
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 spends the weekend on a remote island with a tycoon (Gene Barry) who thinks his life is in danger.
Jessica's friend, a top-flight homicide detective (Barry Newman), investigates the cover-up of a young woman's murder.
A woman is electrocuted in the bathtub, and the chaos that follows makes things difficult for Amos as he prepares to turn the reins over to a new sheriff.
Jessica investigates when murder fells a local Navajo Indian guide who opposed an archaeologist's desecration of tribal lands.