M2D4 Season 4

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A Word Before Dying

Season 4 features all original stories built on the classic mystery theme of the last word spoken before death. Authors were free to use the word in any way they like. The stories are structured, like all seasons, to give you a chance to catch a killer.


Laurel and Nick’s first anniversary Airbnb getaway is hi-jacked by a woman dying on the kitchen floor. “Nuts!” she tells Laurel before losing consciousness.

S4E1 Nuts! by Judi Lynn

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Jameson Burrish’s health had been failing but death came for him sooner than he wanted. With his daughter and nephew at his bedside, he gasps out his final word “Hiawatha.” Is it the rambling of a sick man or a decree to rewrite his will? The answer falls to private investigator Stefan Kopriva.

S4E2 Finding Hiawatha by Frank Zafiro

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The rag tag team of treasure hunters is within a day of finding the mythical Domas Dei temple when their guide, Den Deadson, meets a messy end. Detective-turned-bodyguard James Delviro now turns back to detective, playing the mongoose to a killer’s snake.

S4E3 In Vino Veritas


People are turning up dead around a small, burned down church outside Las Palmas, NM. Paranormal journalist Eddie Manning investigates to determine if the hand behind the deaths are human or something other.

S4E4 The Legend of El Melena

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Richard Wedgeworth died in the middle of a party. He ate the same food and drank the same drinks as everyone, yet he was poisoned. Solving it is Diamond’s problem. Too bad she’s not for hire.

S4E5 No Luck Like Bad Luck

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Marissa Steele is implicated in murder when the soon-to-be dead man points to her and says “Jimmy will sue her.” Now her freedom rests in the hands of a semi-retired cop.

S4E6 Sue Her

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A developmentally delayed young woman is hit by a truck and killed, the case closed as a tragic accident. But Darlene’s older brother and a volunteer social worker aren’t so quick to close the book.

S4E7 Best Friend

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With two men dead, the Captain Saverfeld of the Paul Henry turns to Mr. Edmund Jessop and Mr. Linus Gordon to answer the question of if there is a ghostly hand behind it all.

S4E8 The Ghost of the Paul Henry


At day at the zoon turns into a murder investigation for Detective Jesus De La Cruz. The maintenance supervisor is dead and all of his staff have motive and opportunity. Or do they?

S4E9 Fading Shadow

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