Jessica's old friend, NYPD Detective Lt. O'Malley (Pat Hingle), investigates the suspicious suicide of a wealthy New York developer's wife.
The questionable identity of a body found by a railroad track leads to murder and becomes the inspiration for Jessica's latest novel.
Jessica may be forced into public office when a woman arrives in town claiming Cabot Cove's bachelor mayor is the father of her five children.
Jessica's friend, a top-flight homicide detective (Barry Newman), investigates the cover-up of a young woman's murder.
Jessica spends the weekend on a remote island with a tycoon (Gene Barry) who thinks his life is in danger.
Jessica becomes involved in a double-murder investigation when she attends an opera opening with old friend Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) in San Francisco.
While visiting a friend in Jamaica, Jessica encounters voodoo and black magic when a family celebration is marred by murder.
An undelivered letter that Jessica finds in an antique bureau, purchased at a rummage sale, unleashes arson and murder.
Jessica's friend's (Ken Howard) dog-sitting assignment turns to mystery when the canine's owner doesn't return.
Jessica investigates when her the friend (Tim Dunigan) of her nephew (Todd Bryant) is accused of murdering a female sportscaster.
In Boston Jessica calls on private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) after running into an old friend who denies knowing her.
Jessica must find the truth when murder befalls a young writer she had recommended to edit a dead author's last novel.
Jessica's former student publishes a tell-all novel with characters resembling Cabot Cove residents, but when a murder occurs that follows the book's plot, Jessica gets involved.
Jessica encounters murder when car trouble strands her and a fellow writer at a run-down truck stop owned by a disillusioned woman.
A former sorority sister asks Jessica's help in clearing the name of a respected college professor who has confessed to murder.
Jessica is detained and accused of espionage while attending an international writers conference in Moscow.
A cargo plane abandoned on an Alaskan ice field in 1952 is the scene of a murder implicating Jessica's late husband.
Searching for a stolen tiara, Jessica meets the reclusive actress (Jean Peters) for whom it was designed.
Jessica becomes embroiled in a town's tensions while investigating the shooting death of a coal mine owner.
Jessica investigates the murders of U.S. World Cup skiers while snowed in at a ski area holding tryouts.