Episode
Elsbeth: Murder, He Wrote
Overview
Elsbeth organizes a book club to investigate a celebrated novelist who may have written the perfect crime.
Details
- Series
- Elsbeth
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2026-04-16
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Murder, He Wrote is Episode 16 in Season 3 of Elsbeth. It aired on 2026-04-16. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 17: High Class Problems
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Episode 18: Murder From Scratch
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Episode 13: Murder Six Across
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Episode 19: Catch and Kill
Elsbeth battles a veteran gossip columnist who trades in people's secrets – and may have killed to keep her own.
Episode 12: All's Hair
When a celebrity wigmaker is murdered, Elsbeth must comb through a tangled mess of suspects – and some drag brunch mayhem – to clip a killer.
Episode 20: That's All
A minor royal's mysterious death at New York's most legendary hotel brings Elsbeth into a world of faded elegance, cabaret and murder.
Episode 11: Ol' Man Liver
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Episode 10: A Hard Nut to Crack
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Episode 9: Glamazons
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Episode 8: Basket Case
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