Harry McGraw is a hard-boiled private investigator based in Boston, Massachusetts. McGraw first meets Jessica Fletcher while investigating the murder of his partner Archie Miles. Though Harry is initially suspicious and combative in their first meeting (as Jessica was a client of Archie's, working a cold case) he soon warms to her and comes to respect her skills in investigation and deduction. Harry even goes so far as to suggest she stop "screwing around with all these stupid books and got to work," becoming his new partner. Jessica declines the offer, but they become close friends.