Best Episodes
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 26, 2023.
PS: The following content contains spoilers!
PPS: I will admit that parts of this page was written with the help of AI - it makes my work so much easier to not start from a blank page!
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
The episode was rated 7.67 from 61 votes.
A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.
The episode was rated 7.70 from 44 votes.
A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
The episode was rated 7.73 from 37 votes.
In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.
The episode was rated 7.74 from 42 votes.
Jessica's old rival, Eudora, shows up with a smile and a gift, but everyone knows she is up to no good.
The episode was rated 7.75 from 44 votes.
When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?
The episode was rated 7.76 from 49 votes.
Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.
The episode was rated 7.76 from 37 votes.
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
The episode was rated 7.80 from 46 votes.
A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.
The episode was rated 7.85 from 48 votes.
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.
The episode was rated 7.87 from 46 votes.
A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.
The episode was rated 7.89 from 53 votes.
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
The episode was rated 7.93 from 46 votes.
Eudora admits she stole Jessica's notes, but denies poisoning the apples she brought or murdering the detective who was following her.
The episode was rated 7.95 from 40 votes.
A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
The episode was rated 8.00 from 47 votes.
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?
The episode was rated 8.15 from 47 votes.
