Murder, She Wrote
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Cast:Angela Lansbury , William Windom , Ron Masak , Louis Herthum , Tom Bosley , Will Nye , Michael Horton , Ken Swofford , Julie Adams , Herb Edelman , Keith Michell , Bradford Dillman , Richard Paul , Len Cariou , Gregg Henry , James Sloyan , Rosanna Huffman , Hallie Todd
S1.E0 ∙ The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel. But when an unwanted guest is murdered by gunfire at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.
S1.E1 ∙ Deadly Lady
A mysterious man who briefly stops by Jessica's house turns up dead -- supposedly swept overboard during a hurricane before Jessica even met him.
S1.E2 ∙ Birds of a Feather
Jessica's niece Victoria Brandon is horrified when her fiancé Howard Griffin is arrested following the gunshot murder of nasty San Francisco drag club owner Al Drake.
S1.E3 ∙ Hooray for Homicide
Jessica protests when her book is turned into a tacky B-grade horror movie, and winds up as the prime suspect when producer Jerry Lydecker is murdered with a blunt instrument.
S1.E4 ∙ It's a Dog's Life
There's in-fighting and backstabbing galore when wealthy Denton Langley snubs his family and leaves most of his estate to a dog, which is discovered after his fatal fall from a drugged horse.
S1.E5 ∙ Lovers and Other Killers
While in Seattle for a series of lectures, Jessica is drawn into a dangerous case involving young secretary David Tolliver accused of killing his wealthy older lady friend Allison Brevard.
S1.E6 ∙ Hit, Run and Homicide
Jessica and the police are baffled by a seemingly driver-less car that suddenly appears in Cabot Cove and runs down a visitor who had fired local inventor Dan O'Brien.
S1.E7 ∙ We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Jessica gets mixed up with a nasty scheme involving a theme park creator whilst visiting relatives.
S1.E8 ∙ Death Takes a Curtain Call
Two Soviet ballet dancers on tour in the States are wanted following the murder of a man backstage during their debut performance.
S1.E9 ∙ Death Casts a Spell
A popular nightclub hypnotist is discovered murdered during a private press-call.
S1.E10 ∙ Capitol Offense
When a congressman suddenly dies from a heart attack, Jessica is asked to temporarily replace him in Washington.
S1.E11 ∙ Broadway Malady
Former Hollywood star Rita Bristol and her daughter Patti are about to open in a big new Broadway musical, until Patti is gunned down in a bizarre robbery attempt.
S1.E12 ∙ Murder to a Jazz Beat
A trip to New Orleans gets off to an eventful start when the leader of a popular jazz band is poisoned during a performance.
S1.E13 ∙ My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.
S1.E14 ∙ Paint Me a Murder
The birthday celebration for a renowned Mediterranean artist is cut short when the guest of honor winds up dead.
S1.E15 ∙ Tough Guys Don't Die
A private detective, hired by Jessica to research an old case, is suddenly murdered.
S1.E16 ∙ Sudden Death
Jessica uncovers the ugly side of sportsmanship when she inherits part-ownership of a football team.
S1.E17 ∙ Footnote to Murder
Jessica sets out to clear the name of a friend who is a prime suspect in a murder case.
S1.E18 ∙ Murder Takes the Bus
Jessica and a slew of passengers are forced to take refuge from a storm at a remote diner when one of the passengers is found stabbed in his seat on a bus to Boston.
S1.E19 ∙ Armed Response
While in the hospital with a fractured leg, Jessica investigates the murder of a doctor.
S1.E20 ∙ Murder at the Oasis
An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.
S1.E21 ∙ Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Jessica has to unravel the secrets and threats at the funeral of a friend in Wyoming.
S2.E1 ∙ Widow, Weep for Me
Jessica masquerades as a wealthy widow at a luxurious tropical hotel in order to trap a murderer.
S2.E2 ∙ Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly
A cheap tycoon with many enemies is found dead on the construction site of his high-rise hotel.
S2.E3 ∙ Murder in the Afternoon
Jessica's niece, an actress in a daytime drama, becomes a suspect when the head writer for the show is murdered.
S2.E4 ∙ School for Scandal
A mother and daughter become involved in a murder. Jessica must look between the lines to discover the truth and the murderer.
S2.E5 ∙ Sing a Song of Murder
Jessica is devastated to learn her cousin Emma's untimely passing, but when she arrives in London she learns that Emma isn't dead after all, but has been in hiding after threats on her life.
S2.E6 ∙ Reflections of the Mind
When a phone call from Francesca's supposedly dead first husband precedes a fatal incident, Jessica must unravel the truth from hysteria to find a killer.
S2.E7 ∙ A Lady in the Lake
Jessica spends a little time at a lakeside inn where she witnesses what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling into the lake.
S2.E8 ∙ Dead Heat
Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse but then the horse's disagreeable owner is murdered after a dispute.
