An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.

Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.

Jessica and Grady head to the home of publisher Christopher Bundy, whose publishing company owns the rights to Jessica's first short story. Jessica is quite upset, as Bundy's magazine is known for it's racy pictures of young women. While there, Jessica is pleased to run into an old acquaintance, Chester Harrison, and when Harrison is accused of murdering Christopher Bundy, Jessica vows to prove his innocence but runs into trouble when the family isn't interested in having their own skeletons dragged out of the closet.

Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target.

The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.