《女作家与谋杀案》是一部非常著名且持续时间很久的美国经典侦探剧集。这部剧集共12季264集，从1984年开始在美国CBS电视台一直播放至1996年，之后又于1997年至2003年间陆续推出四部电视电影。Angela Lansbury扮演主角推理小说家兼业余侦探Jessica Flectcher，她在50岁左右失去了丈夫， 却成为了一名非常成功的推理小说作家，并且没有让成功冲昏头脑，拒绝了声望和金钱的诱惑，住在缅因州一个叫Cabot Cove的安逸的沿海小镇，和自己的老朋友们保持来往。在大部分剧集里，Jessica总能卷入一些离奇谋杀案的调查。警察们总是把表面上看来嫌疑很大的人抓走，而Jessica却觉得凶手另有其人。通过向每个嫌疑人询问一些其他人都想不到的问题，她总能找到真正的凶手，并在每集最后五分钟与之对峙，通过自己的推理指出对方的罪行。一部分凶手能够在Jessica的劝解下主动坦白罪行并向警方自首，也有一部分凶手会试图杀人灭口，而这时埋伏在暗处的警方人员便会及时赶到，将凶手当场逮捕。
编剧: Donald Ross
播出日期: 1995-09-21
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is involved in several intrigues.
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1995-09-28
运行时间: 45 min
概述: In Aspen, Colo, Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her husband, Grant Boswell.
播出日期: 1995-10-05
运行时间: 45 min
概述: People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.
播出日期: 1995-10-12
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.
播出日期: 1995-10-19
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.
播出日期: 1995-11-02
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure.
播出日期: 1995-11-09
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.
播出日期: 1995-11-16
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B. Fletcher novel.
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1995-11-23
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica agrees to go to New York to bid on a manuscript purportedly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while there, she gets mixed up in the murder of a local forger who had been involved in the theft of a priceless Degas painting two years earlier when she tries to help Charlie Garrett out of a jam.
播出日期: 1995-11-30
运行时间: 45 min
概述: What is the secret ingredient in the ice cream? Jessica means to find out and see that the donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised.
播出日期: 1995-12-14
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.
编剧: Laurence Heath
播出日期: 1996-01-04
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.
播出日期: 1996-01-07
运行时间: 45 min
概述: The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company.
编剧: Laurence Heath
播出日期: 1996-01-11
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.
播出日期: 1996-02-01
运行时间: 45 min
概述: The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest.
播出日期: 1996-02-08
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped.
播出日期: 1996-02-15
运行时间: 45 min
概述: The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.
播出日期: 1996-02-25
运行时间: 45 min
概述: The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons. Two of the guests are hiding secrets. Who has the diamond?
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1996-03-28
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.
播出日期: 1996-04-04
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this.
编剧: Laurence Heath
播出日期: 1996-04-28
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit. There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too much to skipper his craft. His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed. This is no way to run a regatta!
播出日期: 1996-05-05
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.
播出日期: 1996-05-12
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.
编剧: Donald Ross
播出日期: 1996-05-19
运行时间: 45 min
概述: In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only.
