
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.
Jessica investigates the murders of U.S. World Cup skiers while snowed in at a ski area holding tryouts.
Jessica becomes embroiled in a town's tensions while investigating the shooting death of a coal mine owner.
Searching for a stolen tiara, Jessica meets the reclusive actress (Jean Peters) for whom it was designed.
The airplane Jessica's late husband bailed out of in 1952 is finally found, but it with a body inside.