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Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders

  • TV Movie
  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.2K
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Lori Loughlin in Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)
Cozy MysteryCrimeDramaMystery

Antiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.Antiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.Antiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.

  • Director
    • Norma Bailey
  • Writers
    • Walter Klenhard
    • Suzi Weinert
  • Stars
    • Lori Loughlin
    • Sarah Strange
    • Steve Bacic
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Norma Bailey
    • Writers
      • Walter Klenhard
      • Suzi Weinert
    • Stars
      • Lori Loughlin
      • Sarah Strange
      • Steve Bacic
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lori Loughlin
    Lori Loughlin
    • Jennifer Shannon
    Sarah Strange
    Sarah Strange
    • Dani
    Steve Bacic
    Steve Bacic
    • Jason
    Eva Bourne
    Eva Bourne
    • Hannah
    Connor Stanhope
    Connor Stanhope
    • Logan
    Kevin O'Grady
    Kevin O'Grady
    • Detective Lynwood
    Peter Hanlon
    Peter Hanlon
    • Dr. Blake
    Ken Tremblett
    Ken Tremblett
    • Terrance Duncan
    Gerard Plunkett
    Gerard Plunkett
    • Professor Myles Fowler
    Alex Zahara
    Alex Zahara
    • McNally
    Fiona Vroom
    Fiona Vroom
    • Maggie
    Barbara Wallace
    Barbara Wallace
    • Clara
    John Innes
    John Innes
    • Art Henley
    Benita Ha
    Benita Ha
    • Book Clerk
    Steve Elliott
    • Client
    Jason Cermak
    Jason Cermak
    • Cop #1
    Jessica Heafey
    Jessica Heafey
    • Cop #2
    Ronald Patrick Thompson
    Ronald Patrick Thompson
    • Cop #3
    • Director
      • Norma Bailey
    • Writers
      • Walter Klenhard
      • Suzi Weinert
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    9Ed-Shullivan

    Well done mystery murder(s) with life balance of the entire Shannon family

    Who doesn't love a good mystery murder film? Well, multiply this mystery murder film by a count of three (3), and then add the four (4) Shannon family members, another host of unusual murder suspects, Jennifer Shannon's (Lori Loughlin) good friend and lead detective Frank Lynwood (Kevin O'Grady) and voila', we have another excellent addition in the Garage Sale Mystery series.

    Again, I did not figure out who the murderer was until after our amateur sleuth, Jennifer Shannon outlined for us the audience who the perpetrator was and what was their motive.

    Ahhhh, I love a good mystery and this one was above par. Add the entire Shannon family into the mix and you have a family film sure to entire your clan as well.

    I give this particular episode a strong 9 out of 10 rating
    6blanche-2

    mix and match, I guess

    This script is similar to one in the Amanda Teagarden series, where someone is killing people by recreating famous cases.

    In this one, someone is killing people by recreating fictional murder cases.

    When Jennifer (Lori Laughlin) delivers something from her store to an elderly man, she finds him dead, and his death brings to mind something she read. Then the next murder happens.

    I have to say, while none of these Hallmark mystery movies are fabulous, I like this series the best. I like the fact that Jennifer and her partner have an antique/collectibles store and we get to see and hear about the merchandise. I like the warmth exuded by Jennifer and her family.

    The stories...well, this one has a few suspects, and it's not cloying like some of the Hallmark Christmas shows. (Someone told my sister how much she loved the Hallmark Christmas shows, so my sister decided that's how she would spend the Christmas season. She watched one and that was it.)

    It also doesn't have the hyper energy of Candace Cameron Bure, who plays Amanda Teagarden. I watch anything that says "mystery" on it. This is enjoyable.
    jackiwhitford

    Garage Sale Mystery with a Bookish Twist

    The Garage Sale Mystery Movies characters are loosely based on a trilogy written by Suzi Weinert. She wrote the first book at age 72 and had it published at age 75. The third book was published when she turned 80.

    Lori Loughlin starred in the first Garage Sale Mystery Movie in 2013. As of August 2017, eleven movies have aired.

    The Novel Murders is the sixth entry in the series. As an antiques dealer/sleuth Jennifer Shannon is inquisitive but not pushy or intrusive. She has a good relationship with the police and the love and support of family and friends.

    We have seen this plot before in Castle TV Series: Flowers for your Grave (murders were copied from his books); and Hallmark's Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Real Murders (the Real Murder Club members were murdered - copied from true crime books.)

    In The Novel Murders, the murders are taken from famous classic mysteries. This is probably my favorite Garage Sale Mystery.

    The Garage Sale Mystery Movies are really great cozy mysteries that the entire family can enjoy. I highly recommend all of them.
    5bkoganbing

    The most peripheral connections

    Only the most peripheral connections to Lori Loughlin's antiquing business are involved in this Garage Sale Mystery. She delivers an item that this most reclusive man bought at her store and finds him dead.

    Possibly this film should have been part of the librarian Aurora Teagarden series given her connections and book knowledge. But Loughlin recognizes the method as belonging to an Agatha Christie story. A clue left point to another man, than he's murdered by a method that Arthur Conan Doyle used in one of his Sherlock Holmes stories.

    Go to a Holmes aficionado and he's later murdered with a method used in a Mary Roberts Rhinehart novel. Takes a while a Loughlin solves it, but she nearly becomes a fourth victim. If she hadn't who knows how many this killer might have racked up?

    Two side plots not normal in a Hallmark mystery are in this one. One involves husband Steve Bacic and son Connor Stanhope trying a little father&son camping for bonding. The second is Loughlin's BFF Sarah Strange exposing a bunco racket involving a fortune teller.

    Nice, but really should have been a Teagarden story.
    5jml1988

    Not my favorite of the series

    I enjoyed this one the least so far. And this is coming from a bookworm! The entire plot was far too predictable, and the ending downright silly.

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    • Trivia
      Eva Bourne and Lori Loughlin play mother and daughter in law on When Calls The Heart.
    • Goofs
      Both Jennifer and Lynwood miss a big clue in Henley's death. He obviously fell when he died, yet the cocktail glass with the whiskey in it was upright with liqueur in it. Jennifer even picks the glass up and sniffs it but misses the obvious.
    • Connections
      Followed by Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder (2017)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Hallmark Channel (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Garage Sale Mystery VI: The Novel Murders
    • Filming locations
      • 9179 Glover Rd, Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada(site of Rags to Riches)
    • Production companies
      • Bargain Street Productions VII
      • Front Street Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 24m(84 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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