Meanings
plural Jessica Fletchers
- A detective.
I don't know when I became the Jessica Fletcher of Miracle Bay, I but 1 knew I had to help Eoinn. He was my friend. A new friend and an odd one, but a friend none-the-less.
2021, Shéa MacLeod, Battle of the Hexes: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Cozy Mystery2 more examples
"No, I'm just worried that I'm a serial killer. You're the Jessica Fletcher of Goodnight. You're always right about the murderer. You've solved a bunch of whodunits since you got here."
2019, elise sax, Goodnight Mysteries The Complete Series, 13 Lakes PublishingReddit is proving itself just as much of a "lonely people thinking they are Jessica Fletcher" as Websleuths' reputation lately. At least Websleuths polices wild accusations. Looks to me like the "wannabe Jessica Fletchers" gravitated to Reddit these days.
2026 January 8, pantone711, “Theory based on personal example”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From the character Jessica Fletcher from the television show Murder She Wrote.
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Jessica Fletcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jessica%20Fletcher
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