Phil is a man who initially wears a black turtleneck in S1 E8: “We’re Off to Kill the Wizard.”
Phil Carlson
Category: Murderers’ Row
Charles Woodley
Charles Woodley appears to be a target of Cabot Cove’s latest murderer.
Leslie Andler
Is Leslie somehow connected to Cabot Cove’s latest murder?
Amelia
Amelia is a lovelorn secretary in S1 E6: “Lovers and Other Killers.”
Marcus Boswell
Boswell is a small town lawyer with some secrets in S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life.”
Trish Langley
Trish is the series’ first character to become both murderer and murder victim in S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life.”
Eve Crystal
Eve is the leading lady of a horror flick inspired by “The Corpse Danced at Midnight.”
Freddy York
Freddy York is a murder suspect in S1 E3: “Birds of a Feather”.
Maggie Earl
Maggie Earl, the eponymous “Deadly Lady” of MSW’s second episode.
Preston Giles
Dossier
Preston Giles (Arthur Hill) is the founder of Coventry House, the publisher of Jessica’s first novel, The Corpse Danced at Midnight. Preston has a shady past. He claims to have been framed for crimes he didn’t commit, after which he escaped prison and assumed his current identity. In April, 1984, he murdered Dexter Baxendale and Caleb McCallum to protect this secret. He is in love with Jessica Fletcher.
Murder, She Wrote, She Wrote 