Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness

Posted January 29, 2019 by karenbaron in Hallmark T.V. Movie, Movie Review, Mystery / 1 Comment

Format: T.V. Movie

Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Series Number: 1

Director: Paul Ziller

Writers: Andrea Canning, Lynn Keller

Cast:

Taylor Cole (Ruby Herring)
Stephen Huszar (Jake Killian)
Alyson Walker (Charlotte Herring)
Karen Holness (Angela Bircham)
Stellina Rusich (SugarAlbert)
Jovanna Burke (Megan Montrose)
Matthew Kevin Anderson (Frank Young)
Shawn Christian (John Herring)
Debra Donohue (Bonnie Herring)
Todd Matthews (Kevin Lane)
Mig Macario (Derek Saylor)
Todd Thomson (Sam Albert)
Melissa Bradsen (Sue)
Ash Lee (Craig Powers)
Jaime Callica (Vic Anderson)
Anna Galvin (Ellie Bluth)
James Kot (Tommy Madden)
Darla Fay (Marian Rabbel)
Lauren Bradley (Nicole Wellworth)
Mat Lo (Reverend)
Stephi Chin-Salvo (Fan)

Plot Summary:

While attending her sister’s wedding at a Seattle resort, TV consumer reporter Ruby Herring finds herself trying to seek out a murderer, when an old family friend drowns under suspicious circumstances. With plenty of people around who may have wanted the woman dead, Ruby conducts her own unorthodox investigation, to the initial consternation of Jake Killian, the handsome Seattle P.D. homicide detective assigned to the case.

My Rating:

My Thoughts:

This movie is the first in Hallmark’s Movies, and Mysteries Must Solve Sundays 2019. I am so totally in love with this movie. This movie reminded me of the original Nancy Drew Mystery books. When Ruby and her sister were running around trying to solve the mystery, just Ruby herself doing that, and of course Ruby and Jake reminded me of Ned and Nancy.

Taylor Cole is an excellent actress, especially as Ruby Herring. The detective Jake Killian who is played by Stephen Huszar did a fabulous job, and I can’t wait to see more of this series with them.

In the movie, there was a lot of red herrings, and I thought I knew who did it, but then I second guessed myself. Okay, my whole family did when we were watching the movie. This movie was definitely a good detective mystery. I even liked the whole little “Day One – Monday” before the scenes that had to deal with that day.

The one thing that I have to say that I disliked is the casting for the mom and dad. The mom was played by Debra Donohue, and I thought she was the grandma. Seriously the mom? The dad was played by Shawn Christian who I was thinking looks too young to be married to Debra Donahue. The casting for these two roles completely threw me for a loop, and I had to keep reminding myself that they are married in the movie. However, I think that Shawn Christian did a spectacular job and was completely believable.