
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 traveling, she uncovers a fair number of killers as well.
A murder occurs while Jessica is recording one of her novels for the Mystery Books for the Blind series.
At a fashion premiere in Paris, Jessica gets involved in the murder investigation of a supper-club owner.
A 25-year comedy feud hampers Jessica's probe of a stabbing murder at her goddaughter's engagement party.
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.