Muerte en el lago

The accents are inauthentic and distracting...and it is clear that this is not filmed on location in Louisiana, let alone anywhere near New Orleans...but if you can get past all of that the mystery itself is decent.

An interior designer's brother passes away from what initially is ruled a self-inflicted gun shot wound. She returns home to the family she fled years ago, for her brother's service. While there she starts to piece together that things just don't add up..and when she starts asking questions threats are made on her life telling her she is definitely on the right track.

The romantic leads are easy on the eyes and the mystery is decent leaving me on the fence about recommending this to anyone but hardcore Hallmark mystery fans.

Everyone knows Hallmark and other Canadian production houses rarely shoot their films at the scripted location other than some introductory footage...it doesn't affect my ratings. Everyone one knows the romance elements will be G rated fare. I now only rate on 2 aspects....did the story hold my interest and were the actors credible in their parts. In this case, the story was good and with a fair degree of unpredictability. I thought the entire cast did a good job on their assigned characters and delivered their lines credibly. Sean Faris always tries his hand at accents...he doesn't always nail these, but I respect the attempt. Nice to see Shenae Grimes in a fully dramatic role.... I think it suits her better than fluff movies.

I quite enjoyed this movie, it definitely held my interest throughout. The twists in the plot kept me guessing and character development was very good.

I very much enjoyed the movie, I watched it a few times.

The book was much better. I can understand changing some things for TV, but too much was changed. Took the oomph out of the ending.