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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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    Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 1 - Murder in Milan
    10.0/10(391 votes)

    #1 - Murder in Milan

    S9:E1

    During the Milan Film Festival, famous fim producer Catherine Wayne is murdered.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Laurence Heath

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  2. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 2 - Family Secrets
    10.0/10(407 votes)

    #2 - Family Secrets

    S9:E2

    Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  3. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 3 - The Mole
    10.0/10(366 votes)

    #3 - The Mole

    S9:E3

    Jessica is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped at the airport. When the woman she is mistaken for is killed, Jessica finds the murderer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  4. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 4 - The Wind Around the Tower
    10.0/10(427 votes)

    #4 - The Wind Around the Tower

    S9:E4

    While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and friend Seas are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  5. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 5 - The Dead File
    10.0/10(389 votes)

    #5 - The Dead File

    S9:E5

    Jessica is appalled when, upon returning to New York City, she finds herself caricatured as a fox in a politically satirical comic strip with libelous dialogue.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  6. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 7 - Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice
    10.0/10(376 votes)

    #6 - Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice

    S9:E7

    Agent Michael Hagarty is arrested for the murder of his estranged daughter's crooked fiancee.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Robert E. Swanson

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  7. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 8 - The Classic Murder
    10.0/10(374 votes)

    #7 - The Classic Murder

    S9:E8

    After a tycoon disappears, a psychic divines that the has been murdered--then she is found dead!

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 17 - The Big Kill
    10.0/10(354 votes)

    #8 - The Big Kill

    S9:E17

    The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Mark A. Burley

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  9. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 18 - Dead to Rights
    10.0/10(362 votes)

    #9 - Dead to Rights

    S9:E18

    Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her now?

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  10. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 19 - Lone Witness
    10.0/10(398 votes)

    #10 - Lone Witness

    S9:E19

    A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writers:Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff

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  11. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 20 - Ship of Thieves
    10.0/10(406 votes)

    #11 - Ship of Thieves

    S9:E20

    A pleasant cruise is marred by the discovery that there are thieves on board and possibly a murderer.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 21 - The Survivor
    10.0/10(340 votes)

    #12 - The Survivor

    S9:E21

    Jessica's computer tech becomes an inadvertent target when she dates an undercover cop, whom she has just met.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 1 - A Nest of Vipers
    10.0/10(357 votes)

    #13 - A Nest of Vipers

    S11:E1

    When Jessica spends some time at a zoo researching her latest novel, she soon gets drawn into a case of murder when the body of Mark Atwater, the fiancé of one of the zoo workers, is found murdered (death by snake venom), and another employee is charged with his murder. In the course of her investigation, she soon learns that a number of people had a motive to want Mark dead.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 2 - Amsterdam Kill
    10.0/10(344 votes)

    #14 - Amsterdam Kill

    S11:E2

    While on a visit to Amsterdam, Jessica meets up with fellow novelist and old friend Nigel Allison. When Allison goes missing, Colin Biddle, who claims to be Allison's publishing liaison, try to convince her that nothing is wrong. Jessica soon realises that both Nigel and Colin are secret agents, and despite Colin's request for her to stay out of it, Jessica investigates Allison's disappearance and soon convinces a previously reluctant inspector that there is something terribly wrong. At the same time, Philip and Lydia de Kooning are trying to make a deal in diamonds, and when Philip turns up dead after Jessica gets a note supposedly from him, Jessica is the prime suspect in his murder.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 3 - To Kill a Legend
    10.0/10(353 votes)

    #15 - To Kill a Legend

    S11:E3

    The discovery of an old document may make Cabot Cove rewrite its history.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writers:David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

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  16. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 5 - Dear Deadly
    10.0/10(334 votes)

    #16 - Dear Deadly

    S11:E5

    While Jessica prepares her book for serialization of her book in a newspaper, real trouble is brewing in the newsroom.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  17. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 6 - The Murder Channel
    10.0/10(350 votes)

    #17 - The Murder Channel

    S11:E6

    In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused by and then puzzled by the strange drama unfolding on TV.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 8 - Crimson Harvest
    10.0/10(332 votes)

    #18 - Crimson Harvest

    S11:E8

    Jessica investigates two brutal murders at a struggling winery in Sonoma Valley.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Bruce Lansbury

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  19. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 20 - Another Killing in Cork
    10.0/10(339 votes)

    #19 - Another Killing in Cork

    S11:E20

    While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is beset by a consortium that wants to buy his land for a strip mine.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Murder, She Wrote Season 11 Episode 21 - Game, Set, Murder
    10.0/10(312 votes)

    #20 - Game, Set, Murder

    S11:E21

    A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional problems.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Murder, She Wrote Season 12 Episode 1 - Nailed
    10.0/10(332 votes)

    #21 - Nailed

    S12:E1

    Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is involved in several intrigues.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  22. Murder, She Wrote Season 12 Episode 3 - The Secret of Gila Junction
    10.0/10(353 votes)

    #22 - The Secret of Gila Junction

    S12:E3

    People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Murder, She Wrote Season 12 Episode 4 - Big Easy Murder
    10.0/10(342 votes)

    #23 - Big Easy Murder

    S12:E4

    Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Murder, She Wrote Season 12 Episode 6 - Nan's Ghost (1)
    10.0/10(411 votes)

    #24 - Nan's Ghost (1)

    S12:E6

    A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Murder, She Wrote Season 12 Episode 7 - Nan's Ghost (2)
    10.0/10(358 votes)

    #25 - Nan's Ghost (2)

    S12:E7

    Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Murder in Milan" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored 10/10 based on 391 votes. Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw and written by Laurence Heath, it aired on 9/20/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Family Secrets".