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.

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.

Another Martha's Vineyard story filmed in Canada and with the same weak cast of regulars.

Absolutely idiotic that this retired cop (Jesse Metcalfe) runs around the island with the lame female doctor in tow demanding to see bank records, personal information, arresting people, harassing people, chasing people etc when he has ZERO authority to do so. The island's chief cop (and doctor's daddy) shares all kinds of privileged information with these two. No one every says a word. It's all illegal and their cases would never stand up in court.

Ditto the female doctor who blabs all sorts of information about patients, autopsies, test results, etc. And never seems to work for more than an hour at a time. She spends all her time chasing after Metcalfe.

Oh and maybe import some shaving equipment over to the Vineyard. It seems none of the young men ever shave.

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

If you need a break from cruddy language, explicit sex, rape, torture, and bloody faces, this is great. A vacation from stressful viewing. I enjoyed the Canadian gentleness. Even if it is a murder mystery.