A wee one comes into the life of mystery bookstore owner Kellie Martin. An old friend Vicki Davis drops in for a visit bringing husband Richard Lee Jackson and an infant in tow. Of course Martin makes them welcome.

Soon enough Jackson becomes a suspect in a murder and he disappears. And then Davis goes chasing after Jackson when he telephones and she leaves the little one with Martin and her mentor Clarence Williams III.

Turns out Jackson is in one big and deep jackpot. He's accused of murder and the police are looking for him. And the folks who really did the deed are also looking for him and put a bullet in him too. That's when he called for his wife. That's when she leaves the infant with Kellie Martin.

Davis and Jackson make a very nice couple much in love and trapped in something not of their own making. Good thing she has Kellie Martin for a friend, it's almost Hitchcockian the way the fates have befallen them.

This was a nicely put together story. Now that Kellie Martin is Hailey Dean I wonder if she'll ever return to this series.

I know this is a Hallmark movie, so don't expect a mega budget mega star academy award blockbuster. But once again the background music is WAY WAY TOO LOUD!!. Don't the producers, etc., review these productions before airing them? Don't they realize just how ANNOYING THE LOUD BACKGROUND MUSIC IS? It drowns out the actual dialogue. Not only that, it's the same notes OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

Let's face it: "Mystery Woman" "McBride" and "Jane Doe" are about as bad as you can get. They have no pacing and most of the time suffer from poor direction and bad scripts.

What these series have going for them are attractive leads, sometimes okay mysteries, and if you have an elderly relative at home who is affronted by just about everything else on television, the Hallmark Channel is perfect for them.

"Mystery Woman" stars Kellie Martin as the owner of a mystery bookstore with no customers. We know it's a mystery store because there's an establishing shot of it every two minutes. Obviously, these shows run short - there are lots of scenes where we see a car from way off driving down the street, into a driveway...endless.

In this episode, Sam winds up taking care of a fugitive's wife and baby though at first, she thinks the woman is just a family friend. The woman's husband is sought in a murder that took place on a golf course - he was seen bending over the body. There are people after him and they're not all police. At one point, he's shot and his wife leaves Sam with the baby and goes to his motel to take care of him. Sam's investigation uncovers an FBI case and blackmail.

It's hard not to like Kellie Martin as both an actress and an individual. I love her, and she's good as Samantha. She doesn't have a lot to work with, yet she always manages to give a charming performance. As her best friend and the DA, Nina Siemaszko does well with an impossible role. Clarence Williams III, as the mysterious Philby, is certainly mysterious - it's a mystery how he was cast. Dead man barely talking.

Okay if there's nothing else on television.