Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.
Angela Lansbury
as Jessica Fletcher
Richard Crenna
as Warren Pierce
Robert Mailhouse
as Agent Mason Phillips
Kathryn Morris
as Patricia Williams
Steven Culp
as William Batsby
Duncan Regehr
as Yuri Malenkovich
Alan Fudge
as Mack Rolands
Jay Acovone
as Lt. Det. Bob Mankowski
Santiago Douglas
as John Mendoza
Kathy Evison
as Penny Ryan
Dan Martin
as Agent Paul Neeley
Scott Burkholder
as Man with Bag