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!
Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
The episode was rated 7.65 from 37 votes.
An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
The episode was rated 7.67 from 36 votes.
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
The episode was rated 7.69 from 62 votes.
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
The episode was rated 7.70 from 40 votes.
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
The episode was rated 7.72 from 43 votes.
When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
The episode was rated 7.72 from 54 votes.
Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.
The episode was rated 7.77 from 39 votes.
A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.
The episode was rated 7.81 from 47 votes.
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
The episode was rated 7.82 from 44 votes.
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
The episode was rated 7.83 from 46 votes.
A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.
The episode was rated 7.83 from 53 votes.
A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
The episode was rated 8.06 from 36 votes.
The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
The episode was rated 8.06 from 51 votes.
Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.
The episode was rated 8.20 from 44 votes.
Jessica’s cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
The episode was rated 8.23 from 40 votes.
