Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

A nervous Katie Leonard (Britt McKillip) approaches him with an unknown problem, and he, sensing that she's in a world of legal trouble, advises her to report her concerns to the police. She never gets there and instead ends up dead on the side of the road. Feeling guilty about brushing her off, Jeff jumps into the investigation alongside Chief Madeiras. Immediately they suspect foul play since Katie died not from an accident but from a heart attack due to poisoning.

An ok mystery set in a shipping area, has a fairly diverting narrative, though the hero can be bland and the plot is routine. Sarah Lind is a really beauty and I liked her acting.

Story is pretty standard Hallmark. But why don't the people making these films just listen to the unnecessary LOUD music before turning the finished product loose on the public. Sometimes it is so loud you can't hear the dialog.

The story could have been a good one, but the acting (or the directing?) was off, seemed to me to have overacting, be unnatural. The filming location was pretty obvious that it is not really Martha's Vineyard.

I love suspending my belief for a good movie but the writer clearly didn't do a basic google search on both Massachusetts and federal banking law. For the bank being such an integral part of the story, it is annoying that the community bank is quoting nonsense. And don't get me started on a banking system with terrible controls that they are just shrugging at. Yes, banks have third party errors all the time but $100k in the wrong account is a quick flag.

I really enjoyed the series and am bummed this is the movie they end with. I encourage people to watch the other ones but feel free to skip this one.

5/10 - I personally am not the biggest fan of the Martha's Vineyard Mysteries series, but this was passable.