Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End

A TV murder mystery it may be but it leaves little to being an intriguing thriller of any sorts. I know it is just another cookie cutter story line made for TV but I just hate when I invest 90 minutes of my TV viewing time only to be disappointed in a dumb ending in how this particular murder mystery gets solved. They throw in a little romance between the two main characters as well.

No need for a spoiler alert because the spoiler is this entire made for TV murder mystery.

I give it a so-so 5 out of 10 IMDB rating.

Stephanie Burke is currently on trial, charged with the murder of her ex-husband, Elliot Burke. Alex hears about the case because her friend, Katie Wyer, is serving as Burke's attorney. Elliot was found face down in the deep end of the lake behind their property, and the circumstantial evidence could be enough to put Stephanie behind bars. The trial is already past the first week, and after getting a chance to talk with Stephanie, Alex wonders if there's more to this case than meets the eye.

The two leads make this watchable as they try to solve a case, but it's rather slow-paced and a little too average. It's not engaging enough, though it's good to see the romance between the leads beginning to ocur.

6/10 - still not the best, but a noteworthy upswing in the Chronicle Mysteries series

Instead of going back over a cold case as was done in the previous season crime podcaster Alison Sweeney is covering a current murder case involving an estranged couple. The two were going through a bitter divorce when the husband is found dead in a pond on their estate. At first it is thought to be an accident, but then the wife is arrested and charged with his murder.

Sweeney is covering the trial and she starts to believe the wife innocent. So she and her podcast team of Benjamin Ayres and his daughter Olivia Steele Falconer go to work.

The deceased was popular in the country club set and he was hiding assets which many do during divorce proceedings. He also had a number of interesting sidelines. It was one of those that got him killed.

This Chronicle Mystery was pretty good and I guessed the sideline, but not the suspect. I think you will too.

Another Hallmark movie about Philadelphia...filmed in British Columbia, Canada. 😡