The business world can be murder, as Jessica learns when her position as a board member leads her into a scenario of cutthroat business tactics, hostile takeovers, and homicide.

Jessica must read between the lines when her friend makes a sudden recovery from a heart attack upon hearing that his sensation-hungry newspaper boss has suddenly died.

A tennis star is killed in his girlfriend's car, but who was the intended victim?  Linda Hamilton guest stars.

After the successful publication of her first murder mystery novel, Jessica is invited to a costume ball at her publisher's mansion.  When a guest dressed as Sherlock Holmes is murdered, all eyes turn to her to out-sleuth the assassin of the deceased "detective."

Beauty is only skin deep when a business entrepreneur is stabbed with a famous hair stylist's scissors and Jessica finds the culprit by following a string of ugly break-ins.

The best-laid travel plans go seriously awry when Jessica puts her holiday in Amsterdam on hold in order to look into the disappearance of a friend and, shockingly, becomes the main suspect in an even more serious crime.

Scotland Yard comed calling when a theatre producer putting on an adaptation of one of Jessica's stories is killed and the prime suspect is one of the greatest actresses of the London stage.

When her restful Caribbean cruise is disrupted by a shocking death, Jessica investigates her fellow passengers and finds that all of them have leaky alibis.

A famous playwright is plagued with guilt about his wife's suicide, but when another family member is murdered, Jessica believes that he was the intended victim.

A romantic dinner turns deadly when Dennis finds himself framed for the murder of his date's husband.

Sean and Steve make an appearance on The Novice Elitists podcast to discuss the classic Columbo episode "Double Exposure", starring Peter Falk and Robert Culp.

Sean and Steve make an appearance on The Novice Elitists podcast to discuss the classic Columbo episode "Try and Catch Me", starring Peter Falk and Ruth Gordon.

En route to a book convention in Cairo, Jessica sees how real life can be stranger than fiction when a chance meeting with an old friend leads to her own involvement in espionage...and murder.

The line between fact and fiction blurs when one of Jessica's students writes a bestseller exposing the hidden lives and secrets of the seemingly idyllic Cabot Cove.

Am elderly Cabot Cove woman is found dead in her dilapadated home, and Jessica is surprised to find that she has been named executor of the estate - and even more shocked to hear rumors that the house contains a hidden treasure.

A bad back causes Jessica more than just physical grief when she overhears a murder plot on the phone.  She sends Grady to do some snooping for her, not realizing that by being home alone she is putting herself at risk of becoming a victim.

Life imitates art when the producer of a soap opera is found dead.  Mackenzie Phillips guest stars.

There's black magic at work in New Orleans when Jessica must solve the murder of a popular jazz musician who suddenly died onstage.

While helping a friend launch a new TV show in Aspen, Jessica and investigator Charlie Garrett look into a mysterious death with a multi-million dollar payout.

A birthday present of free cable TV ends up being more trouble than it's worth when Jessica witnesses an on-camera murder, and her investigation of the crime leads to a potential diamond robbery.

The opening of a new restaurant is marred by two murders, and the detective working the case feels there are too many cooks in the kitchen when Jessica steps in to help.

A successful reporter - who is also Jessica's former student - returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old case involving two of the town's founding families.

When a powerful businessman is found dead, his battered wife appears to be the obvious suspect, but Jessica discovers a long list of people who wished him harm.

Crime strikes close to home when Jessica helps a woman who claims her son was fathered by Jessica's late husband.

Jessica travels to Texas to attend a wedding, but it's clear that there will be no walk down the aisle when the groom becomes the victim of a grisly crime.