A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.
Natalie is frantic, to the detriment of Stottlemeyer's new car, when it appears a mad man is targeting his victims based solely on their name - Julie Teeger.
Heartbroken by the sudden death of Dr. Kroger, Monk rushes into homeownership and gets a little more than he bargained for when he hires a very persistent contractor.
Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score for the last film, which won an Oscar.
Mark's hypochondriac brother, Stacy (Jerry Van Dyke), shows up in the E.R. claiming he's sick. Shortly after he's admitted, Stacy's hospital roommate is murdered and suspicion falls on him.
Madison is charged with illegally selling narcotics when it's discovered her prescription pads have been sold. Meanwhile, a medical student murders his pregnant girlfriend to marry the daughter of one of Mark's wealthy friends.
After giving a lecture on the perfect murder to his law students at Eton University, Matlock finds to his dismay that one of his pupils is accused of putting the theory into practice on the school's bad boy.
Matlock has to stand by his man when his client, a music promoter, is accused of murdering a country-music star and then tampers with the evidence mounting against him.
Randy Travis plays Matlock's old friend, an aspiring country singer who wins the lottery, but then is framed for the murder of his cheating business partner.
When Aurora pitches in to help her busy real estate mother she quickly realizes she has again walked into a life or death situation. She investigates when the body of a local realtor is found strangled in a backyard.
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history.