S2.E9 ∙ Jessica Behind Bars
Jessica visits a women's prison and is held captive when an uprising occurs because of abuse and murder at the facility.
S2.E10 ∙ Sticks and Stones
Cabot Cove is flooded with poison pen letters which proves hard for the town to handle as Amos prepares to hand the reins over to a new sheriff.
S2.E11 ∙ Murder Digs Deep
An archaeological dig, potentially the site of Coronado's City of Gold, does not please everyone as a new corpse is discovered.
S2.E12 ∙ Murder by Appointment Only
A former student of Jessica's becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in murder.
S2.E13 ∙ Trial by Error
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.
S2.E14 ∙ Keep the Home Fries Burning
Poisoned strawberry preserves served at the Joshua Peabody Inn result in murder.
S2.E15 ∙ Powder Keg
The justice system is tested when a group of angry rednecks form a lynch party and plan to hang a murder suspect.
S2.E16 ∙ Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.
S2.E17 ∙ One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Jessica finds herself in a tough spot when one of the auctioneers of a diary is murdered and she has to rely on Harry McGraw to help her out.
S2.E18 ∙ If a Body Meet a Body
Cabot Cove residents gather for a funeral and discover the coffin contains the wrong body. Where is Henry Veron, who is the dead mystery man, and was it murder?
S2.E19 ∙ Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday
Jessica must find out the truth when the ruthless owner of a periodical is murdered.
S2.E20 ∙ Menace, Anyone?
Jessica attends a tennis tournament as the guest of honor. She struggles to protect her former student Carol when her boyfriend is blown up in her car and she is the only suspect.
S2.E21 ∙ The Perfect Foil
In New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a distant cousin of Jessica is falsely accused of murder.
S2.E22 ∙ If the Frame Fits
Jessica is spending her holidays with an old friend, Lloyd Marcus. His daughter is found murdered in her house and her husband Donald becomes the prime suspect.
S3.E1 ∙ Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1
When Jessica's niece receives a silver Leprechaun from someone who has been presumed dead for years, Jessica decides to hunt down the mysterious gift giver from beyond the grave.
S3.E2 ∙ Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2
One murder leads to another as Jessica finds herself chasing down false alibis and the employees of a rival circus.
S3.E3 ∙ Unfinished Business
A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case and returns to the lakeside cabins where the murder occurred, gathering all the old suspects together.
S3.E4 ∙ One White Rose for Death
While attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.
S3.E5 ∙ Corned Beef and Carnage
Jessica gets involved when her niece Victoria is believed to be connected to the murder of her lecherous boss.
S3.E6 ∙ Dead Man's Gold
A group of young treasure hunters come to Cabot Cove looking for sunken treasure and one of them ends up dead.
S3.E7 ∙ Deadline for Murder
A veteran reporter who suffered a heart attack says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher. Jessica gets involved after the man ends up dead.
S3.E8 ∙ Magnum on Ice
Jessica comes to the assistance of Magnum when he's framed for two murders that occurred during her vacation in Hawaii in Novel Connection (1986).
S3.E9 ∙ Obituary for a Dead Anchor
When an obnoxious out-of-town TV personality is murdered, it's up to Jessica to figure out the killer.
S3.E10 ∙ Stage Struck
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts a play starring two previously married actors.
S3.E11 ∙ Night of the Headless Horseman
Jessica is in the wrong place at the right time to help her friend Dorian Beecher when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit.
S3.E12 ∙ The Corpse Flew First Class
While on a flight to London, a wealthy woman's chauffeur dies suddenly, and when the priceless necklace he was carrying turns up missing, it becomes a case of murder.
S3.E13 ∙ Crossed Up
The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was really a murder plot.
S3.E14 ∙ Murder in a Minor Key
Jessica tells the story of her new novel about a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.
S3.E15 ∙ The Bottom Line Is Murder
A lying TV consumer advocate is killed and suspicion lands on one of the clients whose products he maligned.
S3.E16 ∙ Death Takes a Dive
Jessica visits her old friend Harry McGraw in Boston who has become wrangled in the high stakes game of boxing.
S3.E17 ∙ Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Jessica investigates when an artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.
S3.E18 ∙ No Laughing Murder
Someone is found dead after the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics.
S3.E19 ∙ No Accounting for Murder
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble again when his boss is found dead and he is the main suspect.
S3.E20 ∙ The Cemetery Vote
The reform mayor dies in a so called "accident" and the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of it.
S3.E21 ∙ The Days Dwindle Down
Jessica investigates the possibility that a recent parolee went to jail for a crime he didn't commit.
S3.E22 ∙ Murder, She Spoke
A temporary black-out at a recording studio leaves Jessica in the dark when the wealthy soon-to-be-owner is stabbed to death.
