carpenter Series.)

Gerry Schmitt (aka Laura Childs): Little Girl Gone (This will be the 1st in the NEW Afton Tangler Thriller Mystery Series. Not Cozy)

Jeff Shelby (aka Jeffrey Allen): Thread of Danger (This will be the 7th in the Joe Tyler Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: Chance Developments (This will be a non-mystery short story collection.)

Wendy Corsi Staub: Blue Moon (This will be the 2nd in the Mundy’s Landing Series.)

If you want to see this month’s releases: June 2016 Mystery Book New Releases.

These Cozies (and of course many more) that are scheduled for release soon are on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

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Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – May 2016

May 30, 2016

This month my recommendation is Kylie Logan‘s Mayhem at the Orient Express – the first book in her League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series. This is a fun page-turner. I really enjoy the relationships between the members of the “League” who solve the murder. I also like the small town setting >>> on a small island in Lake Erie. Added to the small-town ambiance is that this is a mystery that takes place in an isolated “nobody in/nobody out” setting. Kylie Logan writes well-differentiated, life-like characters. This Cozy harkens back to classic Agatha Christie’s mysteries with the isolated setting and the many characters with motives, means, and opportunities to commit the crime.

Have you read any Cozies this month that you thought were a lot better than the rest of the Cozies you read this month? If so, would you please tell us about these really good Cozies and why you liked them so much? We’d love to know about the Cozy Mysteries you especially liked, so that we (too) can read them. (If you have a lot of Cozies you think are terrific, would you post the ones you think are even better than the others at the top of the list?)

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

What really good Cozy Mystery book did you read during May 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:

Tessa Arlen: Lady Montfort Mystery Series

Ali Brandon (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart): Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series

Maia Chance: Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery Series

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Cranberry Cove Mystery Series

Hannah Dennison: Honeychurch Hall Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Penny Brannigan Mystery Series

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Pacific Northwest Mystery Series

Susan Furlong (aka Lucy Arlington): Georgia Peach Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series

B.B. Haywood: Candy Holliday Mystery Series

David Handler: Berger & Mitry Mystery Series

Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series

Stephen King: Joyland (not Cozy)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series (Four Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Ethnic Eats Mystery Series

Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series (Two Cozy readers recommended this series this month.)

Laura Morrigan: Call of the Wilde Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Sharon Pape: Portrait of a Crime Mystery Series

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco): Perfect Proposals Mystery Series

Barbara Ross: Maine Clambake Mysteries Series

Paige Shelton: Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series

Colleen J. Shogan: Washington Whodunit Mystery Series (Stabbing in the Senate is book #1)

Joanna Campbell Slan – Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series

Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series

Jane Tesh: Madeline Maclin Mystery Series (A Case of Imagination is book #1)

Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs 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.

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Memorial Day: A Day of Thanks and Rememberance

May 30, 2016

memorial11111111jhaphjpahjpajWe are here in beautiful Washington, D.C. visiting our daughter, and what a time to be in our nation’s capital! Each time we have driven by the Arlington Cemetery, we are reminded of the sacrifices many men and women have made for us. It is truly humbling.

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Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for June 2016

May 27, 2016

Let’s see which mystery movies will be coming up on the Turner Classic Movies channel and the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel during June 2016. As usual, I posted a few movies that aren’t mysteries, but they are classics that probably everybody would enjoy seeing. They will be showing two movies on the Turner channel paying tribute to fathers on Father’s Day – Life with Father and the original Father of the Bride >>> both terrific movies.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be premiering four new mystery movies from some of our favorite Cozy Mystery movie series during June.

Sunday – June 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central)
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders
*****Premier*****

When Detective Lynwood brings two small items into Rags to Riches that were each found at the scene of a murder, Jenn realizes the items are clues straight out of famous mystery novels. She can’t help but dig deeper to solve these murders… and prevent ones to come. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

Sunday – June 12, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central)
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
*****Premier*****

When Aurora pitches in to help her busy real estate mother, Aida, she quickly realizes she has again walked into a life or death situation. When a body is discovered at her first house showing and a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Yannick Bisson.
***based on the Charlaine Harris Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series

Sunday – June 19, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central)
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
*****Premier*****

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. Stars Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison.
***based on the Joanne Fluke Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

Sunday – June 26, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central)
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
*****Premier*****

Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her drama queen cousin’s wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the flowers…but having to find out who murdered a wedding crasher. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.
***based on the Kate Collins Flower Shop Mystery Series

Oh, and before I forget, for all you Mystery Woman fans, Saturday, June 4 they will be running a marathon on Hallmark M & M.

