Jessica records one of her novels for the blind and, while at the recording studio, is invited to a taping of a rock video. When a murder happens during the taping, Jessica tries to find the murderer.
The community center of Cabot Cove is getting ready to produce a play with retired actor David North. What follows is interrupted rehearsals and a murder in town.
While on a book tour, Jessica agrees to guest on a local radio talk show that has feuding co-owners. When a murder takes place, Jessica helps sort out the tangled webs of confusion to bring the killer to justice.
While restoring her house in Cabot Cove, Jessica worries that her contractor is preoccupied by the remodeling of another house until the project is put on hold when the client who may or may not be a vampire is found murdered.