Crossword Mysteries: 2-Movie Collection - DVD

Detective fiction-focused English professor Amy Winslow (Jill Wagner) reliably had the jump on big-town transplant cop Travis Burke (Kristoffer Polaha) concerning crimes plaguing their Pacific Northwest college town in this Hallmark whodunit franchise. With a student gone missing after her campus reporter boyfriend's death, Amy collides with investigating detective Burke in InchMystery 101Inch (2019). Amy's bid at mounting her stage play finds the leading lady threatened, then dying under suspicious circumstances, in InchPlaying DeadInch (2019). After a college book fair guest is murdered, Burke slaps the cuffs on Amy's dad Graham, and she's got to prove his innocence, in InchWords Can KillInch (2017). 4 1/4 hrs. Total. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Includes A Puzzle To Die For (2019)Editor Tess Harper (Lacey Chabert) enjoyed her quiet existence crafting the crosswords for the New York Sentinel. However, after an art gallery theft that ended with the curator's murder-and her discovery that one of her paper's old puzzles was riddled with clues about the crime-she'd have some explaining to do for curious cop Logan O'Connor (Brendan Elliott). What's an 8-letter word for Inchnot guiltyInch? First Hallmark series entry co-stars Barbara Niven, John Kapelos, Zach Smadu. 120 min. C/Rtg NR Proposing Murder (2019)Crossword editor Tess Harper (Lacey Chabert) thought she'd be playing Cupid when she worked an old friend's marriage proposal to his lady into her Sunday puzzle. However, on the day it was published, he was found stabbed in his apartment-leaving Tess and Detective Logan O'Connor (Brennan Elliott) with a challenge that they'd better not do in pen. Brain-teasing series entry also stars Kyle Buchanan, Alex Paxton-Beesley, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Barbara Niven. 84 min. C/Rtg NR Abracadaver (2020)Researching a magic-themed puzzle brought Tess Harper (Lacey Chabert) and crew to the dinner show at an illusionists' club-where they witnessed the Inchbullet catchInch trick go tragically awry for the magician (Noam Jenkins) onstage. Can Tess resist the lure of the case after she watches a person of interest vanish into thin air? Third franchise thriller also stars Brennan Elliott, Barbara Niven, John Kapelos, Kaitlyn Leeb. 84 min. C/Rtg NR Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Betweenthe constant career/identity crises for spouse Alden (Paul Campbell) and her own office pressures, the bloom was off the rose for attorney Birdie Case (Aimee Garcia). You'd think it'd be the last straw when she found out he was studying to be a PI, instead of a CPA like he said he was... but it turned out that amateur sleuthing would be both salve and spark to their marriage, in these charming Hallmark whodunits. Includes InchThe Cases of Mystery LaneInch (2023) and InchDeath Is ListeningInch (2024). 176 min. Total. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.