Jessica's friend Erin is haunted by being kidnapped as a child, and when Erin reads a novel with a story too close for coincidence, Jessica makes a shocking revelation.

Secrets and lies are exposed when Cabot Cove's bullying town barber is found electrocuted in Jessica's garage and suspicion falls on the high school teacher who was his clandestine lover.

The allure of a Hong Kong vacation is shattered when Jessica's friend, a famous ceramic artist, is kidnapped and her husband is found poisoned.

Jessica helps solve a murder when the only witness, a local delivery boy she has befriended, becomes the prime suspect.

An actress neighbor involves Jessica in her husband's murder.

A ventriloquist proves that he's no dummy in a murder case where his favorite doll and the body of his tyrannical boss are found in the same room.

Jake Ballinger, a Los Angeles homicide detective and friend of Jessica's, finds himself immersed in a case that may cost him his career.

Cabot Cove feels a bit like Old Salem when Jessica investigates the story of a supposed witch who has been dead for three hundred years - or has she?

It's lights, cameras, action when Jessica realizes that the plot for her new book has been stolen for use on a TV show - whose producer turns up murdered.

Dirty politics come to light when Jessica investigates the murder of a well-respected mayor. When the mayor's father also winds up dead, Jessica takes a hard look at the political funding machine and finds the corruption extends to several branches of public office.