Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally.

The annual Fourth of July festivities in Cabot Cove, Maine, are thrown into turmoil when the town's newest resident, corporate mogul Joseph Lennon, turns up dead, and Jessica Fletcher must find out which of her fellow Cabot Cove residents is capable of murder.

"After returning from her father-in-law's funeral in Florida, Lucy can almost hear the death knell of her part-time reporter job the instant she meets new hire Rob Callahan. He's young, ambitious, and positioning himself to become the Pennysaver's next star reporter. Adding insult to injury, Lucy only gets assigned the local St. Patrick's Day parade once Rob passes on the story. But before beer flows and bagpipes sound, Rob becomes suspected of destroying...

To prove he is brave enough to portray his ancestor in a town parade, Abner Willow eats a bowlful of fried grasshoppers and suddenly gains the magical ability to leap and jump.

"Sarah Booth has traded in hosting this Christmas season for a road trip with her besties. Each little Delta town has a special Christmas activity, and Sarah Booth's bff and detective partner, Tinkie, has arranged to rent a limo for the gang and drive to Columbus, MS, to stay in a B&B. Visions of Christmas shopping, parade floats, and romantic rendezvous are already dancing in their heads. But Christmas cheer soon turns to Christmas fear when, at...

Although others participate by driving, riding, and making music, Amanda Dade leads the parade to welcome the arrival of the New Year.