Tras la muerte de su marido, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), una profesora de inglés, empieza a escribir novelas de misterio y, además, a resolver numerosos casos de asesinato, gran parte de ellos ocurridos en Cabot Cove, lugar de residencia de la protagonista. Serie inspirada en el personaje de Miss Marple de Agatha Christie.
Trials & Tribulations (Episodio 1) 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-16
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
Deadly Misunderstanding (Episodio 2) 3.0
Guionista: Robert Swanson
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-23
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
See You in Court, Baby (Episodio 3)
Guionista: Peter S. Fischer
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-30
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
Hannigan's Wake (Episodio 4) 8.0
Guionista: Peter S. Fischer
Fecha de emisión: 1990-10-28
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Family Jewels (Episodio 5) 7.0
Guionista: Tom Sawyer
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-04
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
A Body to Die For (Episodio 6) 7.0
Guionista: Donald Ross
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-11
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Return of Preston Giles (Episodio 7) 8.0
Guionista: Tom Sawyer
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-18
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
The Great Twain Robbery (Episodio 8) 3.0
Guionista: Steve Brown
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-25
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
Ballad for a Blue Lady (Episodio 9) 7.0
Guionista: William Bigelow
Fecha de emisión: 1990-12-02
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
Murder in F Sharp (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-12-16
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Family Doctor (Episodio 11) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-06
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
Suspicion of Murder (Episodio 12) 1.0
Guionista: Peter S. Fischer
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-20
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
Moving Violation (Episodio 13) 8.0
Guionista: Robert Swanson
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-03
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
Who Killed J.B. Fletcher? (Episodio 14) 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-10
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
The Taxman Cometh (Episodio 15) 7.0
Guionista: Donald Ross
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
From the Horse's Mouth (Episodio 16) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-24
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
The Prodigal Father (Episodio 17) 8.0
Guionista: Mary Ann Kasica
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-10
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (Episodio 18)
Guionista: Peter S. Fischer
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
Thursday's Child (Episodio 19) 3.3
Guionista: Robert Swanson
Fecha de emisión: 1991-04-07
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Murder, Plain & Simple (Episodio 20) 7.0
Guionista: Chris Manheim
Fecha de emisión: 1991-04-28
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
Tainted Lady (Episodio 21) 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 1991-05-05
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.
The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane (Episodio 22) 8.0
Guionista: Tom Sawyer
Fecha de emisión: 1991-05-12
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.