A Very Merry Murder, She Wrote: Manhattans And Murder; A Little Yuletide Murder

by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain

The "USA Today" bestselling "Murder, She Wrote" mystery series continues as Jessica Fletcher learns that Manhattan is murder at Christmastime...This two-in-one LARGE PRINT edition MANHATTANS AND MURDER...While promoting her latest book brings bestselling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, restaurants, department stores...and murder? It all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition. Behind the beard is Waldo Morse, former drug smuggler and the most notorious citizen of Cabot Cove, Maine. Jessica hasn't a clue as to how he ended up as a street corner Saint Nick, but she agrees to meet him at two o'clock the next day. Jessica shows up with her camera, but in no time at all Santa is dead. While the police are strangely slow on their feet, and the dead man's wife uncommonly fast on the run, Jessica decides to do what she does strategically snoop around and graciously outwit the pros on both sides of the law.... Next, A LITTLE YULETIDE MURDER...It’s beginning to look a lot like murder... Jessica Fletcher is planning to spend a cozy Christmas at home in Cabot Cove. This year, she's not on the circuit being interviewed about her latest novel or autographing copies at local bookstores. But when Rory Brent is found shot to death on his farm just out of town, there will be no peace on earth until his killer is found. Snooping into Cabot Cove's past for a motive, Jessica is determined to deliver the killer before Christmas. The trouble is that the next sound she might hear this silent night may be a scream—her own…

Genres: Mystery

679 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Jessica Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill, and writes under the initialed J.B. Fletcher) is a fictional character from the US television series Murder, She Wrote.

In keeping with the spirit of the TV show, a series of official original novels have been written by American ghostwriter Donald Bain. The author credit for the novels is shared with the fictitious "Jessica Fletcher." The series has been continued by authors Renée Paley-Bain, Jon Land, Terrie Farley Moran, and Barbara Early.

When the first novel in the series, Gin and Daggers, was published in 1989 it included several inaccuracies to the TV series including Jessica driving a car which she could not do as she never learned to drive. Due to fans pointing out the errors, the novel was republished in 2000 with most of the inaccuracies corrected.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[alex thornton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jessica Fletcher is what we need! I love her. I lived getting lost in these stories and speculating who did and how, only to be pretty much wrong in the end. I'll get it right next time, maybe. Anyway, I love that you see her thinking process. I love how she always tries to do right by people and not feed into gossip. I love the relationships that she has with Seth, Mort and everyone else that she is close with. I just love the dynamics and aesthetic if everything in these stories.

I obviously enjoyed this way more than I thought I would and will be reading more if Jessica Fletcher's mysteries.

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[Samm Seals · Rating 3 out of 5]

these were good and I'll scouring garage sales for the many more......

[Demetra Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jessica and Cabot Cove at its Christmas Best.