History Recap / MurderSheWroteS1E7WereOffToKillTheWizard

* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Horatio's been celibate for the las two years, but Michael's helping her out with that little problem.

* AccidentalMurder: Carlson confronted Horatio in his office about not getting a promised promotion, and the two got into a physical altercation which ended with Horatio's accidental death. He covered it up by making it look like a suicide.

* {{Blackmail}}: Horatio Baldwin seems to have dirt on everyone so they do what he wants. Philip even kills Michael Gardner to make sure he doesn't pick up where Horatio left off.
* BlackWidow: Mrs. Baldwin has a history of husband who died untimely deaths and left her both money and a bad reputation--but she didn't bump off Horatio.
* {{Blackmail}}: Horatio had blackmail files on everyone in his employ, keeping them under his thumb. He even had a file on Laurie, his sweet young secretary.

* KeepTheReward: Jessica does not want the $100,000 reward Baldwin's widow offers her for proving it was murder, not suicide. When Mrs. Baldwin pays her anyway, she gives the endorsed check to Baldwin's secretary and encourages her in her writing. With the equivalent of $292,988 2023 simoleons, she'll be able to focus on her writing for quite a bit.

* KeepTheReward: Jessica does not want the reward Baldwin's widow offers her for proving it was murder, not suicide. When Mrs. Baldwin pays her anyway, she gives it to Baldwin's secretary and encourages her in her writing.

* HeKnowTooMuch: Carlson killed Gardener because he knew exactly what blackmail material Horatio held over Carlson's head. Gardener had gathered it, after all.

* DraftDodging: Horatio's blackmail on Carlson includes that he dodged the Vietnam draft by running to Canada. Jessica notes that this isn't really bad enough to blackmail someone over. It turns out Carlson switched his file with something less incriminating when planting the blackmail files on Megrim and killed Gardener because he know what Horatio ''really'' had on him.

* BlackWidow: Mrs. Baldwin has a history of husband who died untimely deaths and left her money--but she didn't bump off Horatio.
* {{Blackmail}}: Horatio had blackmail files on everyone in his employ, keeping them under his thumb. He even had a file on Laurie, his nice young secretary.

* DraftDodging: Horatio's blackmail on Carlson includes that he dodged the Vietnam draft by running to Canada.

* DraftDodger: Horatio's blackmail on Carlson includes that he dodged the Vietnam draft by running to Canada.

* ItGetsEasier: Carson's killing of Horatio is actually an {{accident|al murder}}. He then plots to throw Gardner to his death as part of the cover-up, and intends to murder Jessica in the climax (not realizing he's talking to her reflection.)

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Baldwin's accountant attempts to do this during the murder investigation, fearing the scrutiny that will fall upon him and taking his life savings and making a run for the airport.

* AmusementParks: Horatio's apparent claim to fame is horror-based amusement parks.

* ExpertConsultant: Captain Davis specifically calls upon Jessica (currently the houseguest of one of his subordinate officers) to look at the scene and offer advice because her books often feature similarly impossible mysteries.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids:

* WeNeedADistraction: The crux of Philip's killing of Horatio is that once the guards break down Horatio's office door, they'd focus more on his dead body, allowing Philip to slip out behind them and pretend to just show up.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Inverted by Jessica, who insists on leaving even though her niece tries to convince her to stay longer, stating that guests should be like Halley's Comet and not hang around for too long.

* BehindTheBlack: Wearing StealthClothes, the guards (and the audience) didn't see [[spoiler: Philip Carson hiding in the dark area of the room when the guards entered after Baldwin's supposed suicide. We also didn't see him exit the door, change clothes, and then pretend to come in]]. Note that the room was not wide enough for Carson to "slip" past the guards without them noticing, particularly from where he was supposedly hiding and where the guards were standing. His supposed movement should also have disturbed the plants behind him.
* {{Blackmail}}: Horatio Baldwin seems to have dirt on everyone so they do what he wants. [[spoiler: Philip]] even kills Michael Gardner to make sure he doesn't pick up where Horatio left off.

* DeathByFallingOver: How Horatio really died. After [[spoiler: Philip]] shoved him, his head hit the base of a statue in his office.

* LockedRoomMystery: Horatio is found dead with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand in his locked office, but the coroner says that his injuries imply murder.

* {{Blackmail}}: Horatio Baldwin seems to have dirt on everyone so they do what he wants.

* LockedRoomMystery: Horatio dies in his locked office, but the coroner says that his injuries imply murder.

* BehindTheBlack: Wearing StealthClothes, the guards (and the audience) didn't see [[spoiler: Philip Carson hiding in the dark area of the room when the guards entered after Baldwin's supposed suicide. We also didn't see him exit the door, change clothes, and then pretend to come in]]. Note that the room was not wide enough for Carson to "slip" past the guards without them noticing, particularly from where he was supposedly hiding and where the guards were standing.

* BehindTheBlack: Wearing StealthClothes, the guards (and the audience) didn't see [[spoiler: Philip Carson hiding in the dark area of the room when the guards entered after Baldwin's supposed suicide. We also didn't see him exit the door, change clothes, and then pretend to come in]]. How he did so without either guard noticing or hearing is, well, chocked up to this trope.

* BehindTheBlack: Wearing StealthClothes, the guards (and the audience) didn't see [[spoiler: Philip Carson hiding in the dark area of the room when the guards entered after Baldwin's supposed suicide. We also didn't see him exit the door, change clothes, and then pretend to come in]].

* KeepTheReward: Jessica does not want the reward Baldwin's widow offers her for proving it was murder, not suicide. When Mrs. Baldwin gives it to her anyway, she gives it to Baldwin's secretary and encourages her in her writing.