Eleanor is a member of the Cabot Cove PTA refreshment committee. Her specialties are brownies and macaroons.
Eleanor Thompson
Author: Fiona May
Tending, minding, mending murdershewroteshewrote.com
Chief of Police Roy Gunderson
Dossier
Roy Gunderson is Chief of Police in New Holvang, NY. He is a church goer, a football watcher, and dislikes working on Sundays. Roy initially negs Jessica on her book, but he quickly warms up to her assistance with the case. Their subsequent rapport is such that he later accepts her offer of lobster stew if ever he’s in Cabot Cove.
Appearances
Ashley Vickers
Dossier
Ashley is an executive at Cap’n Caleb’s Chowder Houses. She is also Caleb McCallum’s former lover.
Appearances
Peter Brill
Dossier
Peter is a pompous, pretentious, down on his luck theater producer.
Appearances
Louise McCallum
Dossier
Louise is a wealthy upstate socialite. Warm and friendly, the glamorous Louise is also a bit of a day (and night) drinker. She is tired of her husband Caleb’s philandering.
Appearances
Caleb McCallum
Dossier
McCallum is a successful businessman. He owns of a chain of seafood restaurants, Cap’n Caleb’s Chowder Houses. Both wealthy and easy to dislike, McCallum is the conventional victim of a cozy murder mystery.
Appearances
Kitt Donovan
Dossier
Kitt Donovan is employed by Coventry House publishing company. She is instrumental in the publication and promotion of Jessica’s first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight.
Romantic Interests
Grady Fletcher, fiancé, 1984
Appearances
Dexter Baxendale
Dossier
A gentleman PI, Baxendale nevertheless lends truth to the moniker “gumshoe.” He is an uninvited party guest who ends up as a fancy dress pool float.
Appearances
Greg Norberg
Gary Deems, S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life”
A Portrait of a Lady
Here’s the freeze frame from the end of each episode of Murder, She Wrote so far.
Some of the earliest episodes do not necessarily conform to what I’ll call the “Jessica’s goofy mug” freeze frame trope that becomes a notable feature of the series. It will be interesting to see how the pattern develops.
Murder, She Wrote, She Wrote 