“He’s So…” “Phony.” “I Was Going to Say Full of Himself, But That Works, Too.”
I’ve been watching more game shows than usual this past year. They’ve been one of the few things that have been produced during the pandemic. That made the setting for Riddle Me Dead, the latest Crossword Puzzle Mystery from Hallmark, even more fun for me.
Tess Harper (Lacey Chabert) has been asked to provide the video clues for a category on the popular game show Riddle Me This for an upcoming episode. She is thrilled to do it, especially since her aunt Candace (Barbara Niven) is a huge fan of the show, and they’ll both get to go to a taping. It’s all be arranged by Tess’s ex, Hunter (Jon Cor), a writer on the show.
Things take a deadly turn, however, when the extremely popular host of the show, Aiden (Lane Edwards), is found dead on stage after the taping. Detective Logan O’Connor (Brennan Elliott) on the case, and Tess can’t help but poke around. With Hunter back in her life, what will that mean for Tess’s love life? Or will Logan arrest him for murder?
Aiden proves to be the perfect murder victim since there are plenty of people with motive. The investigation hits a few dead ends before Tess and Logan figure it out. I had a suspicion where the case was going to wind up, but the how kept me guessing. And that didn’t mean I knew who was ultimately responsible for the crimes either until Tess and Logan figured it out.
While Tess, Candace, and Logan are the main trio in this franchise, there are some other supporting characters that I enjoyed catching up with again here. All the main characters are fun, and I enjoyed watching their various relationships growing. Meanwhile, the suspects do their job of acting suspiciously perfectly.
You know what comes next – the Hallmark cheese factor. Yes, it is a fairly light dose (or I’m keeping more immune to it all the time), but it is here.
Riddle Me Dead provides another light mystery. If you are looking to be entertained for an hour and a half, you’ll enjoy this film.
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