An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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- Seasons
- 12
- Episodes aired
- 264
- Latest aired
- S12E24
- Total runtime
- 8d 6h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1984 – April 1985 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1985 – May 1986 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1986 – May 1987 22 episodes
- Season 4 September 1987 – May 1988 22 episodes
- Season 5 October 1988 – May 1989 22 episodes
- Season 6 September 1989 – May 1990 22 episodes
- Season 7 September 1990 – May 1991 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 1991 – May 1992 22 episodes
- Season 9 September 1992 – May 1993 22 episodes
- Season 10 September 1993 – May 1994 21 episodes
- Season 11 September 1994 – May 1995 21 episodes
- Season 12 September 1995 – May 1996 24 episodes
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S04E01 A Fashionable Way to Die
September 20 · 45min find the promo
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Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.
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S04E02 When Thieves Fall Out
September 27 · 45min find the promo
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A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.
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S04E03 Witness for the Defense
October 4 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
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S04E04 Old Habits Die Hard
October 11 · 45min find the promo
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A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.
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S04E05 The Way To Dusty Death
October 25 · 45min find the promo
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After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.
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S04E06 It Runs In The Family
November 1 · 45min find the promo
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Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.
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S04E07 If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
November 8 · 45min find the promo
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When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
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S04E08 Steal Me a Story
November 15 · 45min find the promo
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The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.
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S04E09 Trouble in Eden
November 22 · 45min find the promo
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Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.
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S04E10 Indian Giver
November 29 · 45min find the promo
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A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.
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S04E11 Doom with a View
December 13 · 45min find the promo
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Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.
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S04E12 Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
January 3 · 45min find the promo
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Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.
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S04E13 Harbinger of Death
January 24 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.
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S04E14 Curse of the Daanav
February 7 · 45min find the promo
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Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
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S04E15 Mourning Among the Wisterias
February 14 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.
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S04E16 Murder Through the Looking Glass
February 21 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.
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S04E17 A Very Good Year for Murder
February 28 · 45min find the promo
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The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.
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S04E18 Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
March 13 · 45min find the promo
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Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.
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S04E19 Just Another Fish Story
March 27 · 45min find the promo
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Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.
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S04E20 Showdown in Saskatchewan
April 10 · 45min find the promo
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Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.
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S04E21 Deadpan
May 1 · 45min find the promo
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Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.
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S04E22 The Body Politic
May 8 · 45min find the promo
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The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.