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While in Seattle for a series of lectures, Jessica is drawn into a dangerous case involving young secretary David Tolliver accused of killing his wealthy older lady friend Allison Brevard.

An intruder kills rich old lady Allison Brevard while burglarizing her townhouse. When Jessica goes to a college as a guest lecturer on mystery writing, she takes a secretary for the first time. But not an older woman as she expected but bright, charming, extremely efficient student David Tolliver. Just when they celebrated ending the work in a restaurant, the police take David for questioning about Allison's murder, because he was seen meeting her and accepted gifts and dinners. Jessica grants David the benefit of the doubt and follows up on a call to meet about an alibi for David with young married Lila Schroeder, only to see her collapse, murdered. David now has an alibi and admits he saw Lila, secretly because of her violently jealous husband Jack Schroeder, who claims David wasn't the threat to his marriage. Jessica tells dean Edmund Gerard's secretary, Amelia, she's not interested romantically in her host, who makes a surprising confession after Jessica is attacked in college after asking flirtatious professor Prof. Todd Lowery suspicious questions during her next lecture. Now she sets a trap.—KGF Vissers

While visiting a Seattle university as a guest lecturer, Jessica decides to hire one of the students, David Tolliver, as a secretary to keep her work in order. David is a real go-getter, always aiming to please but also someone Jessica is just a bit leery of. David was a good friend to the recently murdered Alison Brevard and he is questioned by the police as a possible suspect. When a young woman requests a meeting with Jessica stating she can give David an alibi, Jessica finds her dead. As the list of suspects grows, someone makes an attempt on Jessica's life.—garykmcd