Jerry Jameson

On a book tour through Paris, Jessica becomes embroiled in a murder mystery in the elite world of high fashion. Her investigation leads her to the startling discovery of the slave-labor sweatshops that lie at the heart of the fashion industry.

On a trip to Cairo to finalize a cultural exchange program, Jessica comes to the aid of a friend and inadvertently becomes involved in the smuggling of a stolen Egyptian artifact when its theft leads to murder.

Jessica's vacation in Martinique is cut short when she comes to the aid of private investigator Charlie Garrett, who's been accused by the local police of murdering the wife of a shady client named Philip Sparling.

While visiting Amsterdam, Jessica's dear friend Nigel Allison goes missing. Despite receiving warnings to mind her own business, Jessica investigates her friend's disappearance and stumbles across a major smuggling operation.

Floyd Larkin, owner of Larkin's Department Store, is unable to donate his building to charity when his company is acquired in a hostile takeover. Jessica steps in to investigate the death of the accountant responsible for putting the deal together.

Jessica's celebrity-chef friend invites her to watch his television cooking show in person, and she gladly accepts. But when the chef is murdered and his ties with the mob are revealed, Jessica is completely baffled.

When Jessica's former researcher is charged with murder, the author/sleuth doesn't hesitate to assist her in getting out of the mess. It would help, though, if the woman weren't a compulsive liar. Evelyn Keyes and Molly Hagan guest star.

Shock radio gets even more shocking when a station's prospective owner is killed before the sale of the station can go through. In town and on the air for a book tour, Jessica gets wind of the murder and is soon hot on the killer's trail.

Jessica's old pal Michael Hagarty goes to San Francisco to investigate his daughter's shady fiancé and ends up accused of the young man's murder. Lucky for him, Jessica is in town too, and she's determined to find the real killer.

Jessica helps create a board game based on her mysteries and is called in to investigate when the vice president of the toy company is killed. The murder seems to parallel the board game, and it's up to Jessica to make all the right moves.

When strange things begin to happen during Cabot Cove's production of a play about a 17th-century witch, locals believe that the outsider hired to portray the woman is the witch's vengeful reincarnation. Robert Vaughn and Mary Crosby guest star.