《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。
女作家与谋杀案 (季节 7)
Trials & Tribulations (集 1) 6.0
播出日期: 1990-09-16
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
Deadly Misunderstanding (集 2) 4.0
编剧: Robert Swanson
播出日期: 1990-09-23
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
See You in Court, Baby (集 3)
编剧: Peter S. Fischer
播出日期: 1990-09-30
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
Hannigan's Wake (集 4) 8.0
编剧: Peter S. Fischer
播出日期: 1990-10-28
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 5) 7.0
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1990-11-04
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
A Body to Die For (集 6) 7.0
编剧: Donald Ross
播出日期: 1990-11-11
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 7) 8.0
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1990-11-18
运行时间: 45 min
概述: This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
The Great Twain Robbery (集 8) 4.0
编剧: Steve Brown
播出日期: 1990-11-25
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
Ballad for a Blue Lady (集 9) 7.0
编剧: William Bigelow
播出日期: 1990-12-02
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
Murder in F Sharp (集 10)
播出日期: 1990-12-16
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 11) 7.0
播出日期: 1991-01-06
运行时间: 45 min
概述: In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
Suspicion of Murder (集 12) 1.0
编剧: Peter S. Fischer
播出日期: 1991-01-20
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
Moving Violation (集 13) 8.0
编剧: Robert Swanson
播出日期: 1991-02-03
运行时间: 45 min
概述: An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
Who Killed J.B. Fletcher? (集 14) 8.0
播出日期: 1991-02-10
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
The Taxman Cometh (集 15) 7.0
编剧: Donald Ross
播出日期: 1991-02-17
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 16) 7.0
播出日期: 1991-02-24
运行时间: 45 min
概述: An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
The Prodigal Father (集 17) 8.0
编剧: Mary Ann Kasica
播出日期: 1991-03-10
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (集 18)
编剧: Peter S. Fischer
播出日期: 1991-03-17
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
Thursday's Child (集 19) 4.5
编剧: Robert Swanson
播出日期: 1991-04-07
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 20) 7.0
编剧: Chris Manheim
播出日期: 1991-04-28
运行时间: 45 min
概述: When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
Tainted Lady (集 21) 8.0
播出日期: 1991-05-05
运行时间: 45 min
概述: 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 (集 22) 8.0
编剧: Tom Sawyer
播出日期: 1991-05-12
运行时间: 45 min
概述: The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.
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