Episode 140: Harbinger of Death (S4, E13)

Expecting an out-of-this-world trip when she travels to upstate New York to see the reappearance of a rare comet, Jessica really sees stars when her niece is suspected of murder.

A cold case comes back to life when Lieutenant Kale fingers Seth as the main suspect in a murder at Juniper Lake that happened ten years ago.  Believing her friend to be innocent, Jessica investigates the development deals that may have led to murder.

Jessica spends some time at a lake, but there's no smooth sailing for her after she sees what appears to be a drowning woman in a lake.

It's lights, camera, and murder when Jessica flies to Los Angeles to protest the movie adaptation of one of her novels.  But when the producer ends up murdered, she unwittingly gets cast in the role of a prime suspect.

Jessica's friend Erin is haunted by being kidnapped as a child, and when Erin reads a novel with a story too close for coincidence, Jessica makes a shocking revelation.

Secrets and lies are exposed when Cabot Cove's bullying town barber is found electrocuted in Jessica's garage and suspicion falls on the high school teacher who was his clandestine lover.

The allure of a Hong Kong vacation is shattered when Jessica's friend, a famous ceramic artist, is kidnapped and her husband is found poisoned.

Jessica helps solve a murder when the only witness, a local delivery boy she has befriended, becomes the prime suspect.

An actress neighbor involves Jessica in her husband's murder.

A ventriloquist proves that he's no dummy in a murder case where his favorite doll and the body of his tyrannical boss are found in the same room.