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These "Murder, She Baked" series of movies will never be mistaken for great movies but they are entertaining, partly because they have to be complete by 85 minutes so there isn't any dragging.

Plus Alison Sweeney, who plays baker Hannah Swensen, is very attractive and very personable. As in the others there is a murder mystery to be solved but that never really takes the focus off the real meat of these movies. Whether Hannah will end up with Mike the Cop or with Norman the Dentist.

In this one a new bakery opens up across the street and, as the movie begins, Hannah finds the lady dead in her kitchen. Based on the gunshot wound she appears to be murdered. The resolution gets a bit complicated, including the role of her twin sister (same actress plays both roles), but once again Mike finds that Hannah is helpful in solving the mystery.

As always her mother and sister are suitably annoying, it helps the story line move forward, they are OK in small doses.

We found a set of two DVDs at our public library that contains five of the "Murder, She Baked" movies. We are watching all of them at home.

Ignore the review before this one... that person was overly negative. There is so much bad stuff on TV and it is harmful to the heart and soul. This is a more wholesome program to watch that does not leave you feeling depleted like so much that is in TV programming. That's why I watch Hallmark to begin with. Television needs more Hallmark! What set is not fake...they are studio sets! This series is light and fun. I am from Minnesota so I had to look up where it was filmed and found out it was Canada and yet the cars in this series showed Minnesota license plates. They took care of the details! Anyway, yes, I would recommend watching it ...even my boyfriend got into watching it, although women are a primary audience. Heather

6/10 - good mystery that makes for a great 2 hours

I have liked the first two episodes of Murder, She Baked. But this is the first episode that I genuinely enjoyed all the way through.

Hannah is understandably distraught when she comes upon another recently murdered body, especially when Hannah is being suspected of committing the murder.

While no one truly believes that Hannah is the murderer, it nonetheless lends an emotional undercurrent to the episode that is well played by everyone. Part of the interest of this episode is watching how different characters react.

Those looking for a solid, well plotted murder mystery should probably pass on all the episodes of Murder, She Baked. This show is a pleasing hodge podge of characters and emotions wrapped up in a murder mystery.

One of my favorite scenes was small town baker Hannah going to the big city of Minneapolis. Hannah is there to dig up dirt, to solve the murder. But Hannah becomes frazzled as everyone she questions is either oblivious to her charm or even worse, averse to her baked goods!

The seeming romantic triangle doesn't really work for me, but I did enjoy the emotional support that Hannah had from her sister and mother, in this episode. Barbara Niven as Hannah's mother was especially effective, I thought, playing a range of emotions from worried, to annoyed, to furious.

I love these books and episodes, but why is Hannah not a slightly chubby redhead, as she's described in the books?