After the publication of her first mystery novel (thanks to her nephew Grady), Jessica Fletcher, a widow from Cabot Cove, Maine, travels to New York and attends a costume ball at her publisher's affluent estate. While there, Jessica must bring her sleuthing skills in her books out into the real world when a guest dressed as Sherlock Holmes is murdered.
A good start to a classic mystery TV starring the late and extremely talented Angela Lansbury, who instantly and effortlessly slips into the role of the widowed murder mystery author-sleuth. Here, she just gets published thanks to her nephew's intervention. There's a humorous segment where she gets interviewed by a snobby critic and a feminist who reveals who murderer in the book is. The mystery is really good - the setup is great and we're soon left with a body in the pool ... And Jessica Fletcher is on the case, and when she figures who the murderer, the sadness is apparent in her.
A good start to a classic mystery TV starring the late and extremely talented Angela Lansbury, who instantly and effortlessly slips into the role of the widowed murder mystery author-sleuth. Here, she just gets published thanks to her nephew's intervention. There's a humorous segment where she gets interviewed by a snobby critic and a feminist who reveals who murderer in the book is. The mystery is really good - the setup is great and we're soon left with a body in the pool ... And Jessica Fletcher is on the case, and when she figures who the murderer, the sadness is apparent in her.