Mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher - a down-to-earth, middle-aged widow - ferrets out the criminals in idyllic Cabot Cove, Maine, which apparently is the murder capital of the United States for the show's 12-season run. Though while travelling, she uncovers a fair number of killers as well.
Jessica's niece Victoria is the prime suspect in the murder of her lecherous boss. Can Jessica get to the bottom of it and clear her niece's name? (S3 Ep13)
Jessica spends her vacation proving that fellow crime-buster Thomas Magnum is innocent of two murders.
Jessica's beloved Cabot Cove is placed under the spotlight when a television reporter disappears in mysterious circumstances.
Jessica investigates the suspicious death of an actress.
Jessica is approached by her old friend Dorian Beecher, a shy poet, who begs her to help him.
A flight to London proves to be anything but first class as a murder and a priceless missing necklace disrupt the trip.
Jessica is laid low with a bad back, but is not too ill to intervene when she overhears two men hatching a murder plot.
Jessica lends a hand when a music graduate is arrested for the murder of his former tutor.
When the host of a consumer TV show is murdered, one of Jessica's friends is arrested. She is convinced he was the intended victim.
Jessica Fletcher sets about sleuthing when the will of an old friend becomes the catalyst for murder.
Jessica investigates the murder of a famous artist friend and the disappearance of latest painting.
A longstanding feud between two comedians ends in a murder at the engagement party for Jessica's goddaughter. (S3 Ep18)
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble again when his boss is found dead and he is the main suspect. Can Jessica get to the bottom of it? (S3 Ep17)
Jessica becomes embroiled in political intrigue when a mayor and his father are murdered. (S3 Ep20)
Jessica discovers a link between a parolee who claims to be innocent of a 30-year-old murder and a movie he was in. (S3 Ep21)
Jessica is recording some of her stories for the blind, when the sound studio's new owner is murdered. (S3 Ep22)