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Murder, She Wrote Series

63 primary works • 64 total works
Original stories inspired by the TV-series written from the perspective of fictional Jessica Fletcher and crediting her as co-author alongside Donald Bain, Renée Paley-Bain, Jon Land, Terrie Farley Moran, and Barbara Early.

See also: Jessica Fletcher series for novelizations of early episodes.

Book 1

Gin & Daggers
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3.92 · 3160 Ratings · 332 Reviews · published 1989 · 30 editions
Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the k…

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    Book 2

    Manhattans & Murder
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    3.74     · 2715 Ratings · 283 Reviews · published 1994 · 3 editions
    The USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote myster…

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    Book 3

    Rum & Razors
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    3.99     · 1952 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 1995 · 2 editions
    Jessica is on vacation in St. Thomas in the Caribb…

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    Book 4

    Brandy & Bullets
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    3.86     · 1643 Ratings · 143 Reviews · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Jessica Fletcher must catch an artistic killer in …

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    Book 5

    Martinis & Mayhem
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    3.93     · 1392 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 1995 · 3 editions
    Cabot Cove's most famous mystery author, Jessica F…

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    Book 6

    A Deadly Judgment
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    4.01     · 1299 Ratings · 101 Reviews · published 1996 · 15 editions
    Jessica Fletcher is off to Boston to help her ecce…

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    Book 7

    A Palette for Murder
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    3.94     · 1157 Ratings · 93 Reviews · published 1996 · 16 editions
    Jessica Fletcher has come to the elegant Hamptons …

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    Book 8

    The Highland Fling Murders
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    3.96     · 1438 Ratings · 125 Reviews · published 1997 · 2 editions
    Doesn't this sound like great fun? A group of frie…

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    Book 9

    Murder on the QE2
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    4.01     · 1498 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 1997 · 1 edition
    Bestselling mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jess…

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    Book 10

    Murder in Moscow
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    3.80     · 967 Ratings · 89 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 editions
    Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher…

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    Book 11

    A Little Yuletide Murder
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    3.89     · 2021 Ratings · 172 Reviews · published 1998 · 14 editions
    It’s beginning to look a lot like murder...

    Jessica…

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    Book 12

    Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch
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    3.98     · 1012 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 1999 · 17 editions
    Best-selling mystery author Jessica Fletcher is vi…

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    Book 13

    Knock 'Em Dead
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    3.97     · 874 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 1999 · 11 editions
    When one of her mystery books, Knock Em' Dead, is …

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    Book 14

    Trick or Treachery
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    4.03     · 1901 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 2000 · 15 editions
    Jessica Fletcher gets spooked in this mystery from…

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    Book 15

    Blood on the Vine
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    3.92     · 1025 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 2001 · 12 editions
    There's a victim in the vineyard. Or is the person…

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    Book 16

    Murder in a Minor Key
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    3.98     · 807 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 2001 · 14 editions
    Jessica Fletcher has a writer's conference in New …

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    Book 17

    Provence - To Die For
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    3.95     · 890 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 2002 · 1 edition
    In this series seventeenth book of mystery and adv…

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    Book 18

    You Bet Your Life
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    3.96     · 805 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 2002 · 10 editions
    Has Jessica Fletcher discovered a set-up in sin ci…

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    Book 19

    Majoring In Murder
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    4.00     · 939 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 2003 · 18 editions
    The 'USA Today' bestselling 'Murder, She Wrote' my…

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    Book 20

    Destination Murder
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    3.98     · 1082 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 2003 · 14 editions
    Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher takes a three-nigh…

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    Book 21

    Dying to Retire
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    3.85     · 1462 Ratings · 145 Reviews · published 2004 · 24 editions
    Jessica Fletcher is in a Florida retirement commun…

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    Book 22

    A Vote for Murder
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    3.88     · 1217 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition
    Jessica Fletcher is in Washington, D.C., to suppor…

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    Book 23

    The Maine Mutiny
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    3.90     · 1470 Ratings · 130 Reviews · published 2005 · 18 editions
    Jessica Fletcher is pitching in to help Cabot Cove…

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    Book 24

    Margaritas and Murder
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    3.78     · 1396 Ratings · 140 Reviews · published 2005 · 1 edition
    Now in paperback Ms. Fletcher finds murder south o…

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    Book 25

    A Question of Murder
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    3.88     · 1323 Ratings · 136 Reviews · published 2006 · 15 editions
    Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a …

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    Book 26

    Three Strikes and You're Dead
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    3.94     · 1004 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 2006 · 17 editions
    While visiting old friends in Arizona and attendin…

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    Book 27

    Coffee, Tea, or Murder?
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    3.86     · 1556 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 2007 · 20 editions
    A brand new mystery in the USA Today bestselling s…

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    Book 28

    Panning For Murder
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    3.93     · 1282 Ratings · 155 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Jessica’s plans to enjoy a relaxing cruise to Alas…

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    Book 29

    Murder on Parade
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    3.99     · 1349 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
    The Cabot Cove residents are pulling out all the s…

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    Book 30

    A Slaying In Savannah
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    4.02     · 1700 Ratings · 195 Reviews · published 2008 · 25 editions
    Jessica Fletcher digs up a home-grown murder myste…

