An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Showing Season 7 of 12
Season 7
1990
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01. Trials & Tribulations
1990-09-16
Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
02. Deadly Misunderstanding
1990-09-23
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
03. See You in Court, Baby
1990-09-30
Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
04. Hannigan's Wake
1990-10-28
A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.
05. The Family Jewels
1990-11-04
A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
06. A Body to Die For
1990-11-11
Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.
07. The Return of Preston Giles
1990-11-18
This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
08. The Great Twain Robbery
1990-11-25
Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
09. Ballad for a Blue Lady
1990-12-02
Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
10. Murder in F Sharp
1990-12-16
Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis. Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he burns his hands and then loses his wife.
11. Family Doctor
1991-01-06
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
12. Suspicion of Murder
1991-01-20
Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
13. Moving Violation
1991-02-03
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
14. Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
1991-02-10
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
15. The Taxman Cometh
1991-02-17
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.
16. From the Horse's Mouth
1991-02-24
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
17. The Prodigal Father
1991-03-10
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
18. Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
1991-03-17
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
19. Thursday's Child
1991-04-07
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.
20. Murder, Plain & Simple
1991-04-28
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
21. Tainted Lady
1991-05-05
The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.
22. The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
1991-05-12
The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.
