ALISON SWEENEY BAKES UP A NEW MYSTERY DELIGHT IN 'CARROT CAKE: A HANNAH SWENSEN MYSTERY'(wt) WITH FAN FAVORITES CAMERON MATHISON AND BARBARA NIVEN

Latest Installment in Highly Popular Franchise Currently in Production and Set to Premiere Later this Year

STUDIO CITY, CA -- February 28, 2023 - Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives"), Cameron Mathison ("General Hospital") and Barbara Niven ("Chesapeake Shores") reprise their roles in "Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery"(wt), currently in production for premiering later this year on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, it was announced today. Gabriel Hogan ("Heartland") from the original cast also returns in this latest installment. Sweeney serves as executive producer.

"The adventures of Hannah Swensen have long been a favorite among our viewers and we're thrilled to bring them a new mystery they can try to solve at home along with Hannah," said Elizabeth Yost, Senior Vice President, Development, Hallmark Media. "Being able to reunite Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison and Barbara Niven for this latest installment makes it even sweeter."

"The fans of Hannah Swensen are incredible and we are so excited to make more mysteries to share with them. Plus, working together again with Cam and Barbara is so much fun!," Sweeney enthused.

Sweeney returns as Hannah Swensen, everyone's favorite crime-solving baker. The discovery of a skeleton amid the rubble of a building undergoing renovation reveals that one of Lake Eden's beloved citizens is not who he claimed to be. Much to the dismay of her fiancé, Detective Mike Kingston (Mathison), Hannah begins to investigate the case on her own. As she tries to piece together the events that led to the murder and tries to learn the victim's true identity, Hannah even calls on her mother Delores (Niven) as she works to bring the killer to justice and uncover the truth.

"Carrot Cake: A Hannah Swensen Mystery"(wt) is from Lighthouse Productions, Inc. and Looking Glass Productions, LLC. Alison Sweeney, Craig Baumgarten Jamie Goehring, Shawn Williamson and Joanne Fluke are executive producers. Pat Williams directs from a script by Melissa Salmons, based on Fluke's novel Carrot Cake Murder.

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