S4.E1 ∙ A Fashionable Way to Die
Jessica jaunts to Paris at the beckon of an old friend whose fashion boutique is in financial trouble. When a local loan shark is murdered, Jessica must dig deep to find the truth.
S4.E2 ∙ When Thieves Fall Out
When a prisoner is released from jail after serving 20 years, he returns to Cabot Cove to prove he was wrongly convicted.
S4.E3 ∙ Witness for the Defense
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
S4.E4 ∙ Old Habits Die Hard
Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister and winds up searching for a nun's killer.
S4.E5 ∙ The Way to Dusty Death
A tyrant's demise puts Jessica on the trail of several of his betrayed executives.
S4.E6 ∙ It Runs in the Family
Jessica's British cousin, Emma MacGill (played by Angela Lansbury), is charged with an old flame's murder.
S4.E7 ∙ If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
The night deputy, who has been paying attention to various Cabot Cove ladies, needs Jessica's help when he becomes the prime suspect in his wife's murder.
S4.E8 ∙ Steal Me a Story
A bomb kills a TV producer who stole a plot from one of Jessica's books.
S4.E9 ∙ Trouble in Eden
To look into a small-town murder, Jessica poses as the sister of the slain woman.
S4.E10 ∙ Indian Giver
A Native Indian lays claim to Cabot Cove, throwing the town into chaos. When a local with valuable property is found murdered, all signs point to the town's supposed new land owner.
S4.E11 ∙ Doom with a View
Jessica and her nephew get more than they expect while staying at a posh New York hotel managed by Grady's old fraternity buddy.
S4.E12 ∙ Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
When Amos' sister & her in-laws descend upon Cabot Cove, Jessica hosts a dinner party with homicidal results, leaving the finger pointing at the Sheriff's sister.
S4.E13 ∙ Harbinger of Death
When a defense contractor is found murdered, Jessica must prove her nephew-in-law is innocent.
S4.E14 ∙ Curse of the Daanav
When Seth's estranged brother is murdered, Jessica must figure out if a cursed ruby from India is responsible.
S4.E15 ∙ Mourning Among the Wisterias
Jessica is summoned to Savannah to help a friend with his play and receives an offer of marriage she didn't expect. Even more surprised are the man's plotting family.
S4.E16 ∙ Murder Through the Looking Glass
While in Connecticut for a convention, Jessica hears the dying confession of a hit man and uncovers a mysterious safe house housing an important foreign dignitary.
S4.E17 ∙ A Very Good Year for Murder
The Gambini family winery is the take-over target of organized crime and it's up to Jessica to uncover who is behind the murder of a mafia hit man.
S4.E18 ∙ Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
The death of an eccentric shut-in brings the burden of executing her will to Jessica. How does the legend that Benedict Arnold once slept in the woman's house and a possible "treasure" fit into the puzzle?
S4.E19 ∙ Just Another Fish Story
Jessica is delighted to return to New York City with the announcement of her nephew's impending engagement. But when a restaurant employee is killed, the engagement is threatened.
S4.E20 ∙ Showdown in Saskatchewan
Jessica's niece is smitten with a rodeo rider and refuses to believe he could have committed a murder.
S4.E21 ∙ Deadpan
When one of Jessica's former students brings a play based on her novel to Broadway, she finds herself in the middle of a war between two rival critics.
S4.E22 ∙ The Body Politic
Jessica comes to the aid of yet another dear old friend running as a senatorial candidate. When the candidate's campaign manager is murdered, Jessica must help prove her innocence.
S5.E1 ∙ J.B.. as in Jailbird
A chance encounter with her old friend Michael Hagarty leaves Jessica standing over a dead Bulgarian diplomat and accused of murder.
S5.E2 ∙ A Little Night Work
After her publisher announces his impending retirement, Jessica heads to NYC where she is simultaneously wooed by potential new publishers and a smooth-talking jewel thief.
S5.E3 ∙ Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Jessica is perplexed by the death of an elderly man as suspicion points to the two simple-minded spinster sisters he was living with.
S5.E4 ∙ Snow White, Blood Red
A massive storm results in Jessica snowed in at a ski lodge with an Olympic men's ski team and a murderer on the loose.
S5.E5 ∙ Coal Miner's Slaughter
When a former student is arrested for murder, Jessica heads to West Virginia to bail her out. The unfriendly town hinders her investigation.
S5.E6 ∙ Wearing of the Green
In New York City researching her next book, Jessica is drawn into a mystery involving a priceless tiara, a reclusive former actress and a news reporter accused of murder.
S5.E7 ∙ The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
Jessica is summoned to California where a recently-recovered Air Force plane could pin a decades-old murder on her dead husband Frank.
S5.E8 ∙ Prediction: Murder
Lee Goddard successfully coaxes Jessica to join him at his ranch in Arizona but intrigue and murder follow them there when a mysterious psychic joins them.
