When Jessica (Angela Lansbury) rents a New York apartment to accommodate her new college teaching position, she discovers the previous tenant has been murdered. Guest stars: William Windom, Eugene Roche.
Jessica (Angela Lansbury) aids an old friend (Bradford Dillman) who is suspected of killing an author (Jessica Walter) who had planned to write an unauthorized biography of his famous wife (Barbara Bain).
While attending a Las Vegas convention, Jessica becomes involved when the boyfriend of her editor's daughter becomes a murder suspect.
A daytime television actress involves both Jessica and her on-screen lover in the murder of her new millionaire husband.