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  • Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster reunite in A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster reunite in A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    Alison Sweeney will return to the small screen as everyone’s favorite baker-turned-detective Hannah Swensen in the new Hallmark mystery A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. She will be joined by Victor Webster, who plays Eden Lake’s handsome lead prosecutor Chad Norton.

    Both actors promoted the Hallmark movie on social media.

    “All new Hannah Swensen mystery!” Alison Sweeney wrote on Instagram. “[Can] Hannah solve the mystery and cater a high school reunion party at the same time?! Check out the all new A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.”

    Co-star Victor Webster weighed in with, “Yes!!! Had a ton of fun filming this…as usual.”

    New Hannah Swensen

    In the new Hannah Swensen movie, Hannah (Alison Sweeney) is hired to cater a high school reunion. But when one of the guests is found dead, she must help Chad (Webster) find the murderer.

    Hallmark mystery

    Based on the books by author Joanne Fluke, the movie series includes the following films:

    Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

    Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery

    Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

    Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe

    Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts

    Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    Cameron Mathison

    Until recently, Cameron Mathison played Hannah’s love interest, Detective Mike Kingston. But the pair broke off their engagement in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

    In an interview with TV Insider, Alison Sweeney talked about the changes in Hannah and Mike’s relationship.

    “Mike is attracted to Hannah and her crime-solving ways, her mind, the fact that she is so interested, the fact that she’s good at it,” she said. “She does get people to talk to her in a way that sometimes Mike or other detectives aren’t able to get them to open up. She does have really good instincts and a unique way of getting people to open up to her. I think the cookies help. Mike respects that, and he loves that about her, but it causes him a lot of trouble at work, and for good reasons and maybe also not-so-good reasons, the sheriff isn’t too keen to have Hannah getting involved in the crime-solving business. So that’s been a tricky thing for [Mike] to navigate. And unfortunately, I think Mike is a little old school, so he struggles with how much of that to share with Hannah.”

    Victor Webster

    Victor Webster joined the series as Chad Norton in One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. He and Sweeney have great chemistry and even played a couple in Halmark Channel’s The Wedding Veil series.

  • Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney race to find a killer in new Hallmark mystery

    Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney race to find a killer in new Hallmark mystery

    Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney will reunite on the small screen in a new Hallmark mystery. The actors, who played husband and wife in Hallmark’s The Wedding Veil series, will join forces to find a killer in the movie One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

    “So excited for the new #HannahSwensen mystery One Bad Apple to premiere this Friday night!!” wrote Alison Sweeney in a social media post promoting the movie. “Thank you @hallmarkmystery for helping us make these fun movies.”

    “Think you’ll figure it out before we do?” wrote Victor Webster in his own post.

    Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney

    Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney have starred in several Hallmark movies together. Webster played Sweeney’s love interest in the popular Hallmark series The Wedding Veil.

    But this is his first appearance in the popular Hannah Swensen series. One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery is the ninth movie in the series, which is based on novels by Joanne Fluke.

    Up until the last film, A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, Cameron Mathison starred opposite Alison Sweeney as Mike Kingston, a local detective and her fiancé. Their romance developed over the course of the series. But fans were left reeling when the characters broke off their engagement in the seventh film, Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

    Though they reunited to solve a case in the next movie, they never reconnected romantically.

    New Hallmark mystery

    In One Bad Apple, Hannah is asked to teach a baking class at the local college. Her equipment is tampered with causing an explosion that the fire department rules accidental. But then one of her new colleagues is murdered and Hannah finds herself on the list of suspects.

    While trying to prove her innocence, she comes face-to-face with handsome local prosecutor Chad Norton (Webster) and sparks fly.

    What about Cameron?

    Cameron Mathison has moved on from Hallmark to work for Great American Media, a company founded by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott.

    In an interview with TV Insider, Alison Sweeney talked about the changes in Hannah and Mike’s relationship.

    “Mike is attracted to Hannah and her crime-solving ways, her mind, the fact that she is so interested, the fact that she’s good at it,” she told TV Insider. “She does get people to talk to her in a way that sometimes Mike or other detectives aren’t able to get them to open up. She does have really good instincts and a unique way of getting people to open up to her. I think the cookies help. Mike respects that, and he loves that about her, but it causes him a lot of trouble at work, and for good reasons and maybe also not-so-good reasons, the sheriff isn’t too keen to have Hannah getting involved in the crime-solving business. So that’s been a tricky thing for [Mike] to navigate. And unfortunately, I think Mike is a little old school, so he struggles with how much of that to share with Hannah.”