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    Book 31

    Madison Avenue Shoot
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    3.80     · 1269 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 2009 · 22 editions
    Where Jessica Fletcher goes, murder invariably fol…

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    Book 32

    A Fatal Feast
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    3.96     · 1862 Ratings · 196 Reviews · published 2009 · 7 editions
    The newest novel in the USA Today bestselling seri…

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    Book 33

    Nashville Noir
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    3.92     · 1027 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    In the brand-new novel in the USA Today bestsellin…

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    Book 34

    The Queen's Jewels
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    4.09     · 1140 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
    Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a trans…

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    Book 35

    Skating on Thin Ice
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    3.95     · 1000 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 2011 · 16 editions
    The brand-new mystery in the USA Today bestselling…

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    Book 36

    The Fine Art of Murder
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    3.95     · 1228 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 2011 · 25 editions
    While on vacation in Italy, Jessica joins a tour t…

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    Book 37

    Trouble at High Tide
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    4.05     · 1149 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 2012 · 16 editions
    While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is …

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    Book 38

    Domestic Malice
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    4.00     · 1019 Ratings · 118 Reviews · published 2012 · 21 editions
    In the latest novel in the USA Today bestselling s…

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    Book 39

    Prescription For Murder
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    3.90     · 1051 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    In the newest novel in the USA Today bestselling s…

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    Book 40

    Close-up on Murder
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    3.99     · 1035 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2013 · 15 editions
    It’s a brand-new episode of the USA Today bestsell…

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    Book 41

    Aloha Betrayed
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    3.95     · 1218 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 2014 · 21 editions
    New in the USA Today bestselling series—Jessica Fl…

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    Book 42

    Death of a Blue Blood
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    4.00     · 1031 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 2014 · 17 editions
    In the newest mystery in the USA Today bestselling…

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    Book 43

    Killer in the Kitchen
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    3.98     · 1332 Ratings · 152 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    In the latest in the "USA Today" bestselling serie…

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    Book 44

    The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher
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    4.08     · 1515 Ratings · 195 Reviews · published 2015 · 19 editions
    In the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote ser…

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    Book 45

    Design For Murder
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    3.96     · 1030 Ratings · 111 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
    In the newest in the USA Today bestselling mystery…

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    Book 46

    Hook, Line and Murder
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    4.03     · 1168 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 2016 · 14 editions
    The USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote myster…

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    Book 47

    A Date with Murder
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    3.65     · 1209 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 2018 · 13 editions
    Jessica Fletcher investigates a friend's murder an…

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    Book 48

    Manuscript for Murder
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    3.73     · 1181 Ratings · 217 Reviews · published 2018 · 12 editions
    Jessica Fletcher investigates a mysterious manuscr…

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    Book 49

    Murder in Red
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    3.97     · 1126 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 2019 · 11 editions
    In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling …

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    Book 50

    A Time for Murder
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    3.95     · 1275 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition
    In the fiftieth entry in this  USA Today  bestsell…

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    Book 51

    The Murder of Twelve
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    4.03     · 1685 Ratings · 276 Reviews · published 2020 · 15 editions
    In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling …

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    Book 52

    Murder in Season
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    3.93     · 1581 Ratings · 225 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    Christmas has come to Cabot Cove, but a peaceful h…

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    Book 53

    Killing in a Koi Pond
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    4.04     · 1231 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    When a friend's husband dies while Jessica Fletche…

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    Book 54

    Debonair in Death
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    4.08     · 1265 Ratings · 135 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    When a local art shop owner is murdered, Jessica F…

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    Book 55

    Killer on the Court
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    3.91     · 1022 Ratings · 142 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
    Jessica is delighted when her nephew Grady invites…

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    Book 56

    Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle
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    4.02     · 1004 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2023 · 10 editions
    A trip to Northern Ireland becomes unexpectedly gr…

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    Book 57

    Fit for Murder
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    4.07     · 794 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 2024 · 8 editions
    Jessica Fletcher learns that exercise can be murde…

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    Book 58

    Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage
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    3.97     · 732 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 2024 · 6 editions
    The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murd…

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    Book 59

    A Killer Christmas
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    3.82     · 946 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 2024 · 6 editions
    It’s Christmastime in Cabot Cove, but there’s more…

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    Book 60

    Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder
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    4.23     · 696 Ratings · 114 Reviews · published 2025 · 5 editions
    In a nod to Rear Window, this newest entry in the …

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    Book 61

    Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston
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    4.16     · 528 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 2025 · 3 editions
    Jessica Fletcher has dinner with her old pal Harry…

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    Book 62

    Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees
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    4.22     · 437 Ratings · 78 Reviews · published 2025 · 4 editions
    The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murd…

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    Book 63

    Murder, She Wrote: Murder Most Trivial
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    4.31     · 314 Ratings · 74 Reviews · 3 editions
    The newest delightful entry in the USA Today bests…

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    Book 2, 11

    Murder Never Takes a Holiday
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    4.16     · 202 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2004 · 4 editions
    A doubly delightful volume with two Christmas-them…

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