Ça sent le sapin pour le Noël de Jessica Fletcher ! Alors qu'elle vient d'emménager dans sa maison après des travaux et qu'elle s'apprête à accueillir sa famille pour les fêtes, une découverte macabre vient porter un coup fatal aux réjouissances. Un squelette est retrouvé dans le jardin de la propriété. Voilà qui a de quoi casser la magie des festivités... Pire encore : les analyses concluent que les ossements ont été enfouis là pendant les travaux dans le jardin de Jessica. La petite ville où vit la célèbre auteure de romans policiers devient une fois de plus l'attraction de tous les médias. Et lorsque la star d'une émission de télévision à scandale est retrouvée assassinée, Jessica doit débusquer le coupable pour espérer sauver sa fête.
Un peu de calme dans un monde bien compliqué... Jessica Fletcher, la célèbre auteure de romans policiers, pensait pouvoir profiter d'un séjour paisible dans un hôtel de luxe. C'est raté, car l'établissement est envahi le temps d'un week-end par une douzaine de personnes réunies pour une fête de mariage.
Les familles des mariés ne peuvent pas se voir en peinture, le futur époux se fait attendre et, pour ne rien arranger, une tempête de neige s'abat subitement et confine les invités dans l'hôtel. Jessica a l'impression de se retrouver dans une véritable cocotte-minute qui mijote et ne demande qu'à exploser.
Son intuition ne la trompe pas : la mère de la mariée s'écroule, empoisonnée en plein milieu du repas. Jessica doit découvrir ce qui se trame dans cet hôtel, car un meurtrier s'est invité à la fête. Et il semble vouloir éliminer les invités un par un...
Auteure de romans policiers à succès, Jessica Fletcher se trouve toujours au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment : là où elle passe, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui trépasse ! Un jour, elle donne une interview à une jeune journaliste et le lendemain, celle-ci est retrouvée morte, une balle dans la tête.
Il ne faut pas longtemps à Jessica pour découvrir que la jeune femme était la fille de la victime du premier meurtre sur lequel elle avait enquêté, vingt-cinq ans plus tôt. La première fois que le crime s'était invité dans sa vie !
Rattrapée par son passé, Jessica prend les choses en main, car elle en est certaine : le meurtrier va encore frapper. Heureusement, la détective amateur a non seulement une plume acérée, mais aussi l'esprit affûté et plus d'un tour dans son sac pour démasquer le coupable...
In the newest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, there’s a battle brewing in Cabot Cove between two eateries. But when one of the combatants becomes a fatality, Jessica Fletcher will have to get cooking and find a killer…
Jessica may not know everything about food, but she knows what she likes--and she definitely likes the Leg & Claw restaurant. Opened last summer by young couple Brad and Marcie, the Leg & Claw is their dream come true, combining Marcie’s sunny personality with Brad’s deft hand in the kitchen. But now their dream is turning into a nightmare.
Gerard “Pepe” Lebeouf is a renowned New York City chef who has a summer home in Cabot Cove. And now he’s decided to open two new restaurants in Cabot Cove--in an old warehouse right next to the Leg & Claw.
As Lebeouf and his crew renovate the warehouse, the people of Cabot Cove slowly come to the realization that the town’s newest celebrity may be more trouble than he’s worth. His “assistants” are little more than thugs, and the haughty Lebeouf is nowhere near as charming as he seems--leading to a nasty confrontation with Brad.
So when Lebeouf is found dead with a knife planted in his chest, Brad naturally becomes suspect number one. But plenty of others had a motive to kill Pepe, and it’s up to Jessica to uncover who really added a murder to the menu.
In the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series--make room for Jessica Fletcher as she cleans house to catch a killer who hasn’t got a ghost of a chance.Jessica’s friend, Eve Simpson is the town’s premier real estate agent and has recently taken on the task of selling one of Cabot Cove’s oldest properties--the Spencer Percy House, built in 1805 by a sea captain for his young wife. Its current occupant, Cliff Cooper, a crusty former carpenter, is convinced he’s about to die and wants the house sold so he can give the proceeds to his grandson, who spent much of his youth there.
But Eve’s got quite a challenge on her hands. Not only is the building in deplorable physical condition, it is also rumored to be haunted.
When Cliff’s deadly premonition becomes a reality, Dr. Seth Hazlitt is not so sure the man died of natural causes. As Jessica tries to get to the bottom of Cliff Cooper’s death, a medium hired by Eve attempts to rid the house of the alleged apparition. But if Jessica isn’t careful, she may be the one who joins the ranks of the dearly departed.
From the Hardcover edition.
In the newest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher is invited to ring in the New Year with British aristocracy. Too bad someone's about to end the life of the party....
Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden.
While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped, perfectly mannered, thoroughly British style, family relations are strained as old wounds are reopened and cutting remarks are freely handed out. And that's only during teatime!
As midnight beckons at the ball the next night, the earl offers a toast, complete with fireworks. But the merriment crashes to a halt when he falls ill and dies, apparently poisoned--and the number of suspects with a grudge against the lord of the manor sprouts like English ivy.
Now it's up to Jessica and George to find the killer--or killers--before another corpse welcomes in the New Year....
In the newest in the USA Today bestselling mystery series, Jessica Fletcher visits New York City during fashion week, only to discover someone has rather fatal designs...
Jessica is in Manhattan to attend the debut of a new designer. Formerly Sandy Black of Cabot Cove, the young man has reinvented himself as Xandr Ebon, and is introducing his evening wear collection to the public and--more important--to the industry’s powers-that-be: the stylists, the magazine editors, the buyers, and the wealthy clientele who can make or break him. At the show, the glitz and glamour are dazzling until a young model--a novice, taking her first walk down the runway--shockingly collapses and dies. Natural causes? Perhaps. But when another model is found dead, a famous cover girl and darling of the paparazzi, the fashion world gets nervous.
Two models. Two deaths. Their only connection? Xandr Ebon. Jessica’s crime-solving instincts are put to the test as she sorts through the egos, the conflicts of interest, the spiteful accusations, and the secrets, all the while keeping an amorous detective at arm’s length. But she’ll have to dig deep to uncover a killer. A designer’s career is on the line. And another model could perish in a New York minute.
The USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote mystery series continues as Jessica Fletcher takes a relaxing getaway that turns into a reel deadly situation...
Jessica enters a fly-fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff’s wife, Maureen Metzger, who surprises Jess with her enthusiasm for the sport. Their guide, however, is a surprise to both...
Brian Kinney is an ex-con. Jailed as an accomplice to Darryl Jepson, a convicted killer, Brian was later exonerated, but not before spending seven years behind bars. He seems like a decent enough fellow. Just a man trying to rebuild his life as a family man and fishing guide.
Yet when Jepson breaks out of prison vowing revenge, and the lawyer for both men is found murdered, Cabot Cove becomes the focus of the nation as local, state, and federal authorities descend on Jessica’s hometown. And to add to the tension, Maureen has gone missing. Is she lost or is she a hostage? Jess soon finds herself caught in a netful of lies, deceit and ulterior motives. In order to save her friend, she’ll need to find some answers by hook or by crook...
From the Hardcover edition.
