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Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
2016
85 minutes
Director
Kristoffer Tabori
Cast
Alison Sweeney
Cameron Mathison
Barbara Niven
Description
Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn't the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn't fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act—and now it's up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder.
Professions
Bakery Owner
Detective
Settings & Cities
Lake Eden, Minnesota
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Langley, British Columbia
Richmond, British Columbia
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Review
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery – Where Desserts Are Sweet, but the Murders Are Fresh Out of the Oven
If you’ve ever watched Hallmark Channel movies and thought, “This could really use more baked goods and dead bodies,” then Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery is the cinematic delicacy you didn’t know you were craving. In this installment of Hallmark’s most wholesome murder series, our favorite small-town baker-slash-amateur-sleuth, Hannah Swensen, proves once again that nothing pairs better with cinnamon rolls than a good old-fashioned homicide.
The plot? Simple: Someone’s been peachy keen about committing murder, and it’s up to Hannah to find out who. When a local resident ends up deader than yesterday’s scones after a community potluck, Hannah sets down her mixing spoon and picks up her magnifying glass (metaphorically, of course—it’s more likely a spatula). Forget the police; in Hallmark movies, nothing solves crime faster than a woman with a bakery and too much curiosity.
As usual, Hannah juggles her love life, her baking business, and her knack for stumbling over bodies like it’s just another Tuesday in Eden Lake. There’s also the ongoing will-they-won’t-they tension with not one but TWO romantic interests because in Hallmark Channel movies, even solving murders comes with a side of romantic indecision. Honestly, by the time she picks a boyfriend, she’ll probably have solved the entire town’s crime backlog.
Expect the usual cozy vibes: picturesque small-town charm, murder scenes that are somehow adorable, and suspects who look more like PTA members than potential felons. The peach cobbler might be sweet, but the puns are even sweeter, and the mystery—while not exactly Sherlock Holmes-level complex—is satisfying enough to keep you guessing until the final ten minutes (right after the commercial break, of course).
In conclusion, Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery is the perfect blend of sugar, spice, and mildly suspicious neighbors. It’s proof that in the world of Hallmark movies, love might be complicated, but murder? That’s just part of the recipe.