
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.
An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store; are these events connected?
While visiting a friend in Jamaica, Jessica encounters voodoo and black magic when a family celebration is marred by murder.
Jessica is drawn into the investigation when an obnoxious man is murdered on the weekend she visits a college campus.
Jessica heads to London in answer to a foreboding message from her cousin (Angela Lansbury in a dual role).