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

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

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

Thursday – June 2, 2016

4:15 PM
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

9:00 PM
ROSE MARIE (1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen.
BW-111 mins, CC

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

Friday – June 3, 2016

11:00 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-108 mins, CC
***This one is really good. A classic!)***

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

Saturday – June 4, 2016

1:00 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

7:00 PM
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast:  Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider.
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
THE SEVEN UPS (1973)
New York City cops wage a war against assorted hoods and criminals after one of their own is brutally killed by a hoodlum.
Dir: Philip D’Antoni Cast:  Roy Scheider, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon.
C-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – June 5, 2016

9:00 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW-118 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963)
A doctor tries to cope with his wife’s newfound stardom as an advertising pitch woman.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast:  Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis.
C-108 mins, CC
***OK, so this isn’t a mystery. But if you’re a Doris Day fan, you will probably like this one.***

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

Monday – June 6, 2016

3:30 PM
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-101 mins, CC

5:15 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

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

Tuesday – June 7, 2016

9:00 AM
ONE NIGHT AT SUSIE’S (1930)
A boarding house keeper’s gangster tenants step in to help when her son is framed for murder.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast:  Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Helen Ware.
BW-62 mins

11:30 AM
IT ALL CAME TRUE (1940)
A gangster hides out in a boardinghouse full of eccentrics.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast:  Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart.
BW-97 mins, CC

5:30 PM
THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21 (1942)
An inspector moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast:  Daniel Gelin, Pierre Fresnay,
BW-83 mins

7:00 PM
JIGSAW (1962)
Local police detectives try to solve the murder of a woman in a British coastal town.
Dir: Val Guest Cast:  Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan.
BW-97 mins

9:00 PM
BRIGHTON ROCK (1947)
A small-time hood tries to cover up his murder of a rival.
Dir: John Boulting Cast:  Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley.
BW-92 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – June 8, 2016

5:00 AM
BORN TO BE BAD (1950)
An ambitious girl steals a rich husband but keeps her lover on the side.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast:  Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott.
BW-90 mins, CC
***I remember seeing this one and wondered about the saying “with friends like that…”***

10:30 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

2:00 PM
WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)
A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Dir: John Farrow Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains.
BW-80 mins, CC

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

Thursday – June 9, 2016

12:15 PM
THE MAN WITH A CLOAK (1951)
A mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
Dir: Fletcher Markle Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern.
BW-81 mins, CC

3:30 PM
THE BIG COMBO (1955)
A police detective tries to convict a mob boss by going to the man’s girlfriend.
Dir: Joseph Lewis Cast:  Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy.
BW-84 mins

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

Friday – June 10, 2016

7:00 PM
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast:  William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim.
BW-110 mins, CC

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

Saturday – June 11, 2016

11:00 PM
SO LONG AT THE FAIR (1950)
A woman searches for her missing brother in Paris despite the fact that nobody believes he exists.
Dir: Antony Darnborough Cast:  Honor Blackman, Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 12, 2016

5:00 PM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW-112 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE GLASS KEY (1942)
A hired gun and his gangster boss fall out over a woman.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast:  Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd.
BW-85 mins, CC

THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
A veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
Dir: George Marshall Cast:  Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix.
BW-100 mins, CC

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

Monday – June 13, 2016

12:00 PM
KIND LADY (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast:  Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle.
BW-76 mins, CC
***I watched the later version of this movie with Ethel Barrymore and thought that one was fantastic. I’m going to watch this one to see how it compares.***

1:30 PM
CROSSROADS (1942)
A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast:  William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor.
BW-83 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – June 15, 2016

1:15 AM
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast:  Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider.
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 AM
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947)
A baby photographer mistaken for a private eye ends up framed for murder.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast:  Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

Friday – June 17, 2016

4:30 PM
BEFORE DAWN (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast:  Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
BW-61 mins

5:45 PM
MANDALAY (1934)
A woman with a past tries to get rid of a former lover.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast:  Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland.
BW-65 mins, CC

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

Saturday – June 18, 2016

1:30 AM
BALL OF FIRE (1942)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast:  Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka.
BW-112 mins, CC
***This is a fun movie. Not a mystery.***

5:45 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-88 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 19, 2016

***These are great Father’s Day movies! Not mysteries.***

7:00 PM
LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast:  William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-118 mins, CC

9:00 PM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – June 21, 2016

10:30 AM
MACAO (1952)
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix.
BW-81 mins, CC

10:15 PMLIFEBOAT (1944)
Survivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak.
BW-97 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – June 22, 2016

1:00 PM
JIMMY THE GENT (1934)
An unscrupulous detective makes a killing locating missing heirs.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast:  James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins.
BW-68 mins, CC

