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Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.

When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.

A man thinks he should get royalties from a book based on his case, written by Jessica.

Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.

Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.

An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.

Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.

The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.

Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.

It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.

Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder.

The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest.

Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder.

Jessica agrees to go to New York to bid on a manuscript purportedly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while there, she gets mixed up in the murder of a local forger who had been involved in the theft of a priceless Degas painting two years earlier when she tries to help Charlie Garrett out of a jam.

A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional problems.

After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.

People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.

Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.

The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.

The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.

The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.

A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.

An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

When a woman is electrocuted in her bathroom, Amos chuckles that even Jessica can't make a murder out of it. Michael Dugby: Parker Stevenson. Harry Pierce: John Astin. Frederich Hoffman: Paul Benedict. Adam Frobisher: Christopher Stone. Edna: Evelyn Keyes.

Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.

A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected

The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady.

Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder.

Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.

Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.

Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.

The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.

While Jessica prepares her book for serialization of her book in a newspaper, real trouble is brewing in the newsroom.

Jessica is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped at the airport. When the woman she is mistaken for is killed, Jessica finds the murderer.

Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.

While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and friend Seas are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes.

There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.

Private investigator Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique vacationing at the same time he is accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client.

A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.

Doing public service, Jessica becomes a hostage in a prison riot caused by anger in the handling of the doctor's murder.

After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.

The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.

Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.

In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused by and then puzzled by the strange drama unfolding on TV.

Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.

Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first child with his wife, Terry. At Georgia Jarvis' request, Jessica looks into the crime, and through flashbacks, Sam remembers when Jarvis had offered him $10,000 to make his suicide look like murder. While Jessica believes that Sam is innocent, she doesn't believe it was suicide, and asks Sam's son Rod, a police officer, to lend a hand.

It seems that there is more than schoolboy pranks going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival.

An argument over stud fees ends in murder.

Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students.

After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.

Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.

A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.

Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

Jessica helps Seth solve family problems when his rich southern cousin is murdered.

Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.

At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.

During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.

A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.

A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim--her millionaire husband.

A recluse is terrified when the killer she sees in her dreams tries to see her in real life.

Murder, plagiarisim, and blackmail stalk those around Jessica on her promotional book tour.

Poor Jessica can't take a vacation without finding mystery or murder. In this case, it is an election campaign gone bad.

A Cabot Cove resident is killed in Jessica's garage.

While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is really dead.

In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only.

The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.

Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.

Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her now?

Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.

The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.

While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.

The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.

Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?

In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.

When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case.

The legend of a stage coach robber's hidden treasure leads to the murder of an old mining town entrepreneur.

Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.

Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair. Although Jessica and Victoria are relieved to learn that Howard isn't cheating but rather dressing up as a woman to perform at a nightclub, the relief is short lived when Howard is arrested for murdering his boss, Al Drake, who had been refusing to pay him. The police are convinced that Drake was shot during Freddy York's act, which doesn't leave a lot of time, but Jessica is determined to prove Howard's innocence.

An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?

A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.

A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim.

Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.

A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.

Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke.

Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.

Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.

The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.

While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strange circumstances, and Jessica tries to find out what really happened.

Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time and finds a great deal of political game-playing in Washington.

Parisian slave-labor sweatshops provide the setting for the crimes, and the pretentious world of fashion is where Jessica solves them.

The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

Jessica and Grady head to the home of publisher Christopher Bundy, whose publishing company owns the rights to Jessica's first short story. Jessica is quite upset, as Bundy's magazine is known for it's racy pictures of young women. While there, Jessica is pleased to run into an old acquaintance, Chester Harrison, and when Harrison is accused of murdering Christopher Bundy, Jessica vows to prove his innocence but runs into trouble when the family isn't interested in having their own skeletons dragged out of the closet.

Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.

An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.

An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.

Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco.

An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find another job.

A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.

Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who was really a drug dealer, shows up to do the interview, complete with cameras and crew. After Kevin is presumed dead when a boat Amos chartered for him explodes, Cabot Cove explodes with press and paparazzi, and the citizens blame Jessica for all the problems it causes, demanding that she solve the mystery. Unfortunately, once Keats is revealed to be alive and well, the real question is who the true target was.

Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.

A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.

It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

Was a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip magazine editors?

The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's wife.

One of the partners trying to raze a Brownstone where Hemmingway once wrote is erased--permanently.

A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma.

Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.

A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.

Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

During the Milan Film Festival, famous fim producer Catherine Wayne is murdered.

Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.

A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.

After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

The confessional is the site of the last rites as an estranged father seeks absolution from his priest son.

In Aspen, Colo, Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her husband, Grant Boswell.

A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.

Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker. Jessica is furious to see how her book is being butchered by Lydecker and his crew. She heads out to Hollywood to confront Lydecker, but things take a turn when Lydecker is found dead on stage. Jessica ends up being the prime suspect in the murder, but luckily the officer in charge of the investigation believes she's too smart to be the killer and sets her up to find the real murderer.