Lisa is a suspect in her father’s murder in MSW’s King Lear-ish second episode.
Lisa Earl Shelby
Author: Fiona May
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Grace Earl Lamont
Grace is a suspect in her father’s murder in MSW’s King Lear-ish second episode.
Maggie Earl
Maggie Earl, the eponymous “Deadly Lady” of MSW’s second episode.
Nancy Earl
Nan is the Cordelia of MSW’s King Lear-ish second episode.
Stephen Earl
Dossier
Stephen is the patriarch of the Earl family and has strained relationships with most of his daughters. He is lately, and possibly regretfully, retired from his cosmetics empire.
As a widower, Stephen can relate to Jessica’s grief over the loss of her husband. He shows an interest that might have grown into more than friendship if he hadn’t met with an untimely end.
Appearances
Abigail Benton Freestone
Jessica’s cousin Abby is a professional horse trainer. She was a suspect in a 1984 murder in rural Virginia in S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life.” After the trial, she returned to her home in Kent.
Muriel
Muriel is a Cabot Cove friend of Jessica. She hopes to help Jessica look “au courant” for her book promotion trip to NYC.
Appearances
Eleanor Thompson
Eleanor is a member of the Cabot Cove PTA refreshment committee. Her specialties are brownies and macaroons.
Appearances
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.
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Ashley Vickers
Dossier
Ashley is an executive at Cap’n Caleb’s Chowder Houses. She is also Caleb McCallum’s former lover.
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