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

Thursday – June 23, 2016

5:45 AM
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

8:00 AM
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

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

Friday – June 24, 2016

2:30 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
***Not a mystery. This is a fun Judy Holliday movie.***

8:15 AM
BEHAVE YOURSELF! (1951)
A young couple’s dog gets them mixed up in a string of murders.
Dir: George Beck Cast:  Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest.
BW-81 mins, CC

7:00 PM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast:  Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
BW-116 mins, CC

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

Saturday – June 25, 2016

11:00 AM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW-106 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 26, 2016

1:15 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

2:30 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
***A phenomenal movie. Not a mystery.***

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

Wednesday – June 29, 2016

3:00 AM
TRENCHCOAT (1983)
A would-be mystery writer gets mixed up with international intrigue.
Dir: Michael Tuchner Cast:  Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet.
C-91 mins

 

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

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

June 2016 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Weekday Schedule:

12:00 – 2:00 AM
Murder, She Wrote

2:00 – 4:00 AM
Hart to Hart

4:00 – 6:00 AM
Matlock

6:00 AM
Columbo

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Diagnosis Murder

10:00 – 11:59 PM
Murder, She Wrote

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

Wednesday – June 1, 2016

12:00 PM
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum’s the Word
Abby Knight is the proud owner of her hometown flower shop, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. She’s determined to track down the driver, but when the trail turns deadly, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.

2:00 PM
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum’s the Word
Abby Knight is the proud owner of her hometown flower shop, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. She’s determined to track down the driver, but when the trail turns deadly, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.

4:00 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.

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

Friday – June 3, 2016

6:00 PM
Gourmet Detective
A chef turned culinary sleuth is partnered with a beautiful detective to unravel the clues surrounding the unexpected death of a guest at a prestigious dinner party. Stars Dylan Neal, Brooke Burns and Matthew Kevin Anderson.

8:00 PM
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
When Henry, the Gourmet Detective, is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie at his side, our favorite duo must not only find the killer but be careful they don’t become his latest victim. Stars Dylan Neal and Brooke Burns.

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

Saturday – June 4, 2016

8:00 AM
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
When a traveling Wild West Show comes into town, Samantha gets involved in solving the murder of one of the cowboys. Stars Kellie Martin and Clarence Williams III.

10:00 AM
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
When a baby boy is left at the door of the Mystery Woman book store, Samantha gets involved in solving a murder tied to the baby’s missing parents. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

12:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Redemption
Although the Mystery Woman Bookstore is under construction, Samantha and Philby are busier than ever …that is, investigating the murder of a mysterious visitor. Surprisingly, most of the clues to his death are hidden in the bookstore, right under their noses. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

2:00 PM
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
While searching for a KGB double agent who was about to be exposed by another Russian spy-turned-successful author, mystery bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey and her secretive friend and store manager, Philby are thrust into the murderous world of international espionage. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

4:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder
Samantha offers her quaint shop as the perfect venue for a once-famous folk/rock trio to benefit a charity drive. But when a murder brings all-new meaning to Top Ten Hit, Samantha and her partner in crime, Philby, decide it’s time to investigate. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

6:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Invited to a health spa for the weekend, Samantha Kinsey becomes embroiled in murder when a fellow guest is found dead. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

8:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Game Time
Samantha is thrilled when she finally gets the reclusive mystery writer Donald Fiske to agree to a book signing in her store. But when Mr. Fiske is found dead, Samantha and the team must solve his latest mystery, his own murder. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

10:00 PM
Mystery Woman: At First Sight
When Samantha receives news of a hereditary health problem, she must go in search her birth mother to find answers. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

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

Sunday – June 5, 2016

10:00 AM
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.

12:00 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.

2:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room
Jennifer’s real-estate agent pal dies while trying to negate rumors about a home she’s selling. The police believe there was no foul play, but Jennifer suspects that her friend was killed after she researches other deaths that occurred in the same room. Stars Lori Loughlin, Steve Bacic, Sarah Strange and Kevin O’Grady.

4:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress
In Jennifer Shannon’s latest quest, she stumbles upon a 30 year-old cold case when she comes across a vintage wedding dress containing a clue. As Jenn tracks down the owner, she finds that the Groom mysteriously disappeared and was never heard from again. Was this a case of cold feet or cold blooded murder? Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic

6:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
When Jenn’s old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it’ll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders *****PREMIER*****
When Detective Lynwood brings two small items into Rags to Riches that were each found at the scene of a murder, Jenn realizes the items are clues straight out of famous mystery novels. She can’t help but dig deeper to solve these murders… and prevent ones to come. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

10:00 PM
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal “copycat” killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Robin Dunne and Marilu Henner.

