Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters

Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches. But her keen eye for finding valuables also gets her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand sales she frequents. When Jennifer's friend and self-storage facility owner Martin (Michael Kopsa) turns up murdered just hours after auctioning off an abandoned storage unit full of unique items to Jennifer, she is immediately pulled on the case as a key eyewitness. Working with Detective Lynwood (Kevin O'Grady), Jennifer helps single out a disgruntled customer as the prime suspect, while she and her business partner, Danielle (Sarah Strange), sift through boxes from the auction. As her husband Jason (Steve Bacic) worries about her safety, Jennifer starts to get over her head when there is a break-in at her store and a run-in with Martin's angry wife. Then, Jennifer and Danielle discover their new merchandise contains the sparkly evidence they needed all along to nail the surprising real culprit. They must race to save a life and put their own on the line. Will they succeed before times runs out?

Unfortunately this episode doesn't glitter much, and there's not much snooping or questions. Its plot comes across lazy and there's no drive in the plot. However It's watchable for cast.

I am LIVING for this series! They are so fun! Well acted and so many twists and turns. I love the tidbits about historical pieces and furniture, it's fascinating!

5/10 - not a bad entry in the series, but this one was not as intriguing nor entertaining as its predecessor

Just a complete waste of time, the whole premise is based on super wealthy beautiful people with imagined 'issues' pretending to be serious and important. Acting was ok but given the story and script, well, what can you do.

A whole lot of Canadian players got work in this inaugural Garage Sale TV movie All That Glitters. That is except for lead Lori Loughlin late of Full House. She's our protagonist whose eye for the valuable and even unexpected valuable looks like it will get her into trouble.

Loughlin owns an eclectic store called Rags To Riches and it's built on the premise that people discard some really interesting and valuable things when they do spring cleaning. It's what makes her business, profitable, interesting and fun. She and partner Sarah Strange purchase the contents of a storage unit which is up for auction as the person who stored whatever there failed to pay the agreed upon fees.

Later on though the manager of the storage unit location is murdered and that turns into the homicide that our antique dealer has to solve. Like that other female sleuth Jane Marple, she's up to the job. There is something truly valuable involved and it's hidden in a most ordinary place.

There's also a side plot involving her son and the discovery of a pirate treasure map in another antique purchase. You never know what will turn up and I suspect this is the plot premise of the future Garage Sale movies.

It looks like an enjoyable series.