Garage Sale Mystery is an American/Canadian mystery film series starring Lori Loughlin as Jennifer Shannon. It airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US and Channel 5 (UK) in the UK occasionally as part of the weekday films.
Contents
Films
- Garage Sale Mystery 14 September 2013
- Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters, 26 October 2014
- Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room, 11 April 2015
- Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress, 9 August 2015
- Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent, 3 January 2016
- Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders, 5 June 2016
- Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder, 8 January 2017
Background
The series is an adaptation of a two-part book series by author Suzi Weinert: Garage Sale Stalker and Garage Sale Diamonds.
Broadcast
The films were originally Hallmark Channel projects until broadcast on other stations.
Bravo (Canada) aired the entire hexalogy in July 2016.
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Film 1: Garage Sale Mystery (2013)
Plot Summary: Jennifer notices that several rich houses are robbed right after they have garage sales, including one woman who ends up dead, apparently from accidentally falling down stairs, but Jennifer suspects foul play. She convinces Det. Adam Iverson to accompany her to some garage sales, and they do turn up some thieves, but no evidence that the woman was murdered. Jennifer eventually finds the murderer.
Film 2: All That Glitters (2014)
▪Jennifer's husband, Jason Shannon is now played by Steve Bacic and continues in movies #2 - #7.
Film 3: The Deadly Room (2015)
▪ Hannah Shannon, Jennifer and Jason's daughter, is played by Eva Bourne hence forth.
Plot Summary: A real estate agent sleeps all night in one of her listings to prove that it is not cursed and ends up dead.
Film 4: The Wedding Dress (2015)
▪ Cheryl Ladd plays Helen Carter; the wedding dress belonged to her.
Plot Summary: Jennifer finds an old but expensive wedding dress in a box of various clothes purchased at an estate sale. She finds a blood stain in one of the pockets and investigation turns up Helen Carter, the bride, together with the story that the groom disappeared between the wedding and the reception after the wedding. Jennifer doggedly pursues the mystery and, using Luminol, determines that there were still blood stains inside a closet in the storage room of the church. She persuades Ted to confess that he killed Charles, but then Helen also confesses that she did, also in the storage room. It ends happily because Helen's act of killing is ruled justified, and charges are not even brought. Helen and Ted renew their romance after a gap of 35 years.
Film 5: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)
Plot Summary Kirsten Robek plays Sandra, a former friend of Jennifer's comes to Rags to Riches offering to sell her all of her antiques from her store Past Perfect. No money up front and 20% of any sale Jennifer makes. She goes out to the store, which is 30 miles away in Madison. There is also a barn full of stuff that she investigates, and she discovers a trap door in the floor. She opens the trap door and goes down the steps and puts on the light. Sandra arrives with the coffee and shouts for Jennifer and she shouts from the basement, and Sandra goes down the steps. Sandra didn't know there was a basement, it's filled with beautiful antiques, and they find the body of her former fiance, Michael Chambers (Frank Zotter), whom Sandra thought had moved away two years before, when he left her for another woman. An investigation ensues, and Madison is outside Det. Frank Lynwood's jurisdiction. Sheriff Conners (Panou) charges Sandra with murder--hence the title. To prove Sandra innocent, Jennifer has to find some other suspects. Recently widowed Kimberly Colette Baumaine (Aliyah O'Brien) comes into Rags to Riches offering to sell all the antiques in her house because she was moving away, and her husband had been the collector. It turns out that Michael Chambers was seeing Kimberly Colette and was leaving Sandra for her. But Kim had no intention of going anywhere with Michael and she murdered him.
Film 6: The Novel Murders (2016)
Plot Summary: There is a series of murders, each one taken out of a mystery novel.
Film 7: The Art of Murder (2017)
Plot Summary: While setting up a charity garage sale, Jennifer Shannon discovers a body in the attic of a nearby home. Using her eye for detail, as well as her experience with antiques and murder, Jennifer puts together clues that help catch a killer.