S5.E9 ∙ Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
Grady's wedding day arrives, and so does an unpleasant fate for the shrewish housekeeper of his prospective father-in-law's estate.
S5.E10 ∙ Weave a Tangled Web
The murder of a womanizing gambler leads to double lives being exposed in seemingly quaint and old-fashioned Cabot Cove.
S5.E11 ∙ The Search for Peter Kerry
Jessica aids yet another dear old friend in his search for his missing grandson.
S5.E12 ∙ Smooth Operators
While in New York, the dead body of a homeless person missing a shoe is discovered and leads Jessica to believe the supposed accidental death was not an accident.
S5.E13 ∙ Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
Jessica is suspicious when the appearance of the ghost of a long-dead witch burned at the stake coincides with the release of a book on the very subject.
S5.E14 ∙ From Russia... with Blood
Jessica is detained in Moscow when a spy attempts to smuggle a film out of the Soviet Union in her handbag.
S5.E15 ∙ Alma Murder
Jessica is summoned to her old alma mater when one of her college professors confesses to a murder Jessica believes he didn't really commit.
S5.E16 ∙ Truck Stop
En route to LA, Jessica is detoured at a seedy truck stop where a series of murders makes it clear she isn't there by accident.
S5.E17 ∙ The Sins of Castle Cove
A vindictive, tell-all work of fiction mirroring Cabot Cove sends the townspeople into an uproar and when a murder occurs, following the plot of the book, it's up to Jessica to separate fact from fiction.
S5.E18 ∙ Trevor Hudson's Legacy
Jessica heads to Montana to aid a young friend editing the last manuscript of the late writer, Trevor Hudson, but when murder results, she must weed through the lies of Hudson's scheming family to uncover the truth.
S5.E19 ∙ Double Exposure
Jessica encounters a man who she believes is her neighbor from years back, but when the man denies it, Jessica recruits Harry McGraw to dig to the bottom of the mystery.
S5.E20 ∙ Three Strikes, You're Out
Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter.
S5.E21 ∙ Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1
A rival mystery writer arrives at Jessica's door with not-so-friendly intentions.
S5.E22 ∙ Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2
Cabot Cove is abuzz when Eudora McVeigh is determined to fill Jessica's role in solving a local murder.
S6.E1 ∙ Appointment in Athens
Jessica is detoured from a scheduled book tour after encountering MI6 agent Michael Haggerty and he convinces her to pose as his wife in Greece.
S6.E2 ∙ Seal of the Confessional
Cabot Cove's new priest finds himself in a sticky situation when a murderer confesses their crime and he recruits Jessica to help him uncover the truth without violating his oath of silence.
S6.E3 ∙ The Grand Old Lady
Jessica narrates a story from 40 years ago when another female mystery writer helped to solve a mysterious murder aboard the Queen Mary.
S6.E4 ∙ The Error of Her Ways
In Palm Springs, Jessica teams up with the local chief of police to figure out who killed a local investor and what happened to a large amount of money.
S6.E5 ∙ Jack and Bill
Jessica narrates the story of an ex-football player turned private eye who investigates the murder of his old teammate with the help of a savvy pooch.
S6.E6 ∙ Dead Letter
Jessica's acquisition of an old bureau at a rummage sale unleashes a chain of events that leads to the death of a local volunteer fireman in a furniture store.
S6.E7 ∙ Night of the Tarantula
Voodoo black magic is the apparent cause of death of her host, leaving Jessica to figure out the truth while visiting an old friend in Jamaica.
S6.E8 ∙ When the Fat Lady Sings
Jessica is drawn into an appropriately melodramatic situation when a renowned opera singer is accused of murder in San Francisco.
S6.E9 ∙ Test of Wills
On a dark and stormy night on a remote island, Jessica finds herself in the middle of a wealthy family squabbling over the inheritance of a millionaire.
S6.E10 ∙ Class Act
Jessica narrates the tale of a police detective sent to teach a university criminology class and challenges his students to solve a real homicide.
S6.E11 ∙ Town Father
Scandal abounds during election time in Cabot Cove when the Mayor is reputed to have a secret wife who comes to confront him with murderous results.
S6.E12 ∙ Good-Bye Charlie
Jessica narrates her newest novel about a bumbling private eye and his girlfriend inadvertently solving a murder by trying to cash in on a dead relative's will.
S6.E13 ∙ If the Shoe Fits
A womanizing Cabot Cove landlord is found murdered and Jessica must prove the innocence of a young boy's mother who is accused of the crime.
S6.E14 ∙ How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying
Jessica's trip to New York City to meet with her stockbroker becomes complicated when the broker is found murdered and his secretary charged with the crime.
S6.E15 ∙ The Fixer-Upper
Intrigue abounds in sunny California when Jessica's niece, Victoria, is accused of the murder of a rich movie heiress in Beverly Hills.
