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This was one of my favorites of the series. I loved the "Storage Wars" style backstory, and the setting of the storage building gave a creepy feel.

This Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder has Lori Loughlin going to an auction at a storage facility center to purchase sight unseen the contents of a storage locker. I kept thinking about Forrest Gump in that you don't know what you're getting until you open it up.

When she opens a second one she discovers the dead body of Rachelle Gillis a woman who worked in the place. She was by all who knew her a nice girl who everyone liked. Either the motive for killing her was something in her personal life or it involved her job because there were definitely shennanigans being pulled by those who owned the place.

The rest of her family is involved in some Habitat For Humanity type project even her computer wise son Connor Stanhope. He lends her no assistance in this story.

The motive is either personal or it involed where she worked. The film gradually veers from one to the other providing tantalizing clues. It was nicely done that way and the murderer is one whom we see very little of throughout the film in the end.

One of the better stories in this film series.

I love all Hallmark mysteries like Aurora and Fixer Upper, but Garage Sale is still my favorite. I love how Jenn keeps getting involved in the murders even when she says she will stay out. Even the Detective has warmed up to her help on the cases and why not? She is amazing. at this point, the Detective should really just hire her onto the force somehow. Loved the masks and the history, even though they still terrify me lol. this is one of my favorites of them all. Once again, I guessed the wrong killer and maybe one day I will get it right lol.

I do love this show, guilty pleasure.

However a huge flaw in this episode.

She finds a dead employee in a locked storage unit. Did I say LOCKED!

Then why do the police assess it was an accidental fall that killed her and not a murder right off the bat.

She falls accidentally and then somehow the locker she is in is locked...argh..sloppy work..

Any fan of these shows watch for clues, but with a plot flaw this big, it ruins the experience.

Now most of these episodes generally pay off.

Just can't understand how the scriptwriter, director, producers and actors not question the locked door scenario.

Smarten up folks..

Garage sale guru Jennifer Shannon (Loughlin) discovers a dead body (nothing new there!!) in the storage locker she and business partner Dani (Strange) have purchased at auction. When further inspection of the locker's contents reveals plaster "death masks," and one of those masks perfectly matches the dead woman's visage, Jennifer's "inner sleuth" kicks into overdrive as she works to piece together the clues that will lead to the killer.

Another fast-paced, well made Garage Sale mystery with the "locker" idea and the location being a nice touch. It looks quite creepy. There's not many suspects, but the identity of the killer came as a surprise. Misdirection is used well here.