With rich, dramatic, and thought-provoking storytelling, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movies bring the lighter side of the suspense…


Hailey Dean Mystery. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2008 book, The Eleventh Victim
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The Eleventh Victim
Nancy Grace, 2008
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Michael Robison, 2016-

Hailey Dean is a prosecutor working with the District Attorney’s office whose fiancé is murdered just weeks before their wedding. Hailey later quits her job to become a marriage counselor and therapist, but ends prosecuting violent crimes and is forced to reckon with what she left behind. Based on characters from Nancy Grace’s best-selling series of ‘Hailey Dean Mystery’ novels, the series is set in Atlanta.


Hailey Dean Mystery. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2016 book, Murder in the Courthouse
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Murder in the Courthouse
Nancy Grace, 2016
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Michael Robison, 2016-

Hailey Dean is a prosecutor working with the District Attorney’s office whose fiancé is murdered just weeks before their wedding. Hailey later quits her job to become a marriage counselor and therapist, but ends prosecuting violent crimes and is forced to reckon with what she left behind. Based on characters from Nancy Grace’s best-selling series of ‘Hailey Dean Mystery’ novels, the series is set in Atlanta.


Hailey Dean Mystery. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2010 book, Death on the D-List
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Death on the D-List
Nancy Grace, 2010
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Michael Robison, 2016-

Hailey Dean is a prosecutor working with the District Attorney’s office whose fiancé is murdered just weeks before their wedding. Hailey later quits her job to become a marriage counselor and therapist, but ends prosecuting violent crimes and is forced to reckon with what she left behind. Based on characters from Nancy Grace’s best-selling series of ‘Hailey Dean Mystery’ novels, the series is set in Atlanta.


A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
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Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2003
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Shannon Kolhi, 2023

Hannah Swensen is taken aback when her mother, Delores, stumbles upon the lifeless body of the homeowner, a regular customer of The Cookie Jar, while searching for a residence for her sister Michelle.


Haunted by Murder. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Real Murders
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Real Murders
Charlaine Harris, 1990
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Martin Wood, 2022

A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.


Morning Show Mysteries. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2009 book, The Morning Show Murders
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The Morning Show Murders
Al Roker, 2009
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Kevin Fair, 2018-2019

The theme for the Morning Show Mysteries series centers around a Seattle-based, TV chef Billie Blessings as she becomes involved in various murder criminal investigations, and her relationship with police detective Ian Jackson who is in charge of the homicide unit.


Martha's Vineyard Mysteries. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 1989 book, A Beautiful Place to Die
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A Beautiful Place to Die
Philip R. Craig, 1989
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Philip R. Craig, 2020-

During his career as a Boston cop, Jeff J.W. Jackson saw enough of the evil that men do to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha’s Vineyard to spend his days fishing for blues. But when a local’s boat mysteriously explodes off the coast, killing an amiable young drifter, Jackson finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the investigative trade.

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“If your publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because he's picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.”

DAVE MORRIS (Writer)