Jessica Fletcher puts her sleuthing skills to work at a writers' conference after Russian author Yuri Malenkovich is found murdered.

A radio station's new manager is murdered after changing their format from classical music to hard rock.

A switched packet of amateur-written stories involves Jessica in an international plot to steal a biological-weapon virus.

When Jessica's new landscaper - who happens to be dating Seth's visiting niece Amy - winds up dead following a motorcycle accident, Amy is certain that his death was no accident. Following the death of a local lawyer, Jessica suspects that both deaths are somehow connected, and that a local bully named Les Franklin is somehow linked to the deaths of both men.

Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime.

In Australia, Jessica may be the legal owner of a valley that the sheepherders and miners are arguing over, and may be the cause of the disappearance of Jessica's lawyer.

Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy, who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car.

On vacation in the Tetons, Jessica encounters jewel thieves and a man from her Army vet host's past.

One of Jessica's children storybook characters is being adapted into a cartoon character and she arrives at the television studio to see how things are going. She soon gets pulled into a murder investigation when one of the studio backers is murdered and the puppet based on her character is used as the murder weapon.

When the producer of a popular television show about a group of friends is found murdered after announcing some major changes to the show, each star is considered a suspect. It's up to Jessica to find out who is behind the murder and to see if the show's stars are actually innocent.

When an assistant editor at Jessica's publishing house starts working on editing a new manuscript, she is chilled at the prospect that the author of the story was the person behind her kidnapping that occurred years before. Not long after the author is found killed in his hotel room, Jessica sets out to prove that the young woman is innocent – which will be difficult because the police found her in the room at the time of the murder.

Seth's organizing a fundraising concert to save an endangered forest near Cabot Cove. When the headlining musician is murdered during a practice session, Jessica helps the local sheriff investigate who may have wanted the man dead.

Desi Ortega and his Latin group have a single climbing the charts until Max Daniels wants to own the group. When Daniels' assistant turns up dead, has someone in the group struck back?

Jessica's delivery to a motorcycle racer in Japan speeds up a series of events that result in the death of another racer.

After being subpoenaed to testify at the Grand Jury probe of a brokerage house, Jessica is charged with contempt. Released on a technicality, she has to dodge further subpoenas while finding out who killed the man they think she talked to.

Gary and Larry's Frozen Stuff accountant is found dead. Shortly thereafter, $750,000 earmarked for Jessica's Literacy Fund is found missing. It's up to Jessica to find the killer.

Charlie Garrett's outrageous bid at an auction arouses Jessica's suspicions after the artist becomes the subject of a homicide.

Jessica is doing re-writes for a movie that is beset with both artistic and financial problems. When the stunt man dies doing a car jump scene, the director is charged with murder. It is up to Jessica to find the real killer.

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.

A haunted spirit and antique smugglers are just a few challenges Jessica faces on her Irish vacation.

Jessica immerses herself in the medical profession when a young nurse is accused of murdering two patients to whom she was providing home care.

Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.

When Jessica arrives in Gila Junction to visit her friend Norma, she happens across the local sheriff/mechanic when he receives a call regarding Norma's car being found in the desert as a result of an apparent accident. After they discover her with a sprained ankle, Jessica soon is told by Norma that she suspects that someone targeted her because of an investigation she was conducting at an old, abandoned military base near town. When several residents end up murdered, Jessica reluctantly agrees to help investigate what's really going on and soon discovers it has to do with a string of highway robberies.

Jessica is fired up to find the murderer of her friend's husband, but private detective Charlie Garrett is unwittingly putting out the flames.

Jessica uses her head to weave through the makeup and hairspray concealing the murderer of a financier at a beauty salon.

Production Notes: This season includes the fifth opening segment. This time they add a laptop computer to her collection.