Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Announces a Mystery for the Ages Starring Ali Skovbye and Danny Griffin

A society page writer in 1895 Rhode Island witnesses a murder while attending a ball at the Vanderbilt mansion and is drawn into the investigation when her brother is arrested. Starring Ali Skovbye (“Firefly Lane“) and Danny Griffin (“Fate: The Winx Saga“) “Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers,” a new, original premiering Friday, February 2 (9PM ET/PT), on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is coming back in 2024 with a fresh slate of all-new mysteries. “Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers” takes viewers behind the scenes of the East Coasts high society. Introducing Hallmark’s newest “family” members Ali Skovbye and Danny Griffin along with returning favorite Nathan Witte. This all-new mystery is set to become a network favorite with the period costumes and the mysterious ups and downs. Leading viewers to question who could possibly be responsible for this murder and will the suspect be found before they can strike again.

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, (Skovbye) 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.

“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 Ferencz, based off a book series written by Alyssa Maxwell.