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Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)
Dull dull dull
I lost interest pretty quickly in this one. Hannah seemed more like a teenage drama queen than an adult. And how does she keep the bakery going when she's out solving mysteries? Mike was wimpy, and deserved to have the engagement broken. The worst was seeing a patient wearing nasal cannula oxygen while on a ventilator. It's physically impossible - the writers REALLY need to consult someone in healthcare. (ANYONE!) The whole thing fell apart from that moment. Although it was pretty funny to see that Eugene/Ellis didn't have a single IV.
They need to step up their game if this series is to survive.
Mystery 101: Killer Timing (2021)
Disappointing mistakes
I wanted to like this, but the errors were so glaring. ALS is not a teenager's disease, to start. Why Amy was carrying three copies of the same book when Travis called her is unfathomable. I'm wondering how Erin Cahill is such a top-notch FBI agent and a good cook, but couldn't find the salt in the kitchen. That frittata must have tasted really bland.
I really expected better from this franchise. Perhaps it's a good thing the series was cancelled after the next installment. In the future, the writers would do well to consult healthcare providers. They made another egregious error in An Education in Murder. You can't inject anything into an inhaler canister.
At Home in Mitford (2017)
Terrible miscasting
Angie Macdowell is too old to be cast as Cynthia and doesn't act the role well to boot. Cameron Mathison is a fine actor, but he's NOT Fr Tim. What a disappointment.