In New York, Jessicas publisher Edward Graham seems to be acting unusually after the sudden death of his wife; Jessica questions the nature of the death.
Jessica Fletcher hosts a writing class for two promising teenage students; one of the students' father, a notorious loan shark, suddenly turns up dead.
Seth suddenly vanishes, and those close to him are positive there is some fowl play involved as there are also some fresh blood stains found in the office.
A young piano prodigy is set to play a piece at a local museum benefit, and her strict mentor is suddenly found dead; he is found dead, father suspected.
When Hailey's code of ethics prevents her from going to the police about a client's confession, she must find another way to bring the killer to justice.
The art world comes to Fletcher's Grove; when Sam's old partner is murdered while guarding a high-profile painting, Emily teaches Sam to sleuth off the grid.
Jessica and her friends are fixated on a strange broadcast unfolding on television, which she comes to realize is actually footage from a surveillance camera.