Murder She Baked: Just Desserts
Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Series Number: 5
Directed by: K.T. Donaldson
Written by: Melissa Salmons
Cast:
Alison Sweeney (Hannah)
Cameron Mathison (Mike)
Barbara Niven (Delores)
Lisa Durupt (Andrea)
Gabriel Hogan (Norman)
Toby Levins (Bill Todd)
David Lewis (Mason Kimball)
Kurt Evans (Coach Bishop)
James Swalm (Craig Kimball)
Karen Holness (Dee Johnson)
Tammy Gillis (Michelle Bishop)
Jason Mckinnon (Lowell Mantes)
Kate Isaac (Ava Reynolds)
Viv Leacock (George Peterson)
Adrian Nesblett (Cameraman)
Ken Camroux-Taylor (Clayton Hart)
Sean Hewlett (Jeff Graham)
Chris Robson (Stage Manager)
Matt Visser (Josh Reynolds)
Juliana Wimbles (Lisa)
Jillian Fargey (Sophie Bascomb)
Beverley Breuer (Mrs. Rutledge)
Rebecca Toolan (Mrs. Houser)
Elifna Luk (Jocelyn Tonting)
Pippa Mackie (P.A.)
Greg Harper (Chuck Wilson)
Lucie Guest (Ellen)
Marco Soriano (Gino Paliatti)
Paul Batten (Mr. Rutledge)
Plot Summary:
It’s “lights, camera, murder,” as crime-solving baker extraordinaire Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) works alongside her detective beau Mike Kingston (Cameron Mathison) to figure out a recipe for murder played out in the middle of her first-ever televised bake-off.
Based on characters from the Hannah Swensen Series by Joanne Fluke.
My Rating:
My Thoughts:
I can’t believe that this is the last of the Hannah Swenson movies. It wraps up beautifully though and with no loose ends either. Hannah is the judge of a cooking competition that is set up at the local high school. A judge on said cooking competition, who is also the basketball coach gets killed.
The killer makes it look like it was about the cooking competition, or was it really about the basketball team that he coached. I have to say it took me a while to get this one. The suspects, all seemed like they had a good motive, but they did have an alibi.
My favorite part is that instead of Mike telling Hannah to stay out of the investigation, he’s allowing her to investigate the crime with him. I loved to see them working together. The ending is perfect, which I won’t spoil but you will all see why I love it.
So, if you haven’t seen the Murder She Baked series yet, you should. I adore it.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Signature Mysteries: Murder She Baked
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Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery #1
Premiered: May 2, 2015
Murder She Baked: A Plum Pudding Murder Mystery #2
Premiered: November 25, 2015
Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery #3
Premiered: January 10, 2016
Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe #4
Premiered: June 9, 2016
Murder She Baked: Just Desserts #5
Premiered: March 26, 2017
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Thank you for your review. I’ve seen all the movies, but have not read any of the books. I’d like to though, so my question is… Are these movies based off of the books exactly, or just based off of the characters? I ask because it looks like a lot of the books were skipped over in the movie versions based off of the book titles. I would like to read them in order, but don’t want to re-read any books that the movies played out.
The movies aren’t exactly like the books. And the movies only encompassed five of the books.