
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.
In Japan, Jessica gets involved in the murder of a motorcycle racer, the son of an international CEO (Pat Morita).
Jessica investigates a murder committed at her nephew's wedding.
Jessica works hard to get her friend's (Tony Plana) Latino band a recording contract, until a murder rocks her plans.
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room, and she can't explain why.