TV Guide Hallmark Mystery Friday

The storyline of J.B. Fletcher's novel coincides with a real murder and court case.

A producer attempts to adapt one of Jessica's novels to a play in London, but finds happiness there harder to find.

When stuck in British Columbia, Canada, Jessica Fletcher finds herself caught in the middle of a dispute between the people of tribe of natives.

Jessica attends the grand opening of a new restaurant in which a young friend has invested; the chef has been mysteriously murdered.

Jessica donates a painting to a charity auction taking place in New York, in order to help her old friend; an art dealer has been murdered.

A mobster is upset when a petty thief stumbles upon nine hundred thousand dollars by accident.

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.

An old established store has closed for good and its already its accountant won't have to worry about finding another job when he is found murdered.

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 truck has been hijacked by masked men as it is carrying high-tech computers for NASA, which is essential to its I.T. firm; the son is a suspect.

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.

The carnival comes to town and has been suffering from poor profits despite good attendance; the owner of the carnival is found dead.

Jessica works on zoo research for her next book when she's drawn into the murder of a worker's fiancé who was killed by snake venom.

While in Amsterdam, Jessica meets up with a friend and writer, Nigel Allisons, but when he goes missing, she discovers that he is a secret agent.

A restoration company owner and a crime reporter investigate the death of an old family friend and salvage diver who apparently died in a home accident.

When a skull is discovered in her latest project, a home renovator and amateur sleuth begins piecing together the clues to help solve a mysterious death.

An advice columnist finds her childhood friend's boyfriend dead and she joins a detective to help find the killer, but she then becomes a prime suspect.

Advice columnist Nelly is invited to a dinner at Grand Arlott manor after encouraging an eccentric widow to reconcile with her estranged family.

A director for a television documentary production has been killed, and a document could may that Cabot Cove could have to change the written history.

Even while on vacation, Jessica finds a murder mystery following close behind; this particular case involves an election campaign.

Jessica prepares to have her book serialized in the newspaper, but of course real foul play is brewing within the newsroom.

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.

A private investigator becomes the main suspect in the death of the woman he was trying to find when Jessica, on vacation, comes to his aid.

Two people are murdered in a brutal fashion, at a winery in Sonoma Valley that is struggling to make ends meet.

Someone from within Cabot Cove is murdered in Jessica's own garage.