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Friday, June 6, 2025

Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Yarn Maker - Movie Review (2025)

I love cozy mystery movies! I have watched several cozy mystery movies by Great American Family and thus far, have enjoyed every one of them. I like having a mystery to try to solve without any gore or violent scenes to endure.

"A Case for the Yarn Marker" is the most recent cozy mystery movie I've watched. It is part of the Ainsley McGregor series that features a former criminologist who has chosen to leave Chicago to move back to her hometown. However, crime is everywhere, including Sweet River, Texas.

Along with the murder mystery, there is a touch of romantic interest between characters. In this movie, Ainsley McGregor (Candance Cameron Bure) is romantically interested in the fire chief of the city. Plus, her brother is the sheriff. She is teaching criminology in the local university and has opened a craft market for community artists. All things considered, whether she wants to be or not, she is going to be an integral part of crime investigations in Sweet River.

A Case for the Yarn Maker Synopsis

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(subscription may be required)Ainsley McGregor is hosting a special event in her Bless Your Arts craft market and has invited Ellie Mitchum, a wealthy yarn company owner/founder, to speak. She is expecting someone who is happy to be there. After all, Mitchum is from Sweet River too and actually attended school in the event location. However, Ainsley has to welcome a somewhat irritable and rude individual.

According to other locals who knew her, Ellie Mitchum has never been a particularly nice person. She is even accused of stealing someone else's designs. The person accusing Ellie happens to be a respected member of the community who, unbeknownst to Ainsley, plans to confront Ellie at the event.

When Ellie Mitchum is murdered, there are plenty of suspects including members of her own family, company board members and of course, the "respected member of the community" who has accused her of being a thief.

Because Mitchum is not well liked, finding her murderer is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Too many people had reason to want her gone.

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Friday, May 3, 2024

Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers (2024) Movie Review

MbgPhoto recently published her review of the Cozy Mystery Genre and that made me yearn to watch a new cozy mystery movie.

I suspect I have always enjoyed cozy mysteries but didn't really know the proper category to search until I started reading reviews on ReviewThisReviews and learned the name of the genre.

I've never liked gory thrillers or horror films, although I have watched many of them in my lifetime, even reviewed a few over the last decade, but I have always loved a good mystery. Thus the reason I love Sherlock Holmes and Poirot. While I have not found anything comparable to Poirot or Sherlock, I have enjoyed some great cozy mystery movies.

I was drawn to this movie because of the time period setting. I love the Gilded Age era fashion. However, I would be the first to admit, I do not admire the "classes" of that era or the way workers were trampled on so the elitist class could get richer, faster. I do have to suspend reality to enjoy some fiction and I did enjoy watching the Gilded Newport Mysteries.

Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers Synopsis

Emma Vanderbilt-Cross is the niece of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the daughter of a Vanderbilt who married below her station. Emma is not an heiress to any of the Vanderbilt money, but is still included in society as a Vanderbilt. She prefers to remain unmarried, at least for a while, as she considers her options. She enjoys writing articles for the "Fashions and Fancies" women's section in the Newport Observer newspaper, which pays the bills. She would love to write a novel, but she realizes that would bring scandal upon the Vanderbilt family.

She has been invited to a ball being given for her cousin at the Vanderbilt's summer home, The Breakers. Emma is determined to include her half-brother (her father's son before he married her mother) and takes Brady to the ball as her guest.

Unfortunately, when her uncle's business advisor is murdered at the ball, Brady appears to be the murderer. Of course, it would not be a great mystery if everything was so obvious and I will admit, I was surprised to find out the identity of the real murderer.

A very entertaining mystery indeed! And, a touch of romance just for fun.

A Note About The Breakers Mansion - Current Day

"The Breakers" is in fact the name of the Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the real Cornelius Vanderbilt II's summer home. It is now a museum that is owned and maintained by the Preservation Society.

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I watched The Gilded Newport Mysteries series on Frndly TV, a subscription streaming service, but it may also be available on other subscription services that include Hallmark Murders & Mysteries.