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

Tuesday – June 7, 2016

12:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders
When Detective Lynwood brings two small items into Rags to Riches that were each found at the scene of a murder, Jenn realizes the items are clues straight out of famous mystery novels. She can’t help but dig deeper to solve these murders… and prevent ones to come. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

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

Wednesday – June 8, 2016

1:00 PM
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell is called upon to help when a prize racehorse is kidnapped. But the case turns deadly when a member of the family that owns the horse dies in a suspicious fire. What the case yields is a family embroiled in jealousy and greed. Stars Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, and Stacy Edwards.

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

Thursday – June 9, 2016

12:00 PM
Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle
Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns into a murder. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids. Stars Peter Falk.

1:30 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery
Free spirited cookie baker Hannah Swensen jumps in to help a handsome new detective track down the culprit and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of her friend and local milk delivery man. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison and Barbara Niven.

3:30 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
When a murder takes place at the local Christmas tree carnival, it seems there are quite a few suspects. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah’s running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn’t want her to see the New Year. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison and Barbara Niven.

5:30 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one who had an ax to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn’t fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act–and now it’s up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder. Stars Alison Sweeney, Barbara Niven and Cameron Mathison.

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

Friday – June 10, 2016

4:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress
In Jennifer Shannon’s latest quest, she stumbles upon a 30 year-old cold case when she comes across a vintage wedding dress containing a clue. As Jenn tracks down the owner, she finds that the Groom mysteriously disappeared and was never heard from again. Was this a case of cold feet or cold blooded murder? Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

6:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
When Jenn’s old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it’ll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders
When Detective Lynwood brings two small items into Rags to Riches that were each found at the scene of a murder, Jenn realizes the items are clues straight out of famous mystery novels. She can’t help but dig deeper to solve these murders… and prevent ones to come. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

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

Saturday – June 11, 2016

8:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Matlock marathon

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

Sunday – June 12, 2016

6:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote marathon

4:00 PM
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Librarian Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues and solve the murder before she becomes the next victim. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Alexa Doig.

6:00 PM
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal “copycat” killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Robin Dunne and Marilu Henner.

8:00 PM
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery *****PREMIER*****
When Aurora pitches in to help her busy real estate mother, Aida, she quickly realizes she has again walked into a life or death situation. When a body is discovered at her first house showing and a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Yannick Bisson.
***based on the Charlaine Harris Aurora Teagarden Mystery Series

10:00 PM
Sandra Brown’s White Hot
After her younger brother Danny dies, Sayre Hoyle breaks her vow to never return home. But when police discover that Danny’s death was a homicide, Sayre is forced to confront her father along with a powder keg of old hatreds, past crimes and a surprising plan of revenge while fighting growing feelings for Beck, her father’s handsome and shrewd new lawyer. Stars Shanae Grimes-Beech and John Schneider.

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

Tuesday – June 14, 2016

12:00 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
When a murder takes place at the local Christmas tree carnival, it seems there are quite a few suspects. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah’s running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn’t want her to see the New Year. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison and Barbara Niven.

2:00 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn’t fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act–and now it’s up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder. Stars Alison Sweeney, Barbara Niven and Cameron Mathison.

4:00 PM
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn’t fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act–and now it’s up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder. Stars Alison Sweeney, Barbara Niven and Cameron Mathison.

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

Friday – June 17, 2016

2:00 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.

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
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal “copycat” killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Robin Dunne and Marilu Henner.

8:00 PM
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
When Aurora pitches in to help her busy real estate mother, Aida, she quickly realizes she has again walked into a life or death situation. When a body is discovered at her first house showing and a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Yannick Bisson.

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

Saturday – June 18, 2016

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

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

Sunday – June 19, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central) *****PREMIER*****

Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. Stars Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison.
***based on the Joanne Fluke Hannah Swensen Mystery Series

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

Sunday – June 26, 2016 at 8:00 PM (central) *****PREMIER*****

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her drama queen cousin’s wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the flowers…but having to find out who murdered a wedding crasher. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.
***based on the Kate Collins Flower Shop Mystery Series

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

(These Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site. When I wrote this entry, the Hallmark M & M channel’s partial schedule stopped on Saturday the 18th.)

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

We’d all love to hear about any more mystery movies airing during May 2016. If you know of any additional television mystery movies >>> please post a comment.

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the March 2016 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for May 2016

Here is the page on my site with lots and lots of entries of movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and  Movie Section

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