Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder At The Breakers Adaption at Hallmark

Things have really turned around for Sleuthers it seems with the announcement of Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers.

This all new Hallmark Mystery immediate sets itself apart from the recent new mysteries series, it is a period piece. This will be the first period piece mystery from Hallmark Media. It seems to slot in nicely with the upcoming Loveuary event which features more period fare.

Synopsis

It’s July 1895 and the New York elite have decamped to Newport, Rhode Island for a summer of balls, garden parties, and yacht races. Covering these events for the women’s pages of the Newport Observer is Emma Vanderbilt-Cross. She’s a fearless twenty-one-year-old writer with family ties to the wealthy Vanderbilt family. But writing articles about food and fashion is the last thing on Emma’s mind when her half-brother Brady Cross (James Drew Dean, Marry Go Round) is arrested for the murder of Goddard, (Cesare Scarpone, The Bold Type) long-time Vanderbilt business advisor.

She decides to take matters into her own hands and sets out to prove her half-brother’s innocence, discovering Goddard had more than his fair share of enemies. As Emma investigates with the help of police detective and crush Jesse Whyte, (Griffin) housekeeper Nanny O’Neal (Gillian Barber, Chesapeake Shores) and coroner’s assistant Harriet Rice, (Amira Anderson, Foragers) she’s plunged into a word of intrigue and danger – while attracting the attention of the town’s new mysterious stranger. (Witte) As Emma grows closer to the truth, Goddard’s true murderer goes on the offensive, willing to stop at nothing to keep their identity a secret.

Cast

The film stars Ali Skovbye, Danny Griffin, and Nathan Witte. It is based on the book series of the same name by Alyssa Maxwell. The series currently consists of 11 novels. Skovbye stars as Young Tully in Netflix hit drama Firefly Lane. Griffin appeared in Netflix supernatural teen show Fate: The Winx Saga. Witte appeared last year in Hallmark mystery Cut, Color, Murder.

Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers is a Newport Road Productions Ltd. and Front Street Pictures Inc. production. John Cassini, Allen Lewis, Sunta Izzicupo, James Walsh, Michael Shepard served as executive producers along with producer Charles Cooper. Terry Ingram directed from a script written by Keri Ferenz.

Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers premieres Friday, 2 February 2024 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

SOURCE: thefutoncritic.com