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  • Two new mystery movies coming to Hallmark

    Two new mystery movies coming to Hallmark

    Two new mystery movies are coming to Hallmark. The network known as Hallmark Mystery (formerly Hallmark Movies and Mysteries) will air a new movie in the Hannah Swensen series and a new movie in the Curious Caterer series.

    “You’ve spoken and @hallmarkmystery has listened,” wrote Andrew Walker in an Instagram post to promote his film. “Thanks to you #sleuthers, we’re coming back with another #curiouscaterer and in my humble opinion, the best one yet.”

    New mystery movies

    Hallmark has introduced several new mystery series in the past year, including Haunted Harmony Mysteries, which starred Tamera Mowry-Housley, and Family History Mysteries, starring Janel Parrish and Niall Matter.

    Hannah Swensen and Curious Caterer, however, are old favorites.

    Murder, She Baked

    One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, will be the ninth movie in the series, which is based on books by author Joanne Fluke. One Bad Apple will be the first film in the series not to feature Cameron Mathison, who played Detective Mike Kingston.

    Fans were left reeling after Hannah and Mike broke up in the seventh movie, Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Though they reunited to solve a murder in the eighth film A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, the characters did not reconnect romantically.

    In a May interview, Alison Sweeney, who plays baker-turned-sleuth Hannah Swensen, talked about some of the challenges the couple faced.

    “Mike is attracted to Hannah and her crime-solving ways, her mind, the fact that she is so interested, the fact that she’s good at it,” she told TV Insider. “She does get people to talk to her in a way that sometimes Mike or other detectives aren’t able to get them to open up. She does have really good instincts and a unique way of getting people to open up to her. I think the cookies help. Mike respects that, and he loves that about her, but it causes him a lot of trouble at work, and for good reasons and maybe also not-so-good reasons, the sheriff isn’t too keen to have Hannah getting involved in the crime-solving business. So that’s been a tricky thing for [Mike] to navigate. And unfortunately, I think Mike is a little old school, so he struggles with how much of that to share with Hannah.”

    Victor Webster

    Hallmark favorite Victor Webster will step in as a love interest for Hannah.

    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, Hannah becomes a suspect in a murder investigation. While trying to prove her innocence, she comes face-to-face with Chad Norton (played by Victor Webster), a handsome local prosecutor.

    New Curious Caterer

    Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans, will be the fourth movie in the series, which is based on the books by author Diane Mott Davidson. Nikki DeLoach stars as caterer Goldy Berry, who is hired to cater a medieval festival at a local castle. But when a dead body turns up, Goldy must help boyfriend and local detective Mike Schultz (played by Andrew Walker) to solve the murder.

    “Any guesses as to what Goldy and Tom will be up to this time?” Walker wrote in the caption of his Instagram post.

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  • Hannah Swensen Mysteries

    Hannah Swensen Mysteries

    Murder, She Baked.

    Author Joanne Fluke

      The Murder, She Baked Series Hallmark Murders and Mysteries has created a popular TV-film series called Murder, She Baked based on the bestselling cozy

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  • Alison Sweeney will star in new Hannah Swensen

    Alison Sweeney will star in new Hannah Swensen

    Alison Sweeney will return as everyone’s favorite baker-turned-detective in a new Hannah Swensen movie. But Cameron Mathison won’t play the romantic lead in this one. Instead, Victor Webster will step in.

    “I’ve always loved working with Victor — from our years in daytime [TV] to our work together on ‘The Wedding Veil,’” Sweeney said in a statement through Hallmark. “When writing the script and developing this movie, I knew he’d be a great addition to the Hannah Swensen family and am thrilled that he said yes.”

    New Hannah Swensen

    The new movie is titled One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. In the movie, Sweeney returns as Hannah Swensen, who has been asked to teach a baking class at the local college.

    But when someone tampers with her equipment causing an explosion and one of her colleagues is murdered, Hannah begins to investigate. While trying to solve the murder, she comes face-to-face with Lake Eden’s handsome lead prosecutor Chad Norton (Victor Webster).

    “The great chemistry Alison and Victor had in ‘The Wedding Veil’ trilogies made the decision to bring him into this world an easy one,” said Laura Gaines, director of development at Hallmark Media. “It will be fun for viewers to see a different side of the legal process as Hannah learns the recipe for a strong case.”

    Cameron Mathison

    Fans were upset when Hannah and Mike (played by Cameron Mathison) broke off their engagement in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Though Mathison appeared in the next movie, A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, he did not rekindle his romance with Hannah.

    Off-screen, Mathison has signed on with Great American Media, a new company started by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott. The actor has already made several movies for the company’s network Great American Family.

    Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison in the new Hannah Swensen mystery Carrot Cake Murder. (Image: Hallmark Media)
    The end of an era. (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Hannah Swensen

    One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery will be the ninth movie in the Hannah Swensen series, which is also known as “Murder, She Baked.” Based on the cozy mystery books by Joanne Fluke, the movies include:

    Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016)

    Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2017)

    Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts (2016)

    Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2021)

    Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)

    A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)

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  • New Hannah Swensen mystery features awkward reunion between exes

    New Hannah Swensen mystery features awkward reunion between exes

    The new Hannah Swensen mystery A Zest for Death features an awkward reunion between Hannah and Mike. The couple, who broke off their engagement in the last Hannah Swensen movie, come face-to-face when they are — surprise! — investigating the same murder.

    “Hannah’s connection with Mike may be on a rough road, but a new mystery is just around the corner,” reads a promo on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries fan page.

    New Hannah Swensen

    In A Zest for Death, Hannah’s mother (played by Barbara Niven) is house hunting with Hannah’s sister when they discover a dead body. The victim was a regular customer at Hannah’s business, The Cookie Jar, so naturally Hannah gets involved in solving the murder.

    This time she gets help from her mother and her two sisters (played by Tess Atkins and Lisa Durupt). There is an awkward reunion with Mike with Hannah becomes convinced his prime suspect is innocent.

    “There’s nothing like a murder to bring two people back together,” says the narrator in a preview.

    The cast of the Picture Perfect Mysteries series.
    (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Hannah and Mike

    Fans were left reeling after Hannah and Mike broke up in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

    In a May interview, Sweeney talked about some of the challenges the couple faced.

    “Mike is attracted to Hannah and her crime solving ways, her mind, the fact that she is so interested, the fact that she’s good at it,” she told TV Insider. “She does get people to talk to her in a way that sometimes Mike or other detectives aren’t able to get them to open up. She does have really good instincts and a unique way of getting people to open up to her. I think the cookies help. Mike respects that, and he loves that about her, but it causes him a lot of trouble at work, and for good reasons and maybe also not so good reasons, the sheriff isn’t too keen to have Hannah getting involved in the crime solving business. So that’s been a tricky thing for [Mike] to navigate. And unfortunately, I think Mike is a little old school, so he struggles with how much of that to share with Hannah.”

    Fans have made it clear they would like to see Hannah and Mike get back together, but so far Hallmark hasn’t offered any clues as to whether they will reunite.

    A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Friday, October 6 at 9/8c.

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  • Hallmark star is cooking up something sweet in new mystery

    Hallmark star is cooking up something sweet in new mystery

    Hallmark star Ali Sweeney is working on a new mystery movie for the Hannah Swensen series.

    “In case you haven’t heard …. We’re back!!!” she wrote in an Instagram post. “@cameronmathison & I are working on a new #HannahSwensen mystery with @barbaraniven & @hoganfilm ! and we can’t wait to enjoy another delicious whodunnit with you all. We’re so grateful to @hallmarkmovie & Joanne Fluke for these fun adventures!!”

    New mystery

    Hallmark has made six movies in the Hannah Swensen series, which is also known as “Murder, She Baked.”

    The titles include:

    Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (2015)

    Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016)

    Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2017)

    Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts (2016)

    Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2021)

    Alison Sweeney talked about the possibility of a new Murder, She Baked movie
    Tess Adkins, Alison Sweeney, and Barbara Niven in Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Image: Hallmark Media)

    The new Hannah Swensen movie is titled Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. It will star Ali Sweeney as small-town-baker-turned-sleuth Hannah Swensen, Cameron Mathison as her fiancé, Detective Mike Kingston, and Chesapeake Shores star Barbara Niven as her mother, Delores.

    Fan favorite

    A Hallmark executive said the network was excited to make another movie for the series.

    “The adventures of Hannah Swensen have long been a favorite among our viewers and we’re thrilled to bring them a new mystery they can try to solve at home along with Hannah,” said Elizabeth Yost, senior vice president of development at Hallmark Media. “Being able to reunite Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, and Barbara Niven for this latest installment makes it even sweeter.”

    “The fans of Hannah Swensen are incredible and we are so excited to make more mysteries to share with them. Plus, working together again with Cam and Barbara is so much fun!” she said.

    Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, in Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, a body is discovered in the rubble of a building undergoing renovation.

    “Much to the dismay of her fiancé, Detective Mike Kingston (Mathison), Hannah begins to investigate the case on her own. As she tries to piece together the events that led to the murder and tries to learn the victim’s true identity, Hannah even calls on her mother Delores (Niven) as she works to bring the killer to justice and uncover the truth.”

    The Hannah Swensen movies are based on a series of cozy mysteries by author Joanne Fluke.

    Hallmark has not yet given a release date for Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.

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