A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.
When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no ID or money--a robbery or something else?
Suspicion is cast on Norman Briggs after the chairman of a philanthropical medical group, of which Norman is a part, is murdered. Steve and Mark attend the funeral to nail the culprit, who promptly falls over dead.
Two women involved in a love triangle plot to murder a man, take his millions, and leave the country. Dr. Sloan investigates after his friend's mysterious disappearence.
Dr. Sloan's birthday is less than festive when he discovers the body of a prominent divorce lawyer. When Steve arrives, the body is nowhere to be found. Mark and Jack work feverishly to find the body and the culprit.
A famous actress, a patient at Community General, is implicated in the murder of one of her four ex-husbands. Against everyone's advice, Mark believes in her innocence and sets out to prove it.
Matlock sorts through the complicated family 'affairs' of a popular romantic advice columnist, while he offers his own advice to his client who's accused of the columnist's murder.
Matlock defends his nephew, a certified genius charged with murder, who helps his own case by matching wits with a computer to identify the person who killed a think-tank director.
Jennifer puts the winning bid on a vintage Welte-Mignon player piano at the estate auction of a philanthropist, but soon realizes that the late owner may have led a less than charitable life.
A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery.
