Kate Columbo, the elusive wife of the famous L.A. homicide detective, mother of their loving little daughter, hard-working reporter and master snoop in her own right, overhears a neighbor plotting the death of his wife.
A retired Scotland Yard homicide inspector and author of a best seller on perfect murders is forced to kill in self-defense.
A ventriloquist finds his dummy is acting independently of his will and kills the man who carved it. It's up to Kate to solve the murder.
A society caterer, angry that her husband is divorcing her for her business partner, has murder in mind for both.
The husband of a famous psychic is murdered. She's a suspect, but has the perfect witness for her alibi: Mrs. Columbo.
A man is suspected of murdering his wife, but the only one who believes him is Kate. She looks into the possible connection between this murder and a prostitution ring of housewives.
After her colleague is murdered, Kate decides to continue the investigation of a shady country club she was working on for the paper at the time of murder.
Kate is working on a murder case investigation with the help of a source she trusts. The police demand full disclosure from her, then arrest her when she refuses to divulge her source's name.
Kate investigates a horrifying series of murders committed by strangulation.
The owner of a restaurant is found dead, possibly murdered. Then his body disappears. Kate investigates.
It's the election season and Kate wholeheartedly supports one of the candidates for Congress from her district. However, his shady past comes knocking when his associate is murdered and he's the only suspect. Kate is shocked! Can this be?
Kate is investigating a murder of a woman. The victim was a participant in a sensitivity-training group and her psychologist is a suspect.
Kate investigates a case of a murdered young woman. The only suspect is an immigrant who used to be a part of a radical underground movement. Sounds like an open and shut case, right? Kate doesn't think so.