Mystères croisés : Le Manoir de tous les secrets

Titre original : The Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver

Téléfilm
2019
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1h 25min

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Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott in Mystères croisés : Le Manoir de tous les secrets (2019)

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen a magic act turns out to be murder, Tess Harper is on the case to find the real killer.When a magic act turns out to be murder, Tess Harper is on the case to find the real killer.When a magic act turns out to be murder, Tess Harper is on the case to find the real killer.

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6,9/10

1,3 k

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Anecdotes
"The Magic Manor" is filmed at The Scottish Rite Club, in Ontario Canada. A popular filming location for the Hallmark Network. The Scottish Rite was famously used as The Middleton City Hall in the Hallmark Good Witch series, as well as several episodes of Frankie Drake Mysteries, and The Handmaids Tale.

Gaffes
When Tess is trying to figure out the clues to find Sinclair, she looks at the map for the street names. On the map, the street is named "Delevan", but on the street sign it is spelled "Delavan".

Connexions
Followed by Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent (2021)

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Hallmark mystery franchise

Tess Harper (Lacey Chabert) is taking magic class at The Magic Manor. She attends a show where the magician Alistair is murdered on stage. NYPD Lt. Logan O'Connor (Brennan Elliott) is assigned the case and finds that Tess is doing her own investigating again.

Hallmark is making this a mystery franchise on its channel. Chabert is a great lead to do one of these harmless murder mystery series. There are a couple of problematic issues. First, the series needs to manufacture a more compelling reason for Tess to keep getting involved in these crimes. It would be easier if she gets a column to write mysteries for the paper and she convinces Logan to be her source. Without that, she becomes Angela Lansbury serial killing across network TV and nobody has figured it out yet. Think about it. Everybody around her keeps dying and she gets the glory of solving each case. She's the killer.

The other issue is a lack of intensity. It's a matter of writing and directing. Of course, this is done on the cheap and one must excuse it to some extent. It takes a more imaginative mind to give this series some better action and thrills. Maybe it can add thrills through other means like a love triangle. It has the ingredients but it barely has a love duet. This is another aspect that desperately needs developing before this franchise can truly be successful.