Episode 1
A Death in Hong Kong
1993-09-12 • 45 min
A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.
TV season
1993-09-12
Episode 1
1993-09-12 • 45 min
A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.
Episode 2
1993-09-26 • 45 min
One of the partners trying to raze a brownstone where Hemingway once wrote is erased--permanently.
Episode 3
1993-10-03 • 45 min
A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.
Episode 4
1993-10-24 • 45 min
A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke.
Episode 5
1993-10-31 • 45 min
Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.
Episode 6
1993-11-07 • 45 min
A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.
Episode 7
1993-11-21 • 45 min
An American nephew, out to get the family business, gets a different kind and the Irish widow's son is suspected.
Episode 8
1993-11-28 • 45 min
There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.
Episode 9
1993-12-05 • 45 min
A man thinks he should get royalties from a book based on his case, written by Jessica.
Episode 10
1993-12-19 • 45 min
A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.
Episode 11
1994-01-02 • 45 min
In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.
Episode 12
1994-01-09 • 45 min
When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case.
Episode 13
1994-01-16 • 45 min
A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon.
Episode 14
1994-01-23 • 45 min
A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.
Episode 15
1994-02-06 • 45 min
Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.
Episode 16
1994-03-06 • 45 min
A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.
Episode 17
1994-03-13 • 45 min
An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find another job.
Episode 18
1994-03-27 • 45 min
Seth vanishes, and everyone is sure there was foul play.
Episode 19
1994-05-01 • 45 min
A truck hijacker comes to the end of the road.
Episode 20
1994-05-15 • 45 min
The strict mentor of a piano prodigy is found dead.
Episode 21
1994-05-22 • 45 min
It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.