When the story begins, a famous newspaper writer (Van Johnson) dies...and there is a flashback scene where you learn that he had urged Jessica to write the story of a murder investigation gone wrong. According to the guy, he knew of a man in prison for a murder he didn't commit...and he begged Jessica to help him. Well, now that he's dead, she STILL is being urged to investigate and like the newspaper man, his family insists that the murdered woman's brother was responsible...though her husband was convicted of the death.
Again and again through the story, folks who want Jessica to investigate use Jessica badly....very badly. Yet she STILL works the case and is tenacious when anyone else would have walked. So what DID she discover? See the story yourself.
The story is good...not great. I think it's because I cannot imagine ANYONE working the case when they go through what they put Jessica through! See the show...see what I mean.