It is nice to read an older female character not being reduced to a caricature of “aunty-kind” – slightly crazy but benevolent.Ħ.

I don’t know about the series but book Jessica has quite a few gentleman friends/admirers and she lives a full life.

Oh and she makes the best iced tea in the whole world! I wish to taste it some day in some dimension.ĥ. She goes on long solitary walks, she fishes, she enjoys art and music, and patronises artists. She is apparently always on diet when she is living her life off book so on book she can indulge delicious food.Ĥ. It is always nice to experience those in second hand.ģ. Jessica is fond of good life like good food, shopping, travelling, pretty cloths, spa, luxurious hotel rooms etc. Keeping a secret in Cabot Cove was like trying to slam a revolving door.Ģ. There is this comfortable interaction among people who know each other since forever. Jessica lives in the proverbial idyllic seaside town Cabot Cove in Maine, where everyone knows everyone else or at least everyone knows Jessica. The characteristics of the series, which make it my comfort readġ. A chance encounter of few “Murder She Wrote” series books in used book stalls got me hooked to these books as my comfort read. Although I have always wanted to watch the whole series, unfortunately have watched only few episodes. This show is American counterpart of British cozy murder mysteries.

The actress Angela Lansbury became a household name playing Jessica Fletcher. It follows a retired English teacher turned bestselling murder mystery writer Jessica Fletcher as she solves one after another murder. “Murder, She Wrote” is one of the longest running TV series. Gin and Daggers is a book in “Murder, She Wrote” series.

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