Emma Fielding Mysteries
Archaeologist Emma Fielding studies the past, but the bodies interrupting her work belong to present-day murder cases.
3 films · 2017–2019 · Mystery
Start with the first filmMovies in viewing order
Watch Site Unseen, Past Malice, then More Bitter Than Death. The sequence introduces Emma and Jim before returning to their working relationship. Each film gives them a new investigation, so there is no separate television season to find.
Your viewing checklist
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Film 1 · 2017
Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery
Film source · Premiered 4 June 2017Emma searches coastal Maine for evidence of a settlement older than Jamestown. A modern body interrupts the excavation, introducing the professor and her students through a case where historical research meets a current crime.
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Film 2 · 2018
Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery
Film source · Premiered 14 January 2018Work beneath Chandler Castle leads Emma to a murdered colleague in the crypt. Local talk of a curse complicates the investigation, while Jim and Emma's students return around a new historic site.
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Film 3 · 2019
Emma Fielding Mysteries: More Bitter Than Death
Film source · Premiered 10 February 2019An archaeology association's president dies before naming a successor. Emma and Jim face suspects within the profession itself, replacing the excavation setting with an academic gathering full of competing ambitions.
About the series
Courtney Thorne-Smith plays archaeology professor Emma Fielding, whose research and teaching repeatedly put her near a murder. James Tupper is FBI agent Jim Conner, her investigative counterpart. This is a compact three-film series, moving from a coastal excavation to a castle crypt and an academic gathering. Start with Site Unseen to meet Emma and her students before following the partnership into the later cases. Dana Cameron's novels provide the literary starting point.
What to expect
Emma's workplace matters to the mysteries: digs uncover bodies, historic sites carry local stories, and academic colleagues become suspects. Jim brings the official investigation alongside her specialist knowledge. The three films offer different versions of that partnership without requiring a long franchise catch-up. Their premises involve murder and danger around Emma's students, rather than archaeological adventure alone.
The people who bring it to life
Emma Fielding
An archaeology professor whose work with historic sites gives her a route into modern murder investigations.
Joe
One of Emma's students, returning across the three films as her academic work overlaps with police cases.
More cast and guest appearances 14
- Sitara Hewitt2 films
Adelle, Adelle Fisher
- Kimberley Sustad2 films
Perry, Perry Quinn
- Vincent Gale2 films
Webster, Prof. Thomas Webster
- Preston Vanderslice2 films
Bray, Bray Chandler
- Martin Cummins1 film
Tony Markham
- Mark Valley1 film
Duncan Thatcher
- Crystal Balint1 film
Ruby
- William MacDonald1 film
Sherman Arlington
- Craig March1 film
Security Chief Breck
- William Macdonald1 film
Sherman
- Panou1 film
Sheriff Goode
- Sharon Taylor1 film
Sheriff Dunbar
- Janet Kidder1 film
Dr. Althea Harrison
- Peter Bryant1 film
Dean Hawkins
Inside the series
The books have their own order
Dana Cameron's bibliography includes six Emma Fielding novels. The films use the titles Site Unseen, Past Malice and More Bitter Than Death, but the movie sequence is not the full book sequence.
A different kind of expert detective
Emma's expertise gives you digs, crypts and academic rivalries instead of a bakery or antiques shop. Past Malice is the clearest choice if the historic-building setting is what interests you.
What to watch next
Mystery 101
A literature professor and a detective also pair academic knowledge with an official investigation.
Fixer Upper Mysteries
Historic buildings and discoveries made through practical work lead another specialist into murder cases.
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
A librarian's interest in crime offers a longer series for viewers drawn to research-minded amateur sleuths.
A few more answers
Is there a fourth Emma Fielding film?
Hallmark's franchise guide lists three films as checked on September 13, 2026. This guide has no verified announcement of a fourth film; that does not establish a cancellation.
Should I read the books in the movie order?
No. Dana Cameron's six-book order is Site Unseen, Grave Consequences, Past Malice, A Fugitive Truth, More Bitter Than Death and Ashes and Bones. The screen stories do not cover that whole sequence.
Is Emma Fielding the actor's name?
Here Emma Fielding is the fictional archaeologist, played by Courtney Thorne-Smith. James Tupper plays Jim Conner.
Sources & guide notes
Sources checked 13 September 2026. The film count follows the sequence above. Viewing options depend on your country.