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It's Murder, She Wrote--but this time "she" refers to Jessica Fletcher's favorite student, Mary Margaret "Maggie" McAuley. That's right, it's another "bookend" episode. Maggie is a writer in Hollywood who created the hot TV detective show called "Beat Cop"; but…
Read More Murder, She Wrote 6.17 “Murder–According to Maggie”
Jessica Fletcher is in Los Angeles this time. She had been convinced by a publishing exec to write about the unsolved 1965 murder of the singer Richie King during a variety show. The original variety show performers are planning a…
Jessica Fletcher is visiting her niece Victoria, who is now working as a real estate agent in Beverly Hills. Jessica ends up having to bail her niece out when her niece is accused of murdering someone in the house she…
Jessica Fletcher is in New York City to meet with her stockbroker at the firm Ashcroft & Royce. When her broker is found murdered, Jessica stays on to help solve the crime and ensure that his very competent secretary does…
Read More Murder, She Wrote 6.14 “How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying”
Jessica Fletcher is home in Cabot Cove and she has just hired local kid, Kevin Bryce, to help with with her garden. Kevin is trying to make some extra money to help out his single mom who works at the…
This is yet another "bookend" episode of Murder, She Wrote. In this case, Jessica Fletcher introduces the story as the plot of a book she is writing. Jessica Fletcher busy making edits and corrections The story follows Frank Albertson, a…
Jessica is in Cabot Cove for this episode and there are lots of things happening in town. There's the majoral election, and incumbent Mayor Sam Booth for the first time has some opposition. The tourist industry is also booming and…
This is another "bookend" episode of season 6. Jessica Fletcher recounts the story of her friend, Jake Ballinger---a Los Angeles police officer who has been assigned to teach a class at (fictional) Freemont University. Prior to getting reassigned, Jake had…
In this episode, Jessica Fletcher is transported by helicopter to an island owned by Henry Raynard, who arranged for a family gathering and asked Jess to come along and figure out which one of them might be trying to kill…
Jessica Fletcher is in San Francisco--she ran into Dennis Stanton (a former jewel thief) and he takes her out to the opera! Just the facts: Click on the text below to reveal spoilers. Click to reveal the victim It was…
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