Mystery Woman: Asesinato al amanecer

A wee one comes into the life of mystery bookstore owner Kellie Martin. An old friend Vicki Davis drops in for a visit bringing husband Richard Lee Jackson and an infant in tow. Of course Martin makes them welcome.

Soon enough Jackson becomes a suspect in a murder and he disappears. And then Davis goes chasing after Jackson when he telephones and she leaves the little one with Martin and her mentor Clarence Williams III.

Turns out Jackson is in one big and deep jackpot. He's accused of murder and the police are looking for him. And the folks who really did the deed are also looking for him and put a bullet in him too. That's when he called for his wife. That's when she leaves the infant with Kellie Martin.

Davis and Jackson make a very nice couple much in love and trapped in something not of their own making. Good thing she has Kellie Martin for a friend, it's almost Hitchcockian the way the fates have befallen them.

This was a nicely put together story. Now that Kellie Martin is Hailey Dean I wonder if she'll ever return to this series.

I know this is a Hallmark movie, so don't expect a mega budget mega star academy award blockbuster. But once again the background music is WAY WAY TOO LOUD!!. Don't the producers, etc., review these productions before airing them? Don't they realize just how ANNOYING THE LOUD BACKGROUND MUSIC IS? It drowns out the actual dialogue. Not only that, it's the same notes OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

I have been enjoying this series of movies, since they started the marathon over the weekend . I've been a Kelly Martin fan, so I thought I would enjoy them. Ok, so they aren't the absolute best crime movies. Think of this series as the precursor to The Hailey Dean Mysteries, which I think are made better. For Hallmark movies, these are just fine. It's worth watching for entertainment and mystery solving, plus it's kind of fun to catch a blooper now and then. Hallmark Movies often have bloopers....such as one scene a shirt is open, the next all butttoned...or even a different color! Or how glasses are not filled the same during the scene...one zip it's nearly empty, the next it's full! I find these bloopers and mishaps in continuity so funny at times. Of course, it can also be annoying and distracting.

As for their mysteries... I do enjoy many of them. Of course, you can always switch to the original Hallmark Channel and watch the "fairy tales" complete with happy endings 😊

I don't expect writers to know highly technical details. But a golfer holding a driver on the green? No, never a driver. That's pretty basic. It is very hard to believe that no one on this movie would suggest the obvious choice of a putter instead. Admittedly, this is a minor detail that has little impact on the movie as a whole.

In this movie, Sam doesn't really begin solving the case until over half way through. Until then, her role is to fumble through trying to take care of a baby by herself. Also, it is pretty obvious who the bad guys are and who the innocent bystanders are, with one exception. There is one mystery player that is revealed toward the end. Other than that, the story pretty much wanders around toward a predictable conclusion.

The acting is borderline. Nina Siemaszko is an insult to strong capable women. She plays the ADA, Cassie, who is basically Sam's spineless stooge. It also bothers me sometimes how loosely Cassie plays with the law and legal procedures. Many of the other characters are one dimensional and exaggerated. Kellie Martin is appealing especially if you follow the series although her acting isn't great either. She always has some witty dialogue especially with Philby.

Out of the amateur detective series currently running on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, I place this series near the bottom and only above the Aurora Teagarden series for the worst slot.

I've watched Kellie Martin movies since 2016. Christmas movies, Hailey Dean mysteries, love movies, then i discovered these mystery movies she did in 2007. Wth? How did her bra size get bigger the farther back you go? She is huge and with deep cleavage in 2007, and not much there in 2016 and on. She looks small now. She looked huge then. Odd, very odd.