Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street premieres on Lifetime tonight

Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street
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A Lifetime original thriller is practically a movie genre in and of itself and tonight, a new title will be entering into that fan-favorite film category. Capping off the network's "Secrets on Maple Street" movie trilogy — including Lies and Ex-Wives: Secrets on Maple Street and A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street, which premiered on the channel on July 14 and July 21, respectively — Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street will premiere on Lifetime on Sunday, July 28 at 8pm Eastern Time. 

The 90-minute mystery film stars Frances Leigh (The Flash, Arrow) and Thomas Cadrot (Scream VI, So Help Me Todd) as a young couple, Carlee and Alex, who jump at the change to buy a home on the idyllic Maple Street at a discounted rate after the mysterious death of its owner, the neighborhood's nosiest busybody. 

"Soon, however, strange occurrences lead Carlee to suspect that there was more to old woman’s death than meets the eye, and that what she and her husband don’t know might have put them in a very dangerous position," reads the official synopsis, per Lifetime. Was the neighbor's death really a suicide, or is Maple Street home to far more sinister secrets than those real-estate listings suggest? 

Alongside Leigh and Cadrot, the cast includes Farrah Aviva as Ellen Tolbert, Shiraine Haas as Dina Perkins and Johnny V Wright as Mr. Hopkins. Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street was directed by Paula Elle (Just in Time, When Mom Becomes a Murderer) and written by Adam Rockoff (Couples Retreat Murder, Fatal Fixer Upper).

Want to watch the premiere of Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street tonight? Those with cable packages can watch on their local Lifetime channel, but cable-cutters can also tune in online with a live TV streaming service that carries Lifetime, such as Frndly TV, FuboHulu with Live TVSling TV and Philo TV. And if you miss the television broadcast, don't fear: the thriller will also be available to stream on MyLifetime.com beginning tomorrow, July 29. There, you'll also find the other films in the "Secrets on Maple Street" trilogy, so you can have yourself a mystery movie marathon!

Christina Izzo

Christina Izzo is the Deputy Editor of My Imperfect Life. More generally, she is a writer-editor covering food and drink, travel, lifestyle and culture in New York City. She was previously the Features Editor at Rachael Ray In Season and Reveal, as well as the Food & Drink Editor and chief restaurant critic at Time Out New York. 

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