S6.E16 ∙ The Big Show of 1965
Murder occurs at the reunion of a variety show, site of a similar crime 25 years earlier.
S6.E17 ∙ Murder -- According to Maggie
A show cancellation coincides with a network executive's murder.
S6.E18 ∙ O'Malley's Luck
Jessica's friend, police Lt. O'Malley, and his rookie niece solve the case of a businessman's wife's apparent suicide.
S6.E19 ∙ Always a Thief
Jessica's friend, former jewel thief Dennis Stanton, solves a high-society collector's coin theft and murder.
S6.E20 ∙ Shear Madness
When a murder is committed shortly after the release of a mentally ill man, Jessica helps the man's sister prove his innocence.
S6.E21 ∙ The Szechuan Dragon
While Jessica is out of town, her nephew, Grady, and his pregnant wife, Donna, house sit. When woken at night, they find a peg-legged man murdered on the living room floor.
S6.E22 ∙ The Sicilian Encounter
Cross, double-cross, and triple-cross as Michael Hagarty and representatives of other governments try to elicit information and money from a Mafia family.
S7.E1 ∙ Trials and Tribulations
Jessica is accused of false testimony and bribery in the death of an escaping murderer.
S7.E2 ∙ Deadly Misunderstanding
Jessica tries to exonerate a temporary employee accused of her husband's murder.
S7.E3 ∙ See You in Court, Baby
Dennis Stanton tries to clear a man of charges he murdered an unscrupulous divorce attorney.
S7.E4 ∙ Hannigan's Wake
Jessica reopens a 16-year-old murder case at the urging of a dying author who felt injustice was done.
S7.E5 ∙ The Family Jewels
Jessica's night at a political fund-raiser turns to murder.
S7.E6 ∙ A Body to Die For
The owner of a new, hot fitness club in Cabot Cove has secrets that lead to murder.
S7.E7 ∙ The Return of Preston Giles
Out on parole, Jessica's former publisher tries to woo her back into the fold.
S7.E8 ∙ The Great Twain Robbery
An alleged Twain manuscript begets greed, deception, arson, and murder.
S7.E9 ∙ Ballad for a Blue Lady
Jessica gets enmeshed in feuds, infidelity, and murder in Nashville.
S7.E10 ∙ Murder in F Sharp
Dennis Stanton investigates when a prominent pianist's wife is murdered shortly after the pianist's hands are badly burnt.
S7.E11 ∙ Family Doctor
A quiet dinner out for Seth and Jessica ends abruptly when he is forced to care for an injured Mafia kingpin. Will Seth and Jessica survive?
S7.E12 ∙ Suspicion of Murder
Dennis Stanton must prove his innocence when he is accused of murdering a flame's estranged husband.
S7.E13 ∙ Moving Violation
Sheriff Metzer defies political pressure and arrests an ambassador's son for various charges. Later, the son is found dead and Metzger finds himself charged with murder.
S7.E14 ∙ Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
A fan, posing as Jessica, is arrested and later murdered.
S7.E15 ∙ The Taxman Cometh
An IRS-plagued woman may have killed her informer husband.
S7.E16 ∙ From the Horse's Mouth
A clash between Kentucky Thoroughbred breeders leads to murder.
S7.E17 ∙ The Prodigal Father
The presumed dead perpetrator of a 20-year-old bank robbery resurfaces, then is murdered.
S7.E18 ∙ Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
A shy ventriloquist is suspected of murdering a ruthless comedy club owner.
S7.E19 ∙ Thursday's Child
Jessica is pulled into a murder investigation by a woman who claims Jessica's husband fathered her son.
S7.E20 ∙ Murder, Plain and Simple
During Jessica's trip to Amish country, her escort is accused of murder.
S7.E21 ∙ Tainted Lady
The poisoning deaths of three customers point to the local diner owner.
S7.E22 ∙ The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
A writer is murdered after sending Jessica a manuscript exposing a kidnapping scam.
S8.E1 ∙ Bite the Big Apple
Jessica takes a teaching position in New York, gets an apartment and finds its previous tenant has been murdered.
S8.E2 ∙ Night Fears
A professor and ex-cop challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of campus muggings.
S8.E3 ∙ Unauthorized Obituary
A murdered writer leaves a devoted sister, a grieving husband, and a tangle of secrets for Jessica to sort.
S8.E4 ∙ Thicker Than Water
Sheriff Metzger assumes his younger brother, the black sheep of the family, is guilty as charged, of murder.
S8.E5 ∙ Lines of Excellence
Jessica trades in her typewriter for a computer and Michael, one of her students, takes her to the company where he works to get setup. When one of their programmers is murdered, Michael is arrested. A missed phone call is the key.
S8.E6 ∙ Judge Not
Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great.
S8.E7 ∙ Terminal Connection
When a friend is charged with murdering her abusive husband, Jessica tries to help.
S8.E8 ∙ A Killing in Vegas
Jessica tries to disprove charges against her friend's boyfriend, suspected of murdering a Las Vegas casino manager.
S8.E9 ∙ The Committee
Jessica is the first women to speak at a function at an all-male club, then a member is murdered.
S8.E10 ∙ The List of Yuri Lermentov
Once again, a reluctant Jessica is drawn into Michael Hagarty's spy world when a retiring KGB agent hides a coded list of undercover MI6 agents in her book at a Trade Reception.
S8.E11 ∙ Danse Diabolique
Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.
S8.E12 ∙ The Witch's Curse
Cabot Cove suspects a woman playing a witch in a community play is the real thing.
S8.E13 ∙ Incident in Lot 7
The would-be producer of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies.
S8.E14 ∙ The Monte Carlo Murders
Jessica probes a Monte Carlo murder for which her hotelier friend is a suspect.
S8.E15 ∙ Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
Jessica gets involved in a British Intelligence operation's cover-up of a double agent's murder.
S8.E17 ∙ To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee
Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself.
S8.E18 ∙ Programmed for Murder
A computer programmer's death may mean a malpractice suit for Seth, but Jessica suspects murder.
S8.E19 ∙ Day of the Dead
The noise and costumes of the Mexican "Day of the Dead" fiesta make it hard for Jessica to identify a killer.
S8.E20 ∙ Angel of Death
Martin Tremaine (played by Darren McGavin), a playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, loses another family member to murder.
S8.E21 ∙ Badge of Honor
Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder.
S8.E22 ∙ Murder on Madison Avenue
Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime.
S9.E1 ∙ Murder in Milan
While attending the premiere of a film adapted from one of her books in Milan, Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered.
S9.E2 ∙ Family Secrets
One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal.
S9.E3 ∙ The Mole
The police refuse to believe Jessica when she is mistaken for a government informant and kidnapped by the town's most respected citizen.
S9.E4 ∙ The Wind Around the Tower
While being visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and her friend are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes.
S9.E5 ∙ The Dead File
Jessica appears in a comic strip accusing various people of wrongdoing and triggering a lawsuit -- but the author insists he had nothing to do with it and his inker is killed in his studio.
S9.E6 ∙ Night of the Coyote
Jessica helps the sheriff of an old Western town solve a murder that is connected to a legendary stagecoach robber's long-lost treasure.
S9.E7 ∙ Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice
Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead.
S9.E8 ∙ The Classic Murder
The father of Jessica's editor disappears with one hundred and fifty million dollars.
S9.E9 ∙ A Christmas Secret
The future son-in-law of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in a shooting.
S9.E10 ∙ The Sound of Murder
Jessica records one of her novels for the blind and, while at the recording studio, is invited to a taping of a rock video. When a murder happens during the taping, Jessica tries to find the murderer.
S9.E11 ∙ Final Curtain
The community center of Cabot Cove is getting ready to produce a play with retired actor David North. What follows is interrupted rehearsals and a murder in town.
S9.E12 ∙ Double Jeopardy
A not-guilty verdict in the murder of a community activist leads to threats of violence.
S9.E13 ∙ Dead Eye
Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve both an old murder and a new one.
S9.E14 ∙ Killer Radio
While on a book tour, Jessica agrees to guest on a local radio talk show that has feuding co-owners. When a murder takes place, Jessica helps sort out the tangled webs of confusion to bring the killer to justice.
S9.E15 ∙ The Petrified Florist
Jessica must unravel the reason behind the murder of a popular florist.
S9.E16 ∙ Threshold of Fear
Jessica helps a neighbor in her New York building who has a phobia about leaving her apartment since she saw her mother murdered five years ago.
S9.E17 ∙ The Big Kill
Two murders result when the CEO of a defense corporation tries to save his company by illegally selling leftover components.
S9.E18 ∙ Dead to Rights
Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact that the woman is a pathological liar.
S9.E19 ∙ Lone Witness
Jessica helps solve a murder when the only witness, a local delivery boy she has befriended, becomes the prime suspect.
S9.E20 ∙ Ship of Thieves
While on a cruise, Jessica helps an old friend, now a ship's security chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area.
S9.E21 ∙ The Survivor
Jessica becomes involved in an internal police investigation when a colleague is left for dead in an accident in which a rookie policeman is killed.
S9.E22 ∙ Love's Deadly Desire
Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting romance novelist's assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband.
S10.E1 ∙ A Death in Hong Kong
Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by the murder of an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon.
S10.E2 ∙ For Whom the Ball Tolls
When Jessica agrees to help preserve a historic brownstone, she winds up trying to clear her editor of the murder of an opposing developer.
S10.E3 ∙ The Legacy of Borbey House
While restoring her house in Cabot Cove, Jessica worries that her contractor is preoccupied by the remodeling of another house until the project is put on hold when the client who may or may not be a vampire is found murdered.
S10.E4 ∙ The Phantom Killer
Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.
S10.E5 ∙ A Virtual Murder
Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.
S10.E6 ∙ Bloodlines
A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud.
S10.E7 ∙ A Killing in Cork
While visiting Ireland, Jessica searches for clues when a widowed friend's son is suspected of killing an American relative.
S10.E8 ∙ Love & Hate in Cabot Cove
Jessica returns to Cabot Cove to discover why her accountant is not paying her bills.
S10.E9 ∙ Murder at a Discount
One of Jessica's best-selling mysteries makes her the target of a lawsuit by a man who was tried and acquitted for murder.
S10.E10 ∙ Murder in White
When Jessica is called to London to rewrite the stage adaptation of her novel, she must prove her actress friend innocent of killing a producer.
S10.E11 ∙ Northern Explosion
While stranded in a small Canadian town, Jessica helps the Mounties solve two local murders.
S10.E12 ∙ Proof in the Pudding
Jessica attends the opening of a new restaurant. But when the chef is killed, Jessica is the only one who can find the real killer.
S10.E13 ∙ Portrait of Death
Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's sculpture is used as a murder weapon.
S10.E14 ∙ Deadly Assets
Back in Cabot Cove to orchestrate a surprise birthday dinner for Seth, Jessica is drawn into what looks like a small-time theft by Charlie Garrett and an apparent Mob connection.
S10.E15 ∙ Murder on the Thirtieth Floor
In New York, Jessica's publisher Edward Graham seems to be cracking up following the death of his wife. But was a fall from the top of the building suicide or murder?
S10.E16 ∙ Time to Die
Jessica's teen writing class has two promising students, Alida and Chris. But when Chris' loan-shark stepfather turns up dead after pursuing Alida and fleeing a hit-and-run, Chris is the prime suspect.
S10.E17 ∙ The Dying Game
Jessica has worked to have Larkins sold to a museum, but an embezzled pension plan leads to a rival bid and murder.
S10.E18 ∙ The Trouble with Seth
Jessica searches for Seth when he suddenly disappears and fresh bloodstains in his office indicate foul play.
S10.E19 ∙ Roadkill
While visiting a friend in Texas, Jessica attempts to help the owner of a small trucking company clear his son of a murder charge.
S10.E20 ∙ A Murderous Muse
Jessica searches for the truth when a legendary maestro is found murdered and an innocent man is charged with the crime.
S10.E21 ∙ Wheel of Death
The arrival of a traveling carnival in Cabot Cove coincides with a rash of burglaries and the murder of the troupe's owner.
S11.E1 ∙ A Nest of Vipers
In Los Angeles, to research an animal park, Jessica finds the employees trying to protect themselves in the middle of a skimmed-funds scandal. Then an amoral publicist turns up dead.
S11.E2 ∙ Amsterdam Kill
Jessica's investigation of a novelist's kidnapping leads her into the dark world of diamond smuggling and murder.
S11.E3 ∙ To Kill a Legend
Jessica discovers a letter from George Washington that leads to a hero's disgrace and a director's murder.
S11.E4 ∙ Death in Hawaii
Jessica's vacation to Honolulu becomes chaotic when the son of her host vanishes during a hotly contested U.S. Senate election.
S11.E5 ∙ Dear Deadly
When a newspaper columnist becomes the target of a crazed gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful is ignored.
S11.E6 ∙ The Murder Channel
In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused and then puzzled by the strange drama unfolding on TV.
S11.E7 ∙ Fatal Paradise
Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique for her vacation at the same time he is accused of murder.
S11.E8 ∙ Crimson Harvest
The mysterious deaths of a winery matriarch's son and a rival vintner lead Jessica into a world of greed and betrayal.
S11.E9 ∙ Murder by Twos
Jessica searches for a link between the town bully's death and the death of the woman he was having an affair with.
S11.E10 ∙ Murder of the Month Club
The taping of an infomercial by Jessica and two fellow novelists is plagued by problems including the mysterious death of an audience member.
S11.E11 ∙ An Egg to Die For
Jessica helps a Russian police officer capture the elusive mastermind behind the theft of a Faberge egg.
S11.E12 ∙ The Scent of Murder
The pervasive stench of death looms over Jessica and Seth's visit to his cousin's South Carolina plantation.
S11.E13 ∙ Death 'N Denial
Jessica takes a trip to Egypt to finalize a cultural exchange program and ends up searching for a killer and a stolen artifact.
S11.E14 ∙ Murder in High "C"
An opera singer tries to make her debut before a stalker can fulfill his promise to kill her.
S11.E15 ∙ Twice Dead
When a brilliant scientist fakes his own death and is then actually murdered, Jessica sets the record straight when the wrong man is arrested.
S11.E16 ∙ Film Flam
Homicide haunts the release of a restored movie, and Jessica investigates the current crime and the 1960 murder that prevented the original release.
S11.E17 ∙ Murder a la Mode
Jessica's excursion into the world of the fashion elite in Paris leads to murder, sweatshops and smugglers.
S11.E18 ∙ The Dream Team
Cabot Cove's townspeople are concerned about a proposed massive coastline development. It's more complicated for Jessica as the development company in question employs her nephew, Grady. Soon, malfeasance and murder are ushered in.
S11.E19 ∙ School for Murder
It seems that more than schoolboy pranks are going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival.
S11.E20 ∙ Another Killing in Cork
While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is beset by a consortium that wants to buy his land for a strip mine.
S11.E21 ∙ Game, Set, Murder
A domineering father forces a teenager to play tennis beyond her desire, and she suffers emotional problems.
S12.E1 ∙ Nailed
Jessica uses her head to weave through the makeup and hairspray concealing the murderer of a financier at a beauty salon.
S12.E2 ∙ A Quaking in Aspen
Jessica is fired up to find the murderer of her friend's husband, but private detective Charlie Garrett is unwittingly putting out the flames.
S12.E3 ∙ The Secret of Gila Junction
When Jessica's friend Norma asks her to come to Gila Junction, Jessica is roped into helping Norma investigate a possible conspiracy while a rumored treasure may have led to a murder.
S12.E4 ∙ Big Easy Murder
Jessica travels to New Orleans and is caught up in a web of voodoo related murders.
S12.E5 ∙ Home Care
Jessica immerses herself in the medical profession when a young nurse is accused of murdering two patients to whom she was providing home care.
S12.E6 ∙ Nan's Ghost: Part 1
A haunted spirit and antique smugglers are just a few challenges Jessica faces on her Irish vacation.
S12.E7 ∙ Nan's Ghost: Part 2
Jessica is trapped in the dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.
S12.E8 ∙ Shooting in Rome
Jessica is doing re-writes for a movie that is beset with both artistic and financial problems. When the stunt man dies doing a car jump scene, the director is charged with murder. It is up to Jessica to find the real killer.
S12.E9 ∙ Deadly Bidding
Charlie Garrett's outrageous bid at an auction arouses Jessica's suspicions after the artist becomes the subject of a homicide.
S12.E10 ∙ Frozen Stiff
Gary and Larry's Frozen Stuff accountant is found dead. Shortly thereafter, $750,000 earmarked for Jessica's Literacy Fund is found missing. It's up to Jessica to find the killer.
S12.E11 ∙ Unwilling Witness
After being subpoenaed to testify at the Grand Jury probe of a brokerage house, Jessica is charged with contempt. Released on a technicality, she has to dodge further subpoenas while finding out who killed the man they think she talked to.
S12.E12 ∙ Kendo Killing
Jessica's delivery to a motorcycle racer in Japan speeds up a series of events that result in the death of another racer.
S12.E13 ∙ Death Goes Double Platinum
Desi Ortega and his Latin group have a single climbing the charts until Max Daniels wants to own the group. When Daniels' assistant turns up dead, has someone in the group struck back?
S12.E14 ∙ Murder in Tempo
Seth's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.
S12.E15 ∙ The Dark Side of the Door
Jessica's friend Erin is haunted by being kidnapped as a child, and when Erin reads a novel with a story too close for coincidence, Jessica makes a shocking revelation.
S12.E16 ∙ Murder Among Friends
In this spoof of Friends (1994), the producer of a hit TV show called "Buds" featuring an ensemble cast is about to kill off one of the characters when she is found dead in her office.
S12.E17 ∙ Something Foul in Flappieville
After Jessica's story for children becomes a television puppet show, she must find the fiend who used one of the puppets as a murder weapon.
S12.E18 ∙ Track of a Soldier
On vacation in the Tetons, Jessica encounters jewel thieves and a man from her Army vet host's past.
S12.E19 ∙ Evidence of Malice
Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy, who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car.
S12.E20 ∙ Southern Double-Cross
In Australia, Jessica may be the legal owner of a valley that the sheepherders and miners are arguing over, and may be the cause of the disappearance of Jessica's lawyer.
S12.E21 ∙ Race to Death
Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime.
S12.E22 ∙ What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Johnny is engaged to Seth's niece Amy but enrages Les by visiting Sherri. When Johnny is the victim of a motorcycle accident, Amy insists that it was murder.
S12.E23 ∙ Mrs. Parker's Revenge
A switched packet of amateur-written stories involves Jessica in an international plot to steal a biological-weapon virus.
S12.E24 ∙ Death by Demographics
A radio station's new manager is murdered after changing their format from classical music to hard rock.
