Mrs. Fletcher lives in the town of Cabot Cove, Maine, which wags proclaim to have probably the highest murder rate of any small town in the civilized world, but her travels as an author very frequently took her to places around much of the English-speaking world, one of them took her to Hawaii, where she shared a case with private detective Thomas Magnum, star of Magnum PI.
Mrs. Fletcher (maiden name McGill) was widowed from her beloved husband Frank, with no children but with an endless collection of nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws and other relatives or friends who always needed her help. Especially prone to get into trouble was her giddy nephew Grady Fletcher, who was raised for a period of time by Jessica and Frank. Grady always seemed to meet the wrong girl, until he finally married Donna.
Mrs. Fletcher began her career writing on an old Underwood typewriter, but as her career progressed, she eventually purchased an Intel 80386 class computer running Windows 3.1 (suitably antiquated now, but the latest back then). Among her friends she can count both multi-millionaires who own Beech Starships to down-on-their-luck homeless people, moving effortlessly between the social strata. Perhaps her most notable experience was encountering a Mr. Potts who preferred to be called Mr. Bond - he did at least have an Aston Martin DB6, in which Jessica herself ended up racing to the rescue.
Jessica's relationship with law enforcement officials varied from place to place. Both the sheriffs of Cabot Cove were used to, or resigned themselves to, having her meddle in their cases. However, most detectives and police officers don't want her anywhere near their crime scenes, until her accurate deductions convince them to listen to what she has to say. Others are fans of her books and glad to let her snoop. With time, she made friends in many police departments across the USA, as well as a British police officer attached to Scotland Yard.
(read less)Mrs. Fletcher lives in the town of Cabot Cove, Maine, which wags proclaim to have probably the highest murder rate of any small town in the civilized world, but her travels as an author very frequently took her to places around much of the English-speaking world, one of them took her to Hawaii, where she shared a case with private detective Thomas Magnum, star of Magnum PI.
Mrs. Fletcher (maiden name McGill) was widowed from her beloved husband Frank, with no children but with an endless...
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