When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.

The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.

There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.

Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder.

Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.

The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret.

The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.

The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.

The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity.

A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.

There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.

A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.

Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play.

It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.

A Cabot Cove resident is killed in Jessica's garage.

The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady.

It seems that there is more than schoolboy pranks going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival.

A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.

A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.

Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.

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!

Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.