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.
Jessica investigates a murder which coincides with Doc Hazlitt's sighting of a 17th-century witch.
Jessica poses as a wealthy patient to probe the murder of a vagabond identified as the hospital's accountant.
Jessica investigates the reappearance of an heir who had been missing for over 20 years.
Jessica poses as a New York jet setter to investigate the murder of Cabot Cove's notorious womanizer (George Chakiris).
Jessica investigates the murders of U.S. World Cup skiers while snowed in at a ski area holding tryouts.
Jessica investigates when bodies start turning up in the Appletree sisters' (Joan Leslie, Teresa Wright) house and garden.
Jessica attends a fund-raiser for a New York publisher, and he is found dead, and his wife's diamond necklace is missing from his safe.
When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou) and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.
Jessica is caught in a game of deadly politics when a close friend's campaign is threatened by scandal.
When the feud of two drama critics ends in murder, Jessica has a full cast of suspects, including the surviving critic.
Jessica probes a suspicious accident while visiting her niece (Kristy McNichol) on the Canadian rodeo circuit.
A rude maitre d' (Dick Gautier) is murdered at the New York restaurant in which Jessica has just invested.
An unhappy wife, a government official, a lovesick assistant and a self-centered astronomer are suspects in the murder of a young executive.
Shortly after Sheriff Tupper's sister leaves her husband and seeks refuge in Cabot Cove, a murder occurs.
Visiting her nephew Grady in New York, Jessica probes a murder involving the family of his college buddy.
The descendant of a tribe once inhabiting Cabot Cove has a land grant claiming the town as Indian territory.
Jessica's friend is hit by a car shortly after being notified of her sister's death.
A bomb kills a TV producer (Ken Swofford) who stole a plot from one of Jessica's books, making Jessica a suspect in his death.