Hallmark Mysteries & More Eric Rutin & Andrea Claassen

Today, we review Hilary Dean. 2+2=Murder. Does it equate to a great mystery or does it require a bit more homework to add up?

Andrea and Eric tackle the Hallmark Mystery classic series Hailey Dean Mysteries by diving deep into the fourth episode, 2+2=Murder.  And this review is definitely needed based on the description Hallmark gives you: Hailey's niece tells her that her music teacher, the main force behind collecting funds for school repairs, wanted to talk to her as an ex prosecutor. As she's missing, Hailey investigates and finds blood. Police interviews all teachers."

Sit back, do some household chores, or go for a walk, and listen to our complete review of this mystery and its eclectic cast of characters. 



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Andrea and Eric review Alison Sweeney's writing debut in One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. 

Hannah Swensen has been asked to teach a baking class at the college in town, but her equipment is tampered with, causing an explosion that the fire department ruled an accident. Soon, a colleague ends up dead, and Hannah begins to put together the puzzle of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder. Hannah leans on her friends and family to collect the breadcrumbs of foul play and put them together, and meets a different side of law and order when Lake Eden's prosecuting attorney, Chad Norton, enters her life.

In addition to being Alison's first time crafting a story from the Joanne Fluke characters, it also marked the introduction of Victor Webster to the Hannah Swensen franchise. 

Was Alison successful in writing her first screenplay? Did Victor Webster soften the blow of Cameron Mathison leaving the series to join GAF?

We answer these questions and a whole lot more. 
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The murder of a supermarket owner puts TV chef Billie Blessings and Detective Ian Jackson on the trail of a possible serial killer while they come to terms with their blossoming romance.

We tackled Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder in this week's epidode. This was a mystery on which they definitely did not agree. While we both agreed that Holly Robinson Peete is a traffic actor and he supporting cast is fun, The story and mystery are another thing. 

Finally, we wrap up with the finale of season two, The Way Home. In this segment, there was very little we agreed on. 
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This movie was unlike any other Hallmark movie. It featured smoking, rampant adultery, and sex jokes. Was this really a Hallmark mystery?

That is the question we tackle in our complete review of After All These Years, released in 2013. This cray movie stars Wendie Malick, Gregory Harison, Martha Burns, and Andrea Martin. 

"When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody."

The Hallmark description certainly does not do this comedy that masquerades as a mystery. There is a hijynx and honest-to-goodness laughing-out-loud in this one. 





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It is not every day you can talk to a Hallmark trailblazer that has created not one, but two of the most iconic sleuthers in Hallmark History: Hannah Swensen and Alex McPherson (Chronicle Mysteries).

But that is exactly who Alison Sweeney is. 

We learned that, unlike most Hallmark talent who are simply cast in their roles, Alison actually creates her characters and stories and pitches them to Hallmark. Her true driving force is her fans, and she makes sure she creates stories that appeal to them. 

We, of course, dive into the new Hannah Swensen mystery, One Bad Apple. We chat about the casting of Victor Webster to replace Cameron Mathison, the return or Norman and Andrea, and her first foray into writing a mystery. 

And it wouldn't be a Hallmark Mysteries and More podcast if there wasn't at least one big clue to get sleuthers excited. 
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Andrea and Eric hit the runways of Paris for this high adventure review of Hallmark's latest mystery, Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. This new mystery features Brooke D'Orsay and Gilles Marini.

An American fashion psychologist, hired to coach a fashion designer, helps a guarded French detective unravel a list of fashionable suspects after a murder happens backstage of a Paris fashion show.

While there was some guarded optimism for this mystery, Andrea and Eric and seemingly most of our Instagram followers enjoyed it. 

Then they turned their attention to jumping in the pond for a review of the latest episode of The Way Home. While Andrea thought it was the best of the season, Eric is not so keen.
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