Plot Summary for
"Murder, She Wrote" The Legacy of Borbey House (1993)

Two teenagers making out in the cemetery get the scare of their lives when a man crawls out of a grave. Jessica's house needs electric and plumbing repairs, but her handyman Charles Wetherby is called away to her anger by grumpy rich client Lawrence Baker who recently moved into the mansion Borbey House, a huge contract. Dr. Howard Sorenson, the visiting grave riser, congratulates Jessica in the library on her book research on sepulchers, in his occult field of research. Jessica's assistant Molly Holt's boyfriend Dave Perrin keeps looking for his sister Laurel who's missing since 18 months. Another nightly teenage couple is scared to death when they find- in daylight, just an mannequin arm. Wetherby cancels Jessica's repairs after Baker agreed to structural work on a wall, doubling the restoration contract price. Molly's dad, a local shopkeeper, refuses to deal with Baker after finding out nobody knows about him and he only pays cash. Lauren's corps is found on a boat. Dr. Howard Sorenson is caught snooping in Baker's place, and reacts like a vampire killer; next Sheriff Mort Metzger and Jessica are called to Baker's body in Borbey House, murdered with a wooden stake, but not the ash-wood required according to vampire literature. Sorenson reports he found William Borbey's grave was empty; the name Borbey is the Hungarian equivalent of Baker; Sorenson points out Baker never left in daylight, kept no mirrors and may thus still be an undead vampire. Baker's butler Peter Jatich's fingerprints match an ex-Stasi. Jessica figures out how everything ties together. Written by KGF Vissers

A newly arrived resident in Cabot Cove is having an undesired effect on many of the locals including, indirectly, Jessica Fletcher. Lawrence Baker has bought the Borbey House for cash and is in the process of making many alterations. Local handyman and contractor Charles Wetherby successfully bid on the work but Baker is quite demanding meaning he has to put off some other work he had committed to, including essential plumbing and electrical work at Jessica's house. Meanwhile, Baker has taken an interest in a young woman who is upset with her boyfriend who has become obsessed with finding his sister, Wetherby's girlfriend, who ran off 18 months ago. The presence of Dr. Howard Sorenson adds yet another twist to what is going on: he believes Lawrence Baker is a vampire. When Baker is found dead on his living room floor with a wooden stake driven through his heart, there is no shortage of suspects. Written by